FILMS
LYRA (lee-rah) (92 mins) Channel Four/ TG4 Directed by Alison Millar Edited by Chloe Lambourne
An emotive, intimate film on the life and death of acclaimed young Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee, whose murder by the New IRA in April 2019 sent shockwaves across the world. Lyra was the voice of her generation, and her death served as a tragic reminder of Northern Ireland’s fragile peace. Directed by her close friend, LYRA seeks answers to her senseless killing through Lyra’s own work and words.
- Grierson Award, Best Single Documentary - Domestic, Winner - Sheffield International DocFest, Tim Hetherington Award, Winner - Cork International Film Festival Audience Award, Winner - Prix Europa, Best European TV Documentary of the Year, Winner - AIB Awards, Human Interest TV and Video, Winner - Broadcast Awards, Best Documentary Programme, Winner - Docs Against Gravity, Warsaw, Best Film for Young Audience Award, Winner - Amnesty International Human Rights Award, Barcelona - Giffoni Film Festival, Best Documentary, Winner - Televisual Bulldog Award, Best Single Documentary, Winner - BIFA, Best Feature Documentary, Nominated
THE BAN (26 mins) An Erica Starling Productions co-production with Unbecoming Productions Directed by Roisin Agnew Produced & Edited by Sam Howard The New Yorker
During the Northern Ireland conflict a practice developed that saw actors hired to dub those associated with the IRA on broadcast media. Via unseen archive footage and present-day interviews with key figures such as Gerry Adams and Stephen Rea, THE BAN reflects on the British Government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship, drawing inevitable comparisons with the present.
- BAFTA, Best Short Film, Official Longlist - BIFA, Best Short Film, Official Longlist - London Short Film Festival, Best UK Short, Winner - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Best Short Documentary, Winner - Focal Awards, Best Use of Archive in Short Film, Winner - Sight and Sound, Best Video Essays 2024
Festivals: - Tribeca Film Festival - IDFA - CPH:DOX - DokuFest - Aesthetica Film Festival - Indy Shorts International Film Festival - Foyle Film Festival - Docs Ireland - Irish Film Institute - Indie Cork Film Festival - British Shorts Berlin - Sputnik Kino Berlin
Screenings: - New York University - Institute of Contemporary Art London - Bertha DocHouse, London - Goldsmiths University, London - London College of Communication
LEE MILLER - A LIFE ON THE FRONTLINE BBC Two/ARTE
- BAFTA Craft Awards, Director: Factual, Winner - BAFTA Craft Awards, Editor: Factual, Winner
ARENA: THE CHANGIN’ TIMES OF IKE WHITE BBC Four
- Royal Television Society NI, Best Documentary 2020, Winner
SEARCHING FOR SHERGAR BBC Two / BBC One NI/ RTE One
- Prix Europa Awards, Best Documentary in Europe, Silver - Royal Television Society NI Awards, Nominated
LEONORA CARRINGTON: THE LOST SURREALIST BBC Four
- Grierson Award: Best Arts Doc 2018 Winner - Royal Television Society NI Awards, Winner
THE SUMMER OF LOVE: HOW HIPPIES CHANGED THE WORLD (series) BBC Four
ELVIS: THE REBIRTH OF THE KING BBC Four
DISPATCHES: KIDS IN CRISIS
Channel Four
- Royal Television Society Award, UK - Best Current Affairs Programme, Winner - Royal Television Society Award, NI - Best Current Affairs Programme, Winner - Prix Europa, Best Current Affairs Film in Europe, Nominated - Broadcast Awards, Best Current Affairs, Nominated
THE DISAPPEARED
BBC Four Storyville, RTE One & BBC One NI
- IFTA - Best Documentary, 2014
- Celtic Media Festival Award, Current Affairs
TRUE NORTH: THE MIRACULOUS TALES OF MICKEY McGUIGAN BBC One NI
- Official Selection True/false Film Festival - Official Selection Hot Docs Documentary Festival
DISPATCHES: UNDER LOCK AND KEY Channel 4
THIS WORLD: THE SHAME OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
BBC Two
- BAFTA Current Affairs 2013, Winner
- Bronze Torc Award at Celtic Media Festival
ARENA: A BRITISH GUIDE TO THE END OF THE WORLD BBC Four
GERRY ANDERSON: LOSING IT
BBC One NI