Following a late-night attack, young footballer Cian receives a devastating head injury that halts his activities with the local GAA team. Previously content with working on the farm and hanging out with friends, Cian struggles to fill the void that football leaves behind. A realistic insight into the complexities of small town rural Irish life and male mental health, Lakelands is an impressive feature film debut from Longford filmmakers Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, who set the film in their hometown of Granard.