Deadline has revealed a first look teaser clip for Cathy Brady’s debut feature film Wildfire, which has been selected for the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Developed and produced with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and Screen Ireland, Wildfire was also selected to feature online at this year’s physical-virtual hybrid edition of the BFI London Film Festival.
Click here to watch the teaser clip on Deadline.
Filmed on location in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Wildfire stars the late Nika McGuigan (The Secret Scripture, Traders), and Nora-Jane Noone (Brooklyn, The Magdalene Sisters, The Descent), and tells the story of a missing woman who returns home, igniting an intense bond with her sister. United they unearth their mother’s past but the truth has devastating consequences. The legacies of the past are political as well as personal on the Irish border and they soon find themselves on a collision course with everyone around them. Brady’s debut is both a masterclass in unease and a superbly performed study of sibling relations.
Wildfire is produced by David Collins for Samson Films, Charles Steel for Cowboy Films and Carlo Cresta-Dina for Tempesta Film. An Irish-UK co-production, Wildfire is supported by the BFI, Screen Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen and the Wellcome Trust.