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Wildfire (2020 Film)
''Wildfire'' is a 2020 Irish Drama (film and television), drama thriller film directed by Cathy Brady. It is about two reunited sisters who discover secrets from their mother's past. It was acquired by Modern Films for distribution in the UK. The film holds approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "Anchored by the believable bond between its leads, ''Wildfire'' tells a heartfelt and realistic story of sisters peering into their family's past." It was in the Great 8 Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival and debuted in the Discovery Showcase at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. It won the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award at the London BFI Film Festival. The award is worth £50k, for outstanding first or second time UK writer, director or writer/director presenting work at the BFI London Film Festival. Nika McGuigan was posthumously honoured with the Lead Actress - Film award at the Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Brady
Cathy Brady is a Northern-Ireland born film director and screenwriter. After directing several award-winning short films and some television episodes in the 2010s, she wrote and directed her first feature film, ''Wildfire (2020 film), Wildfire'' in 2020. She studied visual arts at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) but became interested in film and transferred to the National Film School of Ireland to complete her degree. She has an MA in directing fiction from the National Film and Television School (NFTS). She grew up in Newry in Northern Ireland and lives in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England with her dachshund dog Betty. She chose to live in Sussex because she "didn't want to be typecast as an Irish film-maker". Selected filmography *''Small Change'' (2010, short) * ''Rough Skin'' (2011, shown in Channel 4's ''Coming Up (TV series), Coming Up'' series) *''Kiss'' (2012, short) * ''Morning'' (2012, short) * ''Wasted'' (2013, short) *''Wildfire (202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |