SwanSong Films was formed in 2005 in order to produce original, creative and engaging Irish productions.
Email: info@swansongfilms.ie
NIAMH HEERY is an Irish filmmaker working in documentary and fiction. Her documentary work has won the Radharc Award, Moondance, the ICCL Human Rights Film Award and Mary Raftery Journalism Fund. Fiction pieces have won the Irish Writer’s Guild Zebbie Award, the RTÉ/Galway Film Centre Short Film Award and has been shortlisted for the RTE Francis McManus Prize. She is known for working with international non-profits and NGOs and has directed on RTÉ documentary series. Niamh was nominated for the ADIFF Discovery Award in 2016. She has been funded three times by Screen Ireland/Fís Éireann’s short documentary and drama schemes and currently has feature projects in development with the national agency.
ERIC DOLAN is a 3D Visual Effects Artist and Animator. He works on Irish and International broadcast, feature and commercial projects with Ireland’s top post production companies such as Windmill Lane Pictures, Piranha Bar and Outer Limits. Working with Niamh, he’s most recently created the lyrical, artistic animated sequences that express the experiences of stroke survivors in A Tiny Spark and the Science on Screen Animations for Ardán. Eric has also produced many of Swansong Films’ short form projects.