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Northern Irish-director McArdle is best known for her work in the world of television commercials and

music video, with her video for the U2 song 'Every Breaking Wave' nominated for Best International

Music Video at the UK Music Video Awards 2015.

Kissing Candice is her debut feature film, and

premiered at the 2017 Toronto International

Film Festival where it was hailed for its stunning visuals.

The film centres on a young girl ,Candice,

who longs to escape the boredom of her

seaside town, but when a boy she dreams

about turns up in real life, she becomes

involved with a dangerous local gang.

Ann Skelly (Red Rock) stars as Candice,

with support from a cast of rising and

established Irish stars, including Ryan

Lincoln (Cardboard Gangsters), Ryan

McParland (Skunky Dog), Conall Keating

(Robbie the Rabbit), Tony Doyle (Sing

Street), Maghnús Foy (Red Rock), James

Greene (Mammal), John Lynch (The Fall),

 Lydia McGuinness (Sing Street), Lalor

Roddy (Lost in the Living), Caitriona

Ennis, and Kwaku Fortune.

In addition to directing, McArdle wrote

the script for Kissing Candice. Producer

Andrew Freedman of Venom Film helped

to bring her vision to the screen. On the

production front, cinematography is by

Steve Annis and film editing is by Dan

Sherwen, both of whom worked with

McArdle on  'Every Breaking Wave'

Kissing Candice will play at the Berlin

International Film Festival next month, before

being released by Wildcard Distribution later

this year

TBC