Mary McGuckian

Mary McGuckian has written, produced and directed over a dozen dramatic feature films and all have premiered at prestigious film festivals around the world from Sundance and Tribeca in the US, Venice and Locarno in Europe to Edinburgh, London and her native Ireland. Most recently, A Girl from Mogadishu has been selected by over 100 international film festivals around the globe and won many audience and jury awards as well as the Cinema for Peace Foundation Female Empowerment Film at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. McGuckian is also the recipient of the WIFTs lifetime achievement award. Completed during Covid, The Bridge of San Luis Rey Remastered was released digitally across North America in 2022. Currently developing episodic content, she is now working on a 6-part drama series, #IBelieveHer; a UK, Irish, Canadian coproduction due to shoot later this year.

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Mar 2023

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