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The Galway Film Fleadh 2020 has announced the World Premiere of short film REUNION in official competition. REUNION stars Olwen Fouéré and John Travers, and is written and directed by Stephen Fingleton. The synopsis reads “A former gangster meets her estranged son at a wake.”. REUNION reunites the creative partnership…

Stephen Fingleton has been awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy RISING STAR award for his work on THE SURVIVALIST. Previous recipients include Saoirse Ronan and Michael Fassbender. The award was given at a televised ceremony in Mansion House, Dublin, where Liam Neeson was also honoured by the Irish president…

THE SURVIVALIST is released in the UK & Eire on the 15th April 2016 on DVD, Blu-Ray and VOD by Bulldog Distribution. It is a Region 0 disk which means it can be viewed on any system worldwide, irrespective of region locking, including the United States. For full details go…

THE SURVIVALIST has been nominated in 4 nominations from the IFTA awards (Irish Film and Television Academy). These include Best Film, Best Director (Stephen Fingleton), Best Actor (Martin McCann) & Best Supporting Actress (Olwen Fouére). The film will be competing against Oscar nominated films such as Lenny Abrahamson’s ROOM and…

Stephen Fingleton has won the Citizen Kane Award for Best Newcomer at the Sitges Film Festival. The award was made by critics at the festival. Previous winners include Rian Johnson and Yorgos Lanthimos. For a full list of winners, please see here.

THE SURVIVALIST is in the official selection of the 59th London Film Festival. The festival will mark the first time the film has been shown in England; it is screening at Monday 12th October 21:00 at the Cineworld Haymarket and Wednesday 14th October 21:00 at VUE Islington. Tickets will go…