Patricia is a multi award-winning writer, director and producer, and the founder of MnáMná Films. Her debut feature Verdigris was nominated for five Irish Film and Television Academy awards, won twelve festival awards, and is streaming in Ireland and Italy. Her award-winning shorts screened at festivals worldwide, and her debut radio play was broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1.
Patricia won the 2024 Fís TV Pitching Competition with her TV dramedy Humdrum, which she developed at the 2025 Sundance Episodic Lab, the 2024 Stowe Story Lab Connemara as a Screen Ireland Fellow and will workshop in the upcoming European Series Makers program.
She is attached as writer and/or director on four feature films in funded development with Screen Ireland and is producing a shortlisted Perspectives feature film.
Patricia holds an MA in Screenwriting for Film & TV, a Postgraduate Diploma (Distinction) in Advanced Producing, 1st class BA (Hons) in Literature and is taking a micro-credential in Entertainment Law.
She worked as a script reader for Northern Ireland Screen, is a National Talent Academy mentor, a Film Offaly tutor and guest-lectures at a number of universities. She has been a speaker at seminars and workshops run by Women in Film and TV Ireland, Irish Film Festival London and at the prestigious Camerimage Film Festival in Poland.
Her work is defined by bold storytelling, layered characters and underrepresented voices, with a growing slate of projects that aim to connect deeply with audiences at home and internationally.
GAMMY
(co-writer / director)
Black Comedy Feature film – in funded development with Screen Ireland.
A dysfunctional loner is desperate to create the perfect family unit. When she realises those closest to her are not on board, she goes to extreme measures to fight for her ending. Produced by Four Quandrant Films and Jason Forde.
A COLD SNAP
(writer / director)
Drama Feature film – in funded development with Screen Ireland.
A grieving Australian mother infiltrates a small town in Ireland to uncover the truth of what happened to her deceased, backpacking son. Produced by Prelude Content and Paul FitzSimons.
BODIES WITHIN
(writer / director / exec producer)
Drama Feature film – in funded development with Screen Ireland.
Amid cultural isolation and rising tensions in Ireland, a pregnant Algerian college student craves safety, connection and dignity – discovering unexpected strength through motherhood and the power of community. Produced by Natalie Britton and MnáMná Films.
THE GUINNESS GIRL
(director)
Drama Feature film – in funded development with Screen Ireland.
An uplifting family film based on the true story of Maria McAteer, the first Black world-champion Irish dancer. Produced by Julie Baines and Liam Beatty, written by Maria McAteer.
THE SILENCE BETWEEN US
(producer)
Drama Feature film – in funded development with Screen Ireland under the Perspectives scheme.
After surviving a mosque massacre as a child, a grieving suicidal father in Ireland must face the guilt that’s consumed him for decades before it destroys his only remaining connection to life: his daughter. Produced by Patricia Kelly and MnáMná Films.
HUMDRUM
(writer / director)
Dramedy TV series. Accepted onto the upcoming European Series Makers programme, workshopped in the Sundance Episodic and Stowe Story Labs.
A heart-broken court transcriber meddles in the cases she types to find justice for victims but quickly loses sight of what’s right and what’s very wrong.
VERDIGRIS
(writer / director / producer / editor)
MnáMná Films and Prelude Content – currently streaming in Ireland and Italy.
*IFTA NOMINEE – Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actress (Film), Best Supporting Actress (Film)
*WINNER – Festival Award, Audience Award, Best Actress Award (Geraldine McAlinden), British & Irish Film Festival, Ajaccio, Corsica
*WINNER – Best Film, Best Leading Actress (Geraldine McAlinden), Special Mention Award (Maya O’Shea), Cinema d’iDEA, Italy 2024
*WINNER – Critics Award, Audience Award, British & Irish Film Fest, Luxembourg 2024
*WINNER – Best Feature Film, Irish Film Festival London 2023
*WINNER – Best Narrative Feature, Kerry International Film Festival 2023
*WINNER – Best Irish Film, Newport Beach Film Festival 2023
*WINNER – Best Independent Film, Galway Film Fleadh 2023
VERY SLIGHTLY INCLUDED
(writer / director / editor)
Black comedy short. Broadcast on Latest TV, Sheffield Live, Northern Visions TV and screened at film festivals in Ireland, UK, Germany, India, USA and Spain.
COST YOU NOTHING
(writer / director / producer)
Black comedy short. Broadcast on national broadcaster RTE2, Latest TV and Northern Visions TV.
*WINNER – Honorable Mention Award, Chicago Irish Film Festival
*WINNER – Special Mention Award, Waterford Film Festival
*NOMINEE – Best Actress for Diana O’Connor, Underground Cinema Film Festival
*NOMINEE – Best Screenplay, Waterford Film Festival
WHEN POSSIBLE, TAKE A U-TURN
(writer / director / producer)
Black comedy short.
*WINNER – Best LGBT Film, Linear International Film Festival
RONYA
(director / producer)
Short documentary.
*NOMINEE – Best Doc, Tri Rivers Film Festival
*NOMINEE – Best of the Fest, Tri Rivers Film Festival
I DON’T USUALLY DO THIS
(writer / actor)
Broadcast on national broadcaster RTE Radio1.
ADRIAN CROWLEY – CAPRICORN
(director / producer)
Screened on MTV and RTE.
