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New Feature Project Selected for The Writers Lab
Niamh Heery’s feature drama A Means to an End has been selected for The Writers Lab UK & Europe 2023. The screenplay, an ecodrama following a photojournalist covering a fracking operation on the Northern Irish border, has been in development with Screen Ireland and producer Roisín Geraghty of Little Rose Films. The initiative is supported Read more about New Feature Project Selected for The Writers Lab[…]
Winning Science on Screen Animations Complete Production
After successfully pitching and winning the 2022 Science on Screen commission for the second time, Niamh and Eric have completed two bespoke animations for two groundbreaking medical device projects in association with Cúram, Ardán and the National Talent Academy for Animation. The animations aim to bring creative ways of communicating what are often complex, Read more about Winning Science on Screen Animations Complete Production[…]
Our Unfenced Country rebroadcast on RTÉ
Galway Film Centre and RTÉ are celebrating a momentous 30 years of the GFC/RTÉ Short Film Commission, a scheme set up to give a voice and platform to emerging talent in the film industry in Ireland. Placing screen talent at its heart, the initiative is the longest running short film scheme in Ireland. To celebrate Read more about Our Unfenced Country rebroadcast on RTÉ[…]
Lady Black Eyes premieres online for RTÉ Culture’s Director’s Pick
Each week on RTE’s Culture section of their website an established Irish director is picking their favourite Screen Ireland-supported short film, introducing the film to a wider audience. This week, Cathy Brady, writer and director of the upcoming film Wildfire, introduces her Irish Shorts Director Pick: Niamh Heery’s Lady Black Eyes, marking its premiere online. Read more about Lady Black Eyes premieres online for RTÉ Culture’s Director’s Pick[…]
A Tiny Spark to Premiere on RTÉ One on World Stroke Day
‘A Tiny Spark’, the award-winning documentary which follows the story of three people who have had a stroke and the scientists leading research in this area at NUI Galway, will have its television premiere on World Stroke Day, Tuesday October 29th on RTÉ 1 at 11.15pm. Directed by Niamh Heery and produced by Caroline Kealy Read more about A Tiny Spark to Premiere on RTÉ One on World Stroke Day[…]
Pause screens on RTÉ 2
Niamh Heery’s award-winning short film ‘Pause‘ was broadcast on RTÉ2 on Monday 21 October. The Shortscreen series showcases the best of Ireland’s short films. Only a small number of films each season are selected. The film stars Janine Hardy as a woman who arrives on a remote Irish island to listen to some old recordings Read more about Pause screens on RTÉ 2[…]
A Tiny Spark and Lady Black Eyes screen at Oaxaca Film Festival, Mexico
The Oaxaca Film Festival in Mexico selected two Swansong Films productions to screen this October, documentary A Tiny Spark, and short drama Lady Black Eyes. Niamh and Eric travelled over and were delighted with the packed to capacity screenings on both occasions, with lively Q&As following. Lady Black Eyes was also a finalist in the Read more about A Tiny Spark and Lady Black Eyes screen at Oaxaca Film Festival, Mexico[…]
A Tiny Spark wins Humanitarian Award in DOCUtah
A Tiny Spark has picked up its second award at an international film festival, DOCUtah in the US. Producer Caroline Kealy was on hand to accept the award. ‘It’s been a wonderful experience being here for this really well curated and thoughtfully planned festival. Such fantastic hospitality and stunning surroundings. Read more about A Tiny Spark wins Humanitarian Award in DOCUtah[…]
A Tiny Spark wins Award in Sci On! Nevada
On May 6th the Sci On! Festival in Reno, Nevada awarded A Tiny Spark with the 2019 Best Medical Documentary Award after screening it in the stunning Fleischmann Planetarium. A Tiny Spark is a documentary directed by Niamh Heery, produced by Caroline Kealy with animations by Eric Dolan about stroke research and survivors. It has just Read more about A Tiny Spark wins Award in Sci On! Nevada[…]
A Tiny Spark – Premiere at Pálás Cinema Galway
CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices based at NUI Galway and Galway Film Centre’s 2018 ‘Science on Screen’ documentary, A Tiny Spark will screen at Pálás Cinema in Galway on Saturday, December 1st at 1pm. Directed by Niamh Heery and produced by Caroline Kealy of Swansong Films, A Tiny Spark Read more about A Tiny Spark – Premiere at Pálás Cinema Galway[…]