Sunday 4th October in Westport Town Hall Theatre at 2.00 pm
Martina Niland is an honors graduate of Communications – Film & Broadcasting and is a well-established film and television producer based in Dublin, and originally from Westport, Co. Mayo.
Among Martina’s producing credits is Karl Golden’s debut feature film THE HONEYMOONERS (2003) and his second feature BELONGING TO LAURA (2009). Martina was a producer of Perry Ogden’s debut feature PAVEE LACKEEN (2005), which won numerous awards including “Best Irish Film” at the Galway Film Fleadh, the Satyajit Ray Award at the London Film Festival and the IFTA for Best Irish Film. To date, her most critically acclaimed production was John Carney’s ONCE which received the Oscar® for Best Original Song and was named “Best Foreign Film” at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards. In 2009 Martina produced Carmel Winters’ first feature, entitled SNAP, which had its world premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. SNAP also won ‘Best Irish Film’ and ‘Best Irish Director’ at the Dublin International Film Festival. In 2012 Martina also produced – John Carney’s psychological chiller THE RAFTERS, and two co-productions; the comedy/horror GRABBERS, which premiered at Sundance.
Recently Martina produced the films RUN & JUMP and STAY. RUN & JUMP was co-written and directed by Oscar nominated Steph Green and won Best Irish Feature and Best Irish First Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2013 and the Silver Spike Award at the Valladolid International Film Festival. STAY, which stars Aidan Quinn and Golden Globe nominee Taylor Schilling in the lead roles, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 2013. Martina’s most recent production is John Carney’s much-anticipated new feature entitled SING STREET, which is due for release in early 2016 and stars Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor and Maria Doyle Kennedy.
This interactive show will allow you, the audience and Martina to engage in all things film while enjoying snippets of her internationally acclaimed work. Ideal for the up and coming film makers, bloggers and buffs.