Part of the White Stag Group formed in Dublin during the emergency years of World War II, Patrick Scott was born in Kilbrittain, Co. Cork in 1921. An architect by trade, his mosaics can still be seen to great effect today in Busarás, Dublin. In the 50s his move to painting was cemented when he quit architecture to become a full-time artist. Winning the Guggenheim Award in 1958, he went on to represent Ireland at the Venice Biennale in 1960. Throughout the 60s he developed a style of gold painting which he continues to this day, leaving him as one of the country's most influential modernists.

Receiving its world premiere at the Cork Film Festival, Patrick Scott - The Golden Boy paints a colourful portrait of the first living Irish artist to have a painting bought by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It features Patrick Scott in the surroundings of his family, studio and Dublin home, and includes appearances from poet Seámus Heaney, and the potter Stephen Pearce.