ABOUT US
BUILT TO FAIL PRODUCTIONS was founded by Cilléin Mc Evoy and Chiara Viale in 2017 and incorporated in 2020. Seeking inspiration from the French cinéma pur and new wave movements, BUILT TO FAIL PRODUCTIONS is dedicated to producing and fostering Irish Art Cinema.
Cilléin
Mc Evoy
Cilléin is an actor, director and producer from Dublin, Ireland. Graduated in Film And Media at QMU, Scotland, Cilléin has a PG Cert in Creative Thinking, Innovation and Entrepreneurship from TCD, Dublin.
Cilléin’s acting training began under Kathleen Warner Yeates in 2014 and he has been working for screen and stage since. Cilléin has also written and directed several short films, including From Childhood’s Hour (2012) and Clear The Air (2018). He is currently developing a slate of short films as well as the feature screenplays School Days Over and An Scríobhneoir Gan Ainm.
Chiara Viale
Chiara is a writer, director and producer based in Ireland since 2015. They have a BA in Foreign Languages and Literature and began directing for film in 2016. Chiara has written a number of feature and short films. Their Arts Council funded short La Via Di Casa/The Way Home won Best Irish Poetry Short at Bloomsday Film Festival in 2025.
Chiara’s feature directorial debut, The New Music, won the Spirit Of IndieCork Award in 2019 and is distributed Worldwide by SMP Distribution. Their feature screenplay 11 Ragman Street was developed with the assistance of Screen Ireland.
Chiara is currently developing a number of feature and TV projects.