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Nothing Compares

Synopsis

NOTHING COMPARES is the story of Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame, and how her iconoclastic personality would result in her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on her prophetic and challenging behaviour from 1987 to 1993, the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer, through a contemporary feminist lens.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022 - World Cinema Documentary Competition - World premiere

Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: Features
Running time: 97 min
Director: Kathryn Ferguson 1st Feature
Producer: Eleanor Emptage, Michael Mallie
Executive Producer: Charlotte Cook, Lesley McKimm, Lisa Marie Russo
Editor: Mick Mahon
Composer: Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley
Principal cast: Sinead O'Connor

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Tara Films production supported by BFI Doc Society Fund

Tara Films

Eleanor Emptage
10 Marlborough Place
Cross Ave
Belfast
BT9 6HQ

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Ard Mhacha Productions

Clonkerry
Barefield
Ennis Co Clare
Ireland

michael@ardmhachaproductions.com

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