NO ORDINARY HEIST to open in cinemas across Ireland and the UK on March 27th
The gripping new Irish thriller NO ORDINARY HEIST directed by Colin McIvor will be released in cinemas across Ireland and the UK on Friday, March 27th.
Inspired by true events from Belfast in December 2004, NO ORDINARY HEIST weaves a gripping fictional tale of two bank employees thrust into a chilling scheme. Forced to orchestrate a £26.5 million robbery to save their families lives, they are made to execute the crime without the gang ever stepping foot inside the bank.
Taut, claustrophobic and immersive, the film stars Eddie Marsan (Back to Black, Happy-Go-Lucky) and Éanna Hardwicke (who recently won an IFTA for his role in Saipan) with Eva Birthistle (Bad Sisters) and Michelle Fairley (Small Things Like These).
The European premiere of the film took place at the Dublin International Film Festival last weekend with cast including Eddie Marsan and director Colin McIvor in attendance.
Directed by McIvor (ZOO) and co-written by McIvor and debut