Podcast: Neasa Hardiman, Writer / Director of 'Sea Fever'

In this podcast Natasha Waugh talks to BAFTA-winning writer and director Neasa Hardiman about her debut feature Sea Fever.

For marine biology student Siobhan, it was supposed to be a research excursion with a trawler crew fishing the West Irish seas. But when they hit an unseen object and become marooned, a mysterious parasite infects their water supply. Soon the oozing force infiltrates the entire vessel and turns Siobhan’s journey into a claustrophobic fight for survival. Can they stop the mysterious water borne parasite from spreading before it’s too late?

https://soundcloud.com/film-ireland/podcast-neasa-hardiman-writer-director-of-sea-fever

Sea Fever is available on VOD platforms from Friday, 24th April.

Amongst the conversation, Natasha and Neasa discuss:

her intention behind the film
reflecting transnationalism
the film inhabiting both a cinema of political meaning and a cinema of spectacle
the conflict between magical thinking and the scientific method
the ethics of contagion
probing the cliches of scientists in cinema
the lead character Siobhan owning her own agency
the development process
telling stories about underrepresented communities
shooting on a trawler
the influence of film studies
the cultural influence and politics of film
working in television
unconscious bias and fixing it