The Key

The Key was an adventure short film written by Leon Fox O'Brien and co-directed by Leon Fox O'Brien and Ciarán Graham. The film was released on June 30th, 2012.

Synopsis
Two boys, Berene (Leon Fox O'Brien) and Deruno (Matthew Boyle) are playing when they discover a key in a field. The key opens a portal, which the boys enter. The portal takes them to a battle between humans and dwarves, but they soon return to their own time. There, a villager (Asoo Azad) warns them of dwarves coming to wage war, revealing they went only days into the future. Jumping forward in time, they learn from a dying soldier (Cian Nolan) they lose the war. Opening another portal, the two boys travel back in time to help fight the war. During the battle, Deruno is killed, but Berene uses the key to resurrect him after the battle is won. The king of the dwarves arrives and attempts to kill Berene, but he uses the key to defeat him before collapsing. Later, a drowsy Berene believes it was a dream, before he realises the Key was real.

Cast
Leon Fox O'Brien as Berene

Matthew Boyle as Deruno

Cian Nolan as the Soldier/ Dwarf King

Asoo Azad as Soldier #2

Jake Walker as Dwarf Soldiee

Reception
The film received mostly positive reviews, critics praising the direction and fight scenes but criticising some performances and cheesy moments.