GREEN SCREEN:THE LYNCH PIN - SUSAN LYNCH IN CONVERSATION

Northern Ireland Screen and QFT are pleased to present this special event to accompany our screening of Nora, curated by Richard Williams, CEO of Northern Ireland Screen. Following the screening, Richard will host an on-stage interview with Susan.

"Nominating Nora for an Irish film retrospective could be for a number of reasons - because Irish film should stand on the shoulders of Ireland's literature and Nora is in part the story of James Joyce; or because director Pat Murphy is one of only a very small number of fine female directors in a male dominated art form (she taught at Queen's for a while); but for me it is almost exclusively because of Susan Lynch's wonderful performance as Nora, with every expression she is a picture of strength and resilience - magnificent." Richard Williams

Susan was the recipient of the Irish Film & Televison Academy Award for Best Leading Actress for her role as Nora.

Please join us as we welcome Susan Lynch home to Northern Ireland. The man with the questions is Richard Williams.

Susan Lynch hails from Corrinshego, Newry, Co. Armagh. She is one of our foremost actors and has won numerous Irish Film & Television Academy Awards, a British Independent Talent Award and a number of Italian and French Television Awards. Susan trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama before going on to claim many diverse and memorable roles in well-loved films such as The Secret of Roan Inish, Waking Ned, Beautiful Creatures and the BAFTA-winning Bye Child. Susan has been seen most recently in Great Expectations and can next be seen in Joe Ahearne's The Secret of Crickley Hall. Last year she became the recipient of a doctorate from the University of Ulster.

Richard Williams has been Chief Executive of Northern Ireland Screen for 6 years, during which time, with turnover rising from £1 million to £10 million, it has become the most successful screen agency in the UK.