McKay is an Emmy Award–winning writer/director and former Director of Irish Screen America. He wrote & directed The Ferry for RTÉ ShortScreen & produced PBS film Delano Manongs (2011 California Emmy nomination). Former Irish Times columnist & Wired writer, he broke the NSA Europe spying story for The New York Times & contributed to The Economist, Financial Times & New Scientist. The Bass Player was nominated for a IFTA and he won a California Emmy for Sikh’s in America.
On Friday 30th – Saturday 31st January, Imbolg: Women Who Terrify Film Festival presents three blocks of murderous, blood-curdling and darkly unsettling short cinema, featuring local talent alongside shorts from around the world.
Attention is a form of Love: Niall McKay talks with filmmaker Pat Collins as his film adaptation of John McGahern’s novel 'That They May Face the Rising Sun' celebrates International success.