David Keenan - Words on Canvas

Ireland2025documentary70'DocFilmMusic Competition

In his music and lyrics you can hear real Ireland – both the country as it is today, with its local problems, and the one enshrined in tradition and landscape. It also includes his personal biography in which some winding paths have led a boy with an acoustic guitar, who was a sensitive self-taught musician, to great concert halls. The viewers meet David Keenan at a pivotal moment when, having achieved success, he tries to maintain his own individuality on today’s music market. The camera follows the Irish bard for 18 months, getting to the roots of his work and depicting his intimate portrait.