Niamh Heery’s feature drama project ‘Why You Wanna Fly, Blackbird?’ has been selected for Screen Ireland’s inaugeral Perspectives filmmaking scheme. Perspectives is a new pilot programme from Screen Ireland to support the development and production of new Irish feature films, providing a window into experiences and viewpoints that may not have been widely represented on Read more about Niamh Heery Selected for ‘Perspectives’[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
CÚRAM, the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research in Medical Devices based at NUI Galway and Galway Film Centre select ‘A Tiny Spark’ as the recipient of the 2018 Science on Screen commission. The documentary, which will be directed by Niamh Heery and produced by Caroline Kealy of Swansong Films, will examine the effect Read more about ‘A Tiny Spark’ selected for Science on Screen 2018[…]
Niamh has won a Writer’s Guild of Ireland Zebbie Award 2018 for the short script for Pause, the short film which she wrote and directed last year. The Zebbie Awards are annual awards created by the WGI — named in honour of O. Z. Whitehead — to acknowledge the best scripts written by Irish playwrights Read more about Writer’s Guild of Ireland Zebbie Award for Niamh Heery[…]
Radical Pathways is a weeklong multimedia series in collaboration with theJournal.ie which explores themes of radicalisation, Islamophobia and integration in the context of the refugee crisis. Video report from Part 2: How Manchester is recovering from a terror attack Niamh Heery and journalist Órla Ryan spent six months speaking to refugees, asylum seekers, experts, authorities Read more about Radical Pathways: A multimedia series with theJournal.ie[…]
Pause continues it’s festival appearances with screenings at the Belfast Film Festival (30 March – 8 April 2017) and the Irish Film Festa Rome (30 March – 2 April 2017). Ahead of the Italian screening Niamh spoke to the festival about the making of the film and what inspired it: I wanted to play around Read more about Upcoming screenings and interview with Niamh Heery[…]