Jamie Dornan Boards ‘Nostalgie,’ Starring Aidan Gillen as Washed-up Pop Star, as Executive Producer (Exclusive)

Jamie Dornan (Belfast The Tourist Fifty Shades of Grey The Fallhas actually boarded director Kathryn Ferguson’s (Absolutely nothing ComparesIFTA-winning, BAFTA-nominated and Oscar-qualified brief movie Nostalgie as executive manufacturer, tossing his assistance and star power behind the Northern Irish production as it heads into awards season, consisting of a possible area in the very best live action brief movie Oscars race.

The darkly comic drama, which analyzes creative ownership and the unforeseeable relationship in between artists and their audiences, stars Aidan Gillen (Video game of Thrones The Wire Kinand includes initial tunes and a rating by BRIT Award-winning Bastille frontman Dan Smith, with cinematography by two-time Oscar candidate Robbie Ryan (Poor Things The Favourite.

For the Belfast-born Dornan, signing up with the task represents a chance to promote filmmaking skill from his home city. “I’m constantly keeping my eyes and ears open for amazing productions being recorded back home,” he stated. “So, when the chance emerged to sign up with Nostalgie as an executive manufacturer, working together with a mostly Belfast-born group, it was an outright no-brainer.”

And he admired the director: “Kathryn has actually caught the raw, visceral tribalism that exists within the complex social and political landscape of Northern Ireland, while narrating that feels deeply human, relatable and universal,” Dornan stated. “Achieving that balance is no little task, and it is a testimony to her amazing skill and vision as a writer.”

Adjusted from a narrative by Belfast author Wendy Erskine, Nostalgie follows Drew Lord Haig (Gillen), a washed-up 1980s pop star who is all of a sudden welcomed to carry out at a centenary event in Belfast. “Hoping to relive his magnificence days, he finds that a person of his forgotten tunes has actually ended up being a not likely anthem, handling a significance he might never ever have actually thought of,” keeps in mind a run-through. “The movie checks out a problem familiar to artists all over: What occurs when a tune handles a life of its own, and its developer loses control over what it concerns represent?”

Composed by Stacey Gregg (Bad Sisters Mary & & Georgethe movie likewise stars Michael Smiley (Bad SistersJessica Reynolds (KneecapSeamus O’Hara (An Irish Goodbye, House of Guinnessand Sean Kearns (The Boxer.

Nostalgie won the very best brief movie (live action) honor at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA). The movie is produced by Kath Mattock, Marie-Thérèse Mackle and Marc Robinson, with Globe Originals providing in association with Hopefield and Film4. Stille Productions and Tara Films are the production business.

For Ferguson, Nostalgie is her very first narrative drama short, following her launching function documentary Absolutely nothing Compares about Sinéad O’Connor and her 2nd function, Bogart: Life Comes in FlashesShe is now in production on Matrescencejust recently backed by the Sundance Institute.