Draft:Dublin Crust

• Baz Black as Bonehead
• Louise McCann as Tania
• Eddie Nil
• Joe Rooney as Terrence
• Rob McCarthy as Gerry
• Barry John Kinsella as Jimmy
• William Morgan as Jeremy
• Aidan O’Sullivan as Priest
• Shane Robinson as Frank
• Leanne Bickerdike as Tracey
• Adam Murphy as Cillian
• Pauline O'Driscoll as Principal O’Hara
• Gerry Cannon as Ian
• Amy Sanfey as Anna
• Oisin De Lange as Phil
• Donna O’Sullivan as Jacinta
• Rosemary Henderson as Daisy
• Colleen Keogh as Lizzy
• Mark de Carreau as Tommy
• Mike Timms as Judge Francis Shaw
• Johnny French as Barista
• Paul Fitzgerald as Mikey

A decade after punk band Crust split up, the band members' lives have fallen apart. When drummer Bonehead is released from prison, he sets out to reform the band for one last show.

Louth Filmmaker Baz Black began writing the screenplay for his feature film ‘Dublin Crust’ in 2021. In September he shot a proof of concept teaser trailer and went on to win the ‘Screenplay Award’ at the Dublin International Film Festival. But despite this win and getting to pitch to numerous big production companies, funding was never given. Baz went on the produce the film himself for €35,000, though admits it should have cost around €250,000 had he not called “every favour he had”, claiming he had to “beg, borrow and steal” to make the film happen. ^[2]

Baz has since stated that these issues were something many Irish filmmakers faced when pitching, especially when “there are no leprechauns, banshees or flame-haired Colleens in their scripts”. ^[3] The film was shot in 15 days in over 32 different locations across 3 different Irish Counties. During the post-production process, the film was shortened by 17 minutes by the films editor, Emma Ray. ^[4]

The film premiered in Drogheda at Omniplex Cinemas in 2023. ^[4] The film opened up in cinemas across Ireland in September of that year in what Baz called “A dream come true”. ^[5] While the film was originally supposed to only play in theatres for two weeks, strong audience attendance and critical reviews got the films cinema run increased to six weeks. ^[6]

Crust was played at several high profile film festivals across Ireland and the UK, picking up awards at the likes of Dublin International Comedy Film Festival, where it picked up 7 awards. Baz won the award for ‘Best Overall Film’ at the Swindon Independent Film Festival. ^[7] The film was streamed on RTÉ Player in 2025. ^[8] Baz expressed his hopes that the film would receive a nomination nod at the IFTA’s when it was announced the film was in consideration for five award categories. ^[9]

Reviews for ‘Dublin Crust’ were overly positive, with Film Ireland calling it ‘fitting tribute to The Commitments. ^[10] Dublin Gazette Newspapers called the film a ‘crackin new Irish feature’ and said it was like The Commitments meets Trainspotting and had an illegitimate love child with The Full Monty. ^[11] Film Threat said the film just oozed of ‘that indie filmmaking spirit’ and congratulated Baz and his crew on hitting #1 on Amazon Prime Video. ^[12]

Dublin Crust on IMDB