A short documentary about a group of trad climbers in Ireland

Director Biography

Neive McAlpin- Is an aspiring writer and filmmaker from Belfast about to begin third year of film studies at Queen's University Belfast. "Trad" was his first time making a documentary, and he felt that his connection to the sport and its participants, his friends, made the process of making this documentary very special to him. He hopes to make more films about climbing in the future,

John McGarry- Is an aspiring director and writher from Mullingar, Westmeath going into his third year of film in Queens University Belfast. "Trad" was the first documentary he directed and was a great challenge. Being a climber himself he felt very strongly about the project and the visuals at play, the magnitude of what these people are doing is so hard to grasp and that was the main goal for this project...