Project Detail

Wildfire

Synopsis

The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother’s past, but uncovered secrets and resentments which have been buried deep, threaten to overwhelm them.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2020 - World Premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2020

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Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 85 min
Director: Cathy Brady 1st Feature
Producer: Carlo Cresto-Dina, Charles Steel, David Collins
Executive Producer: Lauren Dark, Emma Duffy, Lizzie Francke, Celine Haddad, Robert A. Halmi, Jim Reeve
Screenwriter: Cathy Brady
Director of Photography: Crystel Fournier
Production Designer: John Leslie
Principal cast: Nika McGuigan, Nora-Jane Noone, Martin McCann

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ireland, UK co-production

A Cowboy Films (UK), Samson Films (IE), Tempesta Films (UK) production with development and production support from BFI (UK), Screen Ireland (IE), Northern Ireland Screen (UK), Wellcome Trust (UK), and with co-finance production support from Film4 (UK), Sulcata Productions, Illium and Lexis Media (UK)

Cowboy Films

48 Russell Square
London
WC1B 4JP

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Sales Company

Film Constellation Ltd

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