Nun More Deadly

This is the latest film from WYD-EYE and the result of an international script competition for a detective film noir set in Waterford.

The project came about when it was discovered that crime writer Raymond Chandler had a close connection with Waterford. The creator of hardboiled detective Philip Marlowe and writer of the Big Sleep spent his childhood summers in the city during the 1890's.

WYD-EYE made contact with Waterford writer Bill Long who remembers meeting Chandler in London in the 1950's. The two would sit and talk in Chandler's study over a drink and reminisce about the place and its people. It was on one of these occasions that Chandler spoke of setting a Philip Marlowe novel in Waterford. Unfortunately, he died before putting pen to paper.

Dublin writer Rodney Lee wrote the winning script. He has previously won the 2004 Tiernan McBride Screenplay Award for his feature-length script "69" and is currently working on a radio drama for Lyric FM and a full play for the Fishamble Theatre Company.

St. Patrick's Church, Saturday 23 October, 7.15 pm

Tickets: €6, Imagine - Waterford Arts Festival, 051 855 038

Nun More Deadly is followed by a screening of The Big Sleep