Film i Väst will co-produce the thriller SEA FEVER

Hermione Corfield plays the lead role in Neasa Hardimans upcoming thriller Sea Fever, partly shot in Västra Götaland during 2018. The film is produced by Fantastic Films in co-production with Film i Väst and Bright pictures.

Hermione Corfield has played in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mission Impossible – Rougue Nation And Young Inspector Morse. This summer she plays in the BAFTA winner Neasa Hardimans thriller Sea Fever. Neasa Hardiman has directed TV-Series like Happy Valley and Jessica Jones.

Sea Fever starts shooting in August 2018 and is an ambitious and exciting thriller set on a fishing trawler outside the West coast of Ireland. Siobhán (Corfield), a marine biology student, fights for her own and the crew’s survival when the ship is infected by a unknown and lethal parasite.

SYNOPSIS Siobhán, 20s, a marine biologist student, joins the crew of a trawler in order to complete her studies. As an academic Siobhan is out of place and clumsy in this environment. A few hours off shore the trawler ploughs into something uncharted. Oozing spines drive their way through the ship’s hull and damage the engine. Engineer Omid investigates and finds a huge organism attached to the base of the boat. But they can’t get it loose without destroying the hull. Panic rises now: they’re adrift with no radio, helpless, hopelessly entangled. As tempers fray, Siobhán tries to analyze the life form. But she’s too slow – first fisherman Johnny suffers a gruesome death. Only then does Siobhán realize what the creature wants: she’s got to find a solution fast if the crew are to survive. But Siobhán’s no charismatic leader. Hope fades, the crew turn their rage on her: she’s the redhead who got them into this mess.

Producers are Brendan McCarthy, John McDonnell, Fantastic films, Frakas Productions, Belgium, and Bright Pictures (Börje Hansson, Carola Hansson), Sweden, co-produce with Film i Väst. With the support of Table ScannáN na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board, the BAI and wall image, and with the support of Creative Europe Programme & the Irish Film BoardFrontieres. Winner of Best First Screenplay, London Film Awards. International Sales: Epic Pictures.