Adding to the Moondance International Film Festival award, Niamh Heery’s short documentary ‘Displaced‘ has won the 2016 Radharc Award for short film. The award is given out once every two years to films that carry on the spirit of the long running RTE documentary series which focussed on issues of social justice around the world. Read more about Displaced wins the 2016 Short Radharc Award[…]
Following her visit to Nordic Panorama lat year in conjunction with Screen Talent Europe and The Galway Film Centre, Niamh will chair a panel in the seminar ‘The Business of Documentary Making: An Irish & Nordic Perspective’ on Wednesday 12th October in the Harbour Hotel in Galway City. It will look at different aspects of Read more about Niamh to chair a panel at Galway City of Film Seminar[…]
Niamh Heery’s new short drama Pause has been accepted into a number of Irish festivals, beginning it’s run on a high with a premiere in competition on Saturday 15 October at OFFline Film Festival, Offaly in the Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, then goes to the Kerry Film Festival, nominated there for Best Irish Narrative Read more about Pause hits Irish festivals running[…]
Absolutely delighted to announce that Displaced, a short documentary directed by Niamh Heery and funded by the Irish Film Board has won the Best Short Documentary Award at the 2016 Moondance International Film Festival! Displaced is a lyrical film about people who have lost their place in life and how they connect with what they Read more about Displaced Wins Best Short Documentary at Moondance[…]
The final touches are being put on Niamh Heery’s latest short drama ‘Pause’, filmed on the sparsely inhabited island of Inishbiggle in Mayo during May. The film stars Janine Hardy as a woman who arrives on an island in an altered state to confront her past. As she listens to old family tape recordings her Read more about Production Wraps on Short Drama Pause[…]
A Father’s Letter and the full programme of After ’16 Short films will screen every Friday during June in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks as part of their ‘Proclaiming the Republic’ programme commemorating 1916. The films will be shown between 11am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm every Friday in June in the Read more about A Father’s Letter to Screen at Historic Collins Barracks for June[…]
Following A Father’s Letter’s premiere with the other After ’16 films at the Audi Dublin International Film Festival in February, the After ’16 short films, commissioned by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board to commemorate the 1916 Rising, are set to enjoy further screenings throughout the year. Below listings are updated regularly, scroll Read more about More screenings for A Father’s Letter during 1916 Centenary Year[…]
Niamh is delighted to have been nominated for the 2016 Audi Dublin International Film Festival’s Discovery Award. The festival takes place from 18th – 28th February across the city. The festival has chosen to highlight 14 nominees from across the Irish Film Industry, stating: “The Irish Film Industry has never been busier, productions both large Read more about Niamh Heery Nominated for ADIFF Discovery Award[…]
Swansong Films’ latest documentary, A Father’s Letter, will premiere at the Audi Dublin Film Festival this February 21, 3pm at the Lighthouse Cinema. To mark the centenary of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising in 2016, the Irish Film Board selected 9 projects for their latest short film scheme, After ’16. Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Read more about A Father’s Letter to Premiere at ADIFF[…]
Niamh Heery received a bursary award to attend the Nordisc Panorama programme in September. She was selected as the Irish emerging filmmaker by the Galway Film Centre, along with 13 other delegates from across Europe, as part of Screen Talent Europe’s programme. Nordisc Panorama Film Festival and Forum is the largest in Scandinavia and is Read more about Niamh selected to attend Nordisc Panorama[…]