UK outfit 7 & 7 Producers’ Sales Service will begin sales at the AFM on Anglo-Irish war-romance ‘A Nightingale Falling’.
Based on the bestselling novel by PJ Curtis, ‘A Nightingale Falling’ stars Tara Breathnach and Muireann Bird as two Irish protestant sisters who conceal a severely wounded British officer. Their lives are changed forever as they find themselves caught between the IRA and the British Black & Tans.
The romance-drama got an Irish release last September. It premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh and opened this year’s Underground Film Festival. It is also due to air on the small screen early next year.
Directed by Garret Daly and Martine McGlynn, the film was produced in association with Northern Ireland Screen and was filmed entirely on location in Co. Offaly.
Maura Ford of 7 & 7 said: “This beautiful 1920s period romance has a look reminiscent of Downton Abbey with an Irish backdrop of civil war and a twist in the tail. This blend has brought strong interest from the US and I’m confident AFM is the perfect market to launch it to a wider audience.”
The film got a market screening earlier this week.
