A documentary film exploring the life of Irish surgeon, Denis Burkitt, who discovered Burkitt’s lymphoma as told by filmmaker Éanna Mac Cana, a survivor of this cancer.

Available to watch on True Story

Awards:

Best Debut Film - 60th Academia Film Olomouc

Best Specialist Factual - 10th Royal Television Awards Northern Ireland

Screenings:

24.10.25 — Auditorium de la Grande Galerie de l’Évolution, Paris, France (French Premiere - ParisScience International Film Festival)

13.09.25 — Bertha DocHouse, London, UK (Watch QnA)

20.06.25 — Cinema Corso, Lugano, Switzerland (Swiss Premiere)

27.04.25 — Theatre Hall Konvikt, Olomouc, Czech Republic

25.04.25 — Metropol Cinema, Olomouc, Czech Republic

24.04.25 — Corpus Christi Chapel, Olomouc, Czech Republic (Czech Premiere - 60th International Film Festival of Science Documentary Films)

23.03.25 — St. Laurence Church, Stroud, UK

22.03.25 — St. Laurence Church, Stroud, UK (Stroud Film Festival)

20.03.25 — Visum Mundi, Wageningen, Netherlands

11.03.25 — LUX 1, Nijmegen, Netherlands (Dutch Premiere + Opening Night Film - InScience Film Festival)

03.03.25 — Beanbag Cinema, Belfast, UK

28.02.25 — AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center, Washington D.C. (US Premiere)

26.02.25 — Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

25.02.25 — London School of Health & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

19.02.25 — IMC Enniskillen, Fermanagh, UK

18.02.25 — Nerve Centre, Derry, UK

13.02.25 — Cultúrlann, Belfast, UK

11.02.25 — University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

05.02.25 — The MAC, Belfast, UK

04.02.25 — Irish Film Institute, Dublin, Ireland

16.11.24 — Dundrum Cinema, Dublin, Ireland (Science Week Ireland)

14.07.24 — Pálás Cinema, Galway, Ireland (New Irish Cinema - Galway Film Fleadh)

22.06.24 – Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast, UK (World Premiere - Docs Ireland)

Press & Reviews:

• “Burkitt review – fascinating film intertwines lives of patient and trailblazing surgeon” - The Guardian

• “Now Streaming: The Irish surgeon who made a game-changing cancer discovery” - The Journal

• “Learning Irish for my film helped with cancer recovery” - BBCNI

• “Documentary about life of NI cancer pioneer Dr Denis Burkitt to air on TV” - Belfast Telegraph

• “Life of legendary Irish surgeon who discovered rare form of cancer explored in new film” - The Irish Post

• “Burkitt review: Beautiful documentary about life of pioneering Fermanagh cancer researcher” - The Irish Times

• “‘Burkitt review: A lyrical, deeply personal look at the legacy of an Irish medical pioneer” - Irish Independent

• “Review: Burkitt” - Film Ireland

• “Belfast filmmaker's documentary on NI surgeon who discovered cancer he survived” - Belfast Live

• “‘He cured the cancer I had’ – film-maker on an Irish surgeon who made a breakthrough that saved his life” - Irish Independent