Nostalgie: From Page to ScreenNostalgie: From Page to Screen
Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry~Londonderry
Nostalgie: From Page to Screen
Drew Lord Haig (Aidan Gillen), a faded 80s pop star from England, is invited to perform at an event in Northern Ireland. Hoping to recapture his glory days, he instead encounters a disturbing truth that changes everything.
Directed by Kathryn Ferguson, Nostalgie won Best Short Film (Live Action) at the 2026 IFTA Awards and was nominated for a BAFTA. It began as a short story in Wendy Erskine's collection Dance Move.
After the screening, Wendy Erskine, screenwriter Stacey Gregg and producer Marie-Thérése Mackle trace the film's journey from page to screen - carrying a writer's voice and sense of place from short story into short film, and about what had to change along the way.
The panel talk will be followed by networking drinks hosted by Women in Film & TV, the UK’s leading membership organisation for women working in creative media.
Meet Wendy Erskine
Wendy Erskine’s novel The Benefactors (Sceptre) was named Waterstones Irish Book of the Year. It was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, the An Post Irish Novel of the Year Award and the fiction prize at the British Audio Awards, and longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction.
She is also the author of two prize-winning short story collections, Dance Move and Sweet Home (The Stinging Fly Press and Picador), and edited the art anthology well I just kind of like it for PVA Books.
Meet Stacey Gregg
Stacey Gregg is a Belfast-born writer and director, currently developing new television series for Fifth Season and Bad Wolf. Her writing credits include Mary & George, Kaos, Riviera, Little Birds and Ballywalter.
Her debut feature film, Here Before, premiered at SXSW, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature, before receiving theatrical releases in the UK and US. Her next two feature films are currently in development with BBC Film.
Stacey's television directing credits include Bad Sisters and The Baby. Her theatre credits include Inside Bitch (Royal Court), Shibboleth (Abbey Theatre), Perve (Abbey Theatre) and Scorch (Prime Cut), which won a Fringe First Award.
Meet Marie-Thérèse Mackle
Marie-Thérèse Mackle is a producer based in Northern Ireland, with over 20 years’ experience in high-end television drama and independent film. Her line producer credits include the Emmy-winning final series of Derry Girls (Channel 4/Netflix), World on Fire, Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy, Frank of Ireland and, most recently, the fourth series of the BAFTA-winning Blue Lights (BBC).
She is currently producing the fourth series of New Pictures’ Dalgliesh, starring Bertie Carvel. Her debut feature film was Mandrake (2020).
Her acclaimed short films include Acre Fall Between and Nostalgie, directed by Kathryn Ferguson (Nothing Compares), which won an IFTA in 2026 and received a BAFTA nomination.
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