22/07/2014 - IFTA winner Niall Heery’s latest film set to release in Ireland in the autumn

Writer/director Niall Heery, winner of an Irish Film and Television Academy Breakthrough Talent Award for his first feature, Small Engine Repair [+see also:
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Tristan Orpen Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan produced for Irish production company Subotica (Jimi: All Is by My Side [+see also:
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Starring Maisie Williams (television’s Game of Thrones), David Wilmot (Calvary [+see also:
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Heery said, “I’m really looking forward to working with Wildcard on the release of Gold. They showed great excitement for the project, and when you’re dealing with people with that level of enthusiasm, it makes you feel more secure about your film's prospects. We spoke to a number of distributors, and they all had interesting ideas, but Wildcard had the most innovative approach on how best to promote the film and get it to its audience.”