Neasa talks to Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir about her creative work in this popular podcast. She discusses her process of writing, her commitment to cinematic storytelling, and the fun of working with great actors. Find it on Apple or Spotify .
Sea Fever is one of ten European films selected for Sydney International Film Festival 2020. Screen International reports that Sea Fever is an experiment in fusing a Brechtian arthouse feel with a propulsive, mainstream thriller form.
Sea Fever opens in theatres and on VoD across the US April 10th 2020. The film is distributed by Dust, the sci-fi imprint of Gunpowder & Sky. Tickets available here
Sea Fever is a sci-fi thriller. The story sees solitary marine biology student Siobhán endure a week on a ragged fishing trawler, where she’s miserably at odds with the close-knit crew. But out in the deep Atlantic, the boat encounters an unfathomable life form. When members of the crew start succumbing to a strange infection, Siobhán must overcome her alienation and win the crew’s trust, before everyone is lost. A story of taking responsibility for ourselves, for eachother and for our world, the film sold out several times over and received glowing reviews at its festival début.
Neasa’s new sci-fi thriller Sea Fever opened the Discovery strand at TIFF 2019.
The film sees solitary marine biology student Siobhán endure a week on a ragged fishing trawler, where she’s miserably at odds with the close-knit crew. But out in the deep Atlantic, the boat encounters an unfathomable life form. When members of the crew start succumbing to a strange infection, Siobhán must overcome her alienation and win the crew’s trust, before everyone is lost. A story of taking responsibility for ourselves, for eachother and for our world, the film sold out several times over and received glowing reviews at its festival début. It continues to screen at numerous subsequent festivals worldwide.
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Neasa’s screenplay Sea Fever has won the inaugural Frontières Digital Postproduction Prize at the Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film. The win comes with a budget of $150,000 for post-production services. The script for Sea Feverwas shortlisted for the AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting 2015. It was selected at the Frontieres Film Festival as one of 12 showcase projects, as well as at the Les Arcs Film Festival as one of 9 showcase projects, and won a prize at the London Film Awards. It was selected at the Frontieres Film Festival as one of 12 showcase projects, as well as at the Les Arcs Film Festival as one of 9 showcase projects, and won a prize at the London Film Awards.
Neasa is on national public radio discussing her career, and how directing is all about creativity and trust. Listen here.
Neasa was awarded the Best Director IFTA last year, and has just been nominated again in the same category at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2017, for Z: The Beginning of Everything.