Fran the Man

Fran the Man is a 2025 football mockumentary film directed by Stephen Bradley and starring Darragh Humphreys, Ardal O'Hanlon and Amy Huberman.

Fran the Man
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Directed by	Stephen Bradley
Screenplay by	Richie Conroy
Based on	Fran by Richie Conroy Mark Hodkinson
Produced by	Collie McCarthy
Starring	Darragh Humphreys Ardal O'Hanlon Amy Huberman
Cinematography	Ross O'Callaghan
Edited by	Stephen Vickers
Music by	Stephen Rennicks
Production companies	RTÉ Forty Foot Pictures
Distributed by	Volta Pictures
Release date	11 April 2025 (2025-04-11)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Ireland
Language	English

Premise

A non-league football side are drawn against Irish giants Shamrock Rovers in the first round of the FAI Cup.^[1]

Cast

• Darragh Humphreys as Fran Costello
• Ardal O'Hanlon as Jim O'Dea
• Amy Huberman as Jackie Charlton
• Risteárd Cooper as Gerry Nolan
• Toni O'Rourke as Naomi Clancy
• Deirdre O'Kane as Dympna Greene
• Paul Reid as Dale
• Eddie Marsan
• Darren Dixon

Production

Written by Richie Conroy and directed by Stephen Bradley, the film is based on the football mockumentary series Fran which ran between 2009 and 2011 on Setanta Sports and TV3 in Ireland. Support comes from Screen Ireland and RTÉ.^[2][3] The film is produced by Collie McCarthy and Forty Foot Pictures.^[4]

The cast has Darragh Humphreys reprising the role of Fran Costello and includes Ardal O'Hanlan, Toni O’Rourke, Amy Huberman and Deirdre O’Kane.^[5]

Principal photography began in Dublin in March 2024.^[6]