Welcome to our funding page! We would love your support to help get our short film, Love Potion, made.

Love Potion was written by Ceara Carney while partaking in The GALPAL Collective writers' group. The script was shortlisted to the top 15 out of hundreds of applications for the NTA First Credit Short Film Scheme but unfortunately didn't get over the line with funding, so now we're asking the wider collective to help. Whatever you can spare to cover our basic costs and ideally get some sort of a wage into the pockets of the cast and crew involved, will be HUGELY appreciated. 

Let's use some visuals to give you the context, starting with the characters:

This will be Castán Productions first film. CP was founded by Ceara Carney who is an actor and writer from Castán Close in Ballywilliam, Wexford. She'll be working with the extremely talented Hannah Bloom as DOP. Here's an example of Hannah's work: 

Our producer is Alannah Jennings, who will also be composing the soundtrack for the film!

This 4 day shoot will take place in April 2026, in Dublin, Ireland. We'll be hiring a local cast and crew, making sure to create a safe (and enjoyable!) working set. Your help to support this film financially will mean less stress for the artsists involved, a better qulaity finished product that isn't rushed, and more festival submissions so that Carla's story can be shared with audiences all over the world.