Director Stephen Fingleton
The son of a Letterkenny man has been nominated for a prestigious BAFTA award.
The British Academy Film and Television awards (BAFTA) nominations came out yesterday, and Fermanagh man Stephen Fingleton came out in the ‘Outstanding Debut’ category.
by Ryan McBride
Fingleton, whose father is from Letterkenny, was picked up by the BAFTAs for his first feature film ‘The Survivalist’, which he wrote and directed with £50,000 funding from the British Film Institute.
‘The Survivalist’ is drawing attention big attention from film critics across the world.
It has already won the Enniskillen native the ‘Best New Narrative director’ in the Tribeca Film Festival, the Douglas Hikox Award in the British independent film awards and the Citizen Kane award for Best Directorial Revelation in the Catalonian International Film Festival.
But it isn’t the first time that happened; his 2013 short ‘SLR’ was considered for a host of awards in film festivals across the UK, Ireland and Europe, including ‘Best Irish Short’ at the Foyle Film Festival, a nomination for the ‘International Short Film award’ at the Glasgow short film festival, and a nomination for ‘Best Fiction Film’ in the Krakow Film Festival.
‘The Survivalist’ hits UK cinemas on the 12th of February.
If you want to get a taste of what the film is like, you can watch the 15 minute prequel, ‘Magpie’, here: https://vimeo.com/97304185
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