Three Irish documentaries have been shortlisted for this year’s Grierson Awards - Maurice Linnane’s ‘Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle’; Alison Millar's ‘This World: The Shame of the Catholic Church’; and Dermot Lavery's ’14 Days’.
The 41st Annual British Documentary Awards, named after pioneering Scottish filmmaker John Grierson, will announce their final nominations in September with the awards ceremony to take place in November.
Maurice Linnane’s ‘Amy Winehouse: The Day She Came to Dingle’, shortlisted for Best Arts Documentary, follows the late singer’s celebrated trip to Dingle in 2006 where she performed songs from 'Back to Black' for the Other Voices music series in St James's Church.
The documentary was a South Wind Blows production for BBC Four, with director Maurice Linnane having previously shot music videos for U2, The Cranberries and The Foo Fighters.
Northern Irish filmmaker Alison Millar’s ‘Shame of the Catholic Church' is shortlisted for Best Current Affairs Documentary and also won the Bafta award in the same category this year.
The documentary for BBC’s 'This World' investigates the failure of the Catholic Church to deal with abusing priests in Ireland, while examining the unique relationship in the country between Church and State.
Finally, Dermot Lavery’s ‘14 Days’, produced by Double Band Films - shortlisted for Best Historical Documentary - charts the efforts of Redemptorist priest Fr Alex Reid in seeking out a path to peace following a fortnight of violence in Northern Ireland in March 1988.
For the full list of documentaries shortlisted for the Grierson awards, click here.
