Archive

IT’S IMPORTANT TO SHOW YOUR BEST, as well as YOUR BEGINNINGS. BELOW, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF MY WORK SINCE I FIRST STARTED MAKING MOVIES in high school. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS I STILL DO.

By The Grapes of God (N/A)

Run Time: 90 mins

Two catholic priests travel to California wine country to find the perfect communion wine, leading them into a sun-soaked and wine-fueled crisis of faith.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Kevin Hickey

Cinematography: William Rowley

Starring: Kirk Baltz, Melanie Mahana, Olivia Lodge, Santeon Brown, & Holden Gyote

Clusterf*cks (2025)

Run Time: 17:03

Currently in the festival circuit.

When 3 young, Hollywood up-and-comers get caught up in a scandal, they scramble to figure out their next move (and movie) to save their careers and friendship.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Kurt Devonshire, Paige Espinosa, & Olivia Lodge

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Kurt Devonshire, Paige Espinosa, & Olivia Lodge

Rhiannon (2024)

Run Time: 18:22

Film Festival Selections: Toronto International Women’s Film Festival (Nominee – Best Film About Women), Cranford Film Festival (Winner: Best of Fest), Momohill Film Fair (Winner: Jury Award), London Women Film Festival (Winner: Best Sci-Fi Short Film), Miami Women Film Festival (Nominee) Culver City Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival,

In a world where life’s accomplishments mean life or death, almost-twenty-five-year-old Rhiannon scrambles to figure out what she has to do to continue being a “productive member of society” before being taken by a government agency created to cull overpopulation.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston & Isabelle Fisher

Cinematography: Kerri Sitty

Starring: Isabelle Fisher, Ken Cheeseman, Paula Cheeseman, Traci Jai, Steven William Collins & Shonnon Marshall

Onyx & Obsidian (2024)

Run Time: 9:17

Currently in the festival circuit.

Obsidian, a former teenage vigilante, returns to his hometown to make amends with his old crime-fighting partner and ex-girlfriend, Onyx.

Director: Colmcille Donston & Marcos Larancuent

Writer: Colmcille Donston & Marcos Larancuent

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Duncan Novak & Roberta Allaman

Shirt Off In The Dark (2024)

Run Time: 3:26

Official Music Video for the song “Shirt Off In The Dark” by Girlwilde.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent & William Rowley

Starring: Girlwilde, Olivia Lodge, & Vince Bartola.

Self Tape (2023)

Run Time: 5:19

Film Festival Selections: UCPAC Film Fest (Winner: Honorable Mention)

A father tries to record a self-tape with his daughter’s direction.

Director: Colmcille Donston & William Rowley

Writer: Colmcille Donston & William Rowley

Cinematography: William Rowley

Starring: Matilda Lawler & Matthew Lawler

B-Line (2023)

Run Time: 11:38

Film Festival Selections: International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival

When the money for his mother’s birthday present goes missing, Gabe must visit his family members all across Bergenline Avenue to figure out where it’s gone before her party that afternoon!

Director: Colmcille Donston & Sebastian Martinez

Writer: Colmcille Donston & Sebastian Martinez

Cinematography: Kerri Sitty

Starring: CJ Martinez, Franky G, Teresita Cuadrado, Ariana Perez, Jared Kirsch, Ari Mora, Celina Polanco, & Chris DePierro

Peace Be With You (2022)

Run Time: 13:40

Emerson College BFA Thesis.

Film Festival Selections: Boston Film Festival, EVVY Awards (Nominee – Best Single Camera Direction), Garden State Film Festival, Monadnock Film Festival, New York Shorts Festival, and The Scout Film Festival (Winner – Best Comedy Nominee – Best Director, Best Writing)

Sean, a doubtful eighth-grade confirmation student, and Mara, a sophomore who’s sworn off religious practice, reconnect after breaking a statue of the Virgin Mary while cleaning a church.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: William Rowley

Starring: Wade Gleeson-Turner, Erin Malimban, & Bates Wilder

Socket (2022)

Run Time: 10:24

Film Festival Selections: Secret Movie Club L.A.

