PREVIEW: Wildfire (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Nika McGuigan (The Secret Scripture), Nora-Jane Noone (The Magdalene Sisters), Martin McCann (Killing Bono), Kate Dickie (Our Ladies), Uriel Emil (6 Bullets), Noni Stapleton (film debut), Helen Behan (film debut), Aiste Gramantaite (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga), Amanda Hurwitz (Titanic Town), Lucia Keane (film debut), Toni O’Rourke (Calm with Horses), Joanne Crawford (Mammal), Damien Hannaway (Charlie Casanova), Rozlyn Sheridan (film debut), Sarah Cranston (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Cathy Brady (film debut), director, writer; David Collins (The Most Fertile Man in Ireland), Carlo Cresto-Dina (The Wonders) and Charles Steel (The Last King of Scotland), producers; Gareth Averill (Love Me Do) and Matthew James Kelly (I Am Not A Witch), composers; Crystel Fournier (Girlhood), cinematographer; Matteo Bini (Prevenge), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Lauren (Noone) and Kell (McGuigan) are inseparable sisters living in a small town on the Irish border, whose lives are shattered by the sudden death of their mother, and later Kelly’s sudden disappearance. However, when Kelly resurfaces after a year of being reported missing, Lauren is forced to confront her family’s dark past as their sisterhood is reignited amidst rumours spreading across the town…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker Cathy Brady makes her remarkable feature debut with an intimate and grounded tale of sisterly bonds and dark secrets, though it is also a bittersweet outing for it marks the final role of lead actress Nika McGuigan, who sadly passed away from leukaemia in 2019.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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