The movie is set during the events of the famine.
A short film by a midlands production company will have it's international premiere in California next week.
Wrecker produced by Daingean's Martina McGlynn tells the story about a family during the famine in 1849.
It stars Tullamore's Sam Keeley and 10-year-old Camron Barne and was filmed in Croghan, Mountbriscoe and Omagh.
Producer of the film Garrett Daly, from Mixed Bag Media, says it's a chilling short drama that is dialogue free:
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