After accidentally killing someone while robbing a bank, a thief learns an always-important principle: an eye for an eye.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston & Marcos Larancuent

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Colmcille Donston

scene.002 (2022)

Run Time: 3:36

Final project for “Directing Actors” course at Emerson College.

A morning-after love story between two college students.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Ethan Denk & Chepe Posada

scene.001 (2021)

Run Time: 3:18

Final project for “Foundations of Directing” course at Emerson College.

Two high school friends reconnect by eating burgers, smoking weed, and yelling at eachother.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Thomas Chadwick & Ethan Denk

Happy Campers (2020)

Run Time: 13:56

Made with family members and limited equipment during pandemic isolation in Pennsylvania.

The end of a regular summer for the six camp counselors at camp white tail means, nature, running, and plenty of screams!

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Brogan & Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Martina Beggy, Matthew Beggy, Michael Beggy, Brogan Donston, Abigael O’Toole, & Mary O’Toole

Seven Essential for Your Fish Tank (2020)

Run Time: 4:40

Incomplete due to COVID-19 shutting down Emerson College campus.

Two siblings, Owen and Phoebe, decide to rebuild their grandmother’s beloved fish tank to work through their grief.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: William Rowley

Starring: Leah Thomas & Ethan Williams

Candyland: Part One (2019)

Run Time: 27:07

Selected for Emerson Independent Video’s Fall 2019 programming.

In a world where processed sugar is illegal, Michael Anderson is thrust into a business of parties, colorful characters, and a dangerous desperation he never expected.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston, Zac Hirsch, & Ryan O’Toole

Cinematography: Harrison Pettit-Kiang

Starring: Johnny Holloran, Kyle Gregory, Zachary Earnest, Thomas Chadwick, & Tiana Nicole Higgins

Midnight Meg: The Master Maverick (2019)

Run Time: 3:49

Film Festival Selections: Emerson College Annual 48 Hour Film Festival (Winner – Best Writing)

Written, Shot, and Edited in 48 Hours! Our assigned category was “Period Piece”, so this group of six conceived Midnight Meg.

She’s cool, stylish, and super groovy, watch her take down her archnemisis Daylight Desperado!

Created and Filmmed by Meg Aubry, Colmcille Donston, Zac Hirsch, Jay Nagjee, Ryan O’Toole, & Will Popalisky

Ricky (2018)

Run Time: 3:04

Film Festival Selections: Emerson College Annual 48 Hour Film Festival (Winner – Best Acting)

Written, Shot, and Edited in 48 Hours! Our assigned category was “Horror”.

What happens when a young serial killer tries to find his “thing”? A whole lot of crazy…

Created by Colmcille Donston, Zac Hirsch, Harrison Pettit Kiang, Ryan O’Toole, & Will Popalisky

Death Box (2018)

Run Time: 3:26

Made for the “Digital Media Production” course at High Tech High School.

Something haunts a high school’s black box theater and the cast of their upcoming production.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: Sebastian Martinez

Starring: Jacqueline Mulrenan, Christopher Oliver, Demi Barreto, Zachary Rada, Hisham Hiraiche, & David Mansour

The Dawning of the Black Tarantula (2018)

Run Time: 4:06

Digital short made for the self-produced show “Friday Night Live”.

The infamous costumed hero, Black Tarantula, is here to save the day… or is he?

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston & Marcos Larancuent

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Samantha Garcia, Sebastian Martinez, Hisham Hiraiche, & Colmcille Donston

Solitaire (2017)

Run Time: 6:33

Film Festival Selections: Golden Door Film Festival, Ramapo College Film Festival (Winner – Best Narrative Film)

After the world falls into silence and society has disappeared, one boy tries to cope with his loneliness, fears, and madness.

Director: Colmcille Donston

Writer: Colmcille Donston

Cinematography: Marcos Larancuent

Starring: Colmcille Donston