NORTHERN LIGHTS
'Emma (Katie Quinn), a teenage girl with anxiety disorder tries to succeed in her exams and live up to her late mother’s expectations. Alongside her caring best friend, Rob (Rhys Cadman), and loud-mouthed little sister, Mia (Megan Grady), Emma must do her best to hold it together.'
CAST AND CREW
Writer/Director: Nicholas Connor
Producer: Mark Quinn
Cinematographer: Marco Fanton
Music: Some Kind of Illness
Rhys Cadman
(Rob) - Shameless, Coronation Street, Appropriate Adult, Love Lies and Records
Katie Quinn
(Emma) - Cotton Wool, Think of Me
Gemma North
(Joan) - The A Word, No Offence, The Syndicate
Megan Grady
(Mia)
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Ouchy Film Awards
Nomination - Best Directing/ Best Actress)
TMC London Film Festival
Win - Best Young Filmmaker
TMBT Film Awards
Win - Jury Prize - Best Feature Film/ Best Score
Nomination - Best Directing/ Best Editing
UK Monthly Film Festival
Win - Best Feature Film
UK Monthly Film Festival Best of the Best
Win - Film of the Year
London Film Awards
Win - Best Actress (Katie Quinn)
Unrestricted View Film Festival
Nomination - Best Actress (Katie Quinn)
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
UK Film Review
(Chris Olsen) ★★★★ 'A beautiful piece of filmmaking'
Screen Critix
(Carl Burgess) ★★★★ 'Gorgeous'
Eye for Film
(Jennie Kermode) ★★★
The Totality
(Kieron Casey) 'This is a lovely, lucid and expressive short treat of a film'
TMFF
★★★ ' A breath of fresh air'
TMBT
'a Lana Del Rey meets David Lynch dreamscape'
Mark Cousins
(Sight and Sound, A Story of Film) -' So mature and touching'
The Mancunian
(James Gill)
Sound Magazine
(Tom Welsh)
MovieSteve.com
(Steve Morrissey)
FESTIVALS - OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
UK Screen One International Film Festival
Ouchy Film Awards
Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
Unrestricted View Film Festival
The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
TMC London Film Festival
London Film Awards
UK Monthly Film Festival
UK Monthly Film Festival Best of the Best
Scottish Mental Health Film Festival
INFORMATION
Duration:
54 Minutes
Status:
Released
BBFC:
12A
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