Paula Kehoe

Paula Kehoe (born 1964) is an Irish-Australian independent producer, director, and screenwriter from Naarm, Melbourne, working under her independent production company Saoi Media in Galway. She is a member of both the Screen Director's Guild Ireland and the Australian Director's Guild.

Career Kehoe is an Australian-born producer predominantly interested in social justice, the environment, native cultures, and pro-peace activism. Initially educated at RMIT University, Melbourne, she moved to Ireland and was additionally educated at The University of Galway. Her I Am Galway 2020 was Ireland's first filmpoem created with VR 360 software for an immersive experience.

Her artistic works expertly explore cultural histories from minority voices. Assimilation received a few weeks of set filming in Australia and is a meditative intellectual documentary that invokes thought about Aboriginal and Irish stories in Australia. With a particular focus on Irish history, Kehoe's An Diabhal Inti (The Devil's In Her) tells stories on witchcraft, nature, and the female experience. Debuted on International Women's Day 2022, the series "subtly interrogates and undermines" classic tropes about women and witches. In the same year Kehoe produced Cathair Na Mílte Grian (City of a Thousand Suns) to address the impacts of war. Inspired by Irish poetry, she investigates Hiroshima's cultural experience to underline the importance of peace and community.

Achievements In 2014, Kehoe won the Irish Radharc Award for An Dubh Ina Gheal: Assimilation, and was commended for the European Prix CIRCOM awards.

Her artwork in 2020 formed part of Galway's successful application to be the European Capital of Culture that year.

Kehoe's films have been viewed at the Irish Film Festival, Galway Film Festival, Hiroshima International Film Festival, Cork Film Festival, Irish Cultural Festival New York, and Female Eye Film Festival Toronto.

Filmography Films Year Title Director Producer Screenwriter Notes 2010 A Burning Question Yes Yes Documentary 2015 Dearghúil: Anatomy of Passion Yes Yes Yes Documentary 2020 I Am Galway 2020 Yes Yes Yes Short film 2020 Living Pages Experience 2022 Cathair Na Mílte Grian (City of a Thousand Suns) Yes Yes Yes

Television Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes Blue List Series 2010–2013Garraí Glas Yes Series 2013 An Dubh Ina Gheal: Assimilation Yes Yes Yes TV movie; documentary 2001–2023 Eco Eye Yes Series (several episodes) 2019 SÍolscéalta (Seedstories) Yes Yes Yes Series 2022 An Diabhal Inti (The Devil's In Her) Yes Yes Yes Series; co-producer

Music video Year Title Type Artist Role Notes 2014 Flanagan Song Philippa Nihill and Paula Kehoe Co-writer; co-producer; editor