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Sea Fever opens Discovery strand at the Toronto International Film Festival

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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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Sea Fever win at Cannes Marché du Film

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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.

Z: The Beginning of Everything

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Here’s the trailer for Z, the brand new drama Neasa directed with Killer Films for Amazon. Starring Christina Ricci, the drama explores the extraordinary true story of Zelda Sayre and her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, as they invent themselves and destroy each other amid the glitz and glamour of Manhattan in 1920.

Talking movies with Ryan Tubridy

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Neasa chats about her work and ideas in an interview with Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ Radio One. Happy Valley’s themes of nature versus nurture come up, as well as what it’s like bringing authentic police practice to the screen. In addition, Neasa talks about her new project on New Yorker writer, wit and wayfarer Maeve Brennan. Listen to it here.