Making of a Medium screening

“Just because you can’t smell it, touch it, taste it, doesn’t make it not real” says Sligo born Sean Conway about his experiences as a Spirit Medium. Sean’s life stor y is told in The Making of a Medium, the debut feature documentar y by Sligo’s Atlantic Light Productions. This fascinating film opens up the world of spiritual medium-ship and covers both sides of the argument, featuring inter views with believers and sceptics alike.

The film follows Sean Conway who was born with a gift; a gift he could not understand. From an early age Sean was constantly met with scepticism from friends, members of his family and even his t win brother; Liam. Discovering a gift and new confidence, he began his path as a spirit medium.

“From the moment we read Sean’s diar y, we knew that it was a stor y that had to be told” say the filmmakers Niall Flynn and James Dennison. For three years the filmmakers followed Sean’s journey from the shadows into the light of his new vocation. The film asks, what is a medium and how does one become one? The differing opinions of mental health experts, scientists, and devout atheists, as well as professional spirit mediums give the film a unique balance. The audience is l eft to decide for themselves. ‘The Making of a Medium’ presents an intriguing insight into the state of spiritualism in Ir eland today.

Shot on l ocation in Ireland covering the counties Sligo, Cork and Dublin, this film gives a truthful and human perspective of mediumship, set against the back drop of the mystical Sligo l andscape. The independent production is the fir st feature l ength documentar y from Niall Flynn and James Dennison’s production company Atlantic Light Productions.

The film comes back to Sligo for a Halloween Special on the 30th of October at 6.30pm in the Sligo Omniplex.