Trailer released for Kathryn Ferguson’s Nothing Compares
Date Posted: September 20, 2022
Paramount Pictures and SHOWTIME Documentary Films have released the trailer for Kathryn Ferguson’s NOTHING COMPARES ahead of its theatre release in the UK and Ireland on Friday 7th October 2022. The film will be available to stream for Showtime subscribers on Friday 30th September with an on-air premiere set for Sunday 2nd October.
NOTHING COMPARES charts Sinéad OʼConnorʼs phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and examines how she used her voice at the height of her stardom, before her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
Focusing on O’Connor’s prophetic words and deeds from 1987 to 1993, the film presents an authoritative, richly cinematic portrait of this fearless artist through a contemporary feminist lens.
The archive-led documentary features era-defining music videos and concert performances alongside previously unseen footage from this period. The film is underpinned by a new interview with Sinéad herself, in which she reflects on events in her own words, and from a present-day perspective. Intimate first-hand contributor interviews add to the tapestry with additional insights from contemporary artists, musicians and social commentators introducing broader themes of Irish history, politics and global activism, all the while reflecting on Sinéad’s artistry, impact and legacy.
Belfast-born Ferguson is an innovative and boundary-pushing director. NOTHING COMPARES is her documentary feature directorial debut and was an official selection in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film has gone on to win various awards at film festivals this year, including Best Irish Documentary at Galway Film Fleadh, the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Aegean Film Festival, and the Audience Award at Docs Ireland.
The film is produced by Eleanor Emptage and Michael Mallie for Tara Films (UK) and Ard Mhacha Productions (Ireland) and presented by Field of Vision. Executive producers are Charlotte Cook, Lesley McKimm, Lucy Pullin & Lisa Marie Russo. The film was supported by Screen Ireland, the BFI Doc Society Fund, ie:entertainment and Northern Ireland Screen. Additional crew for the documentary include editor Mick Mahon and original music by Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley and John Reynolds.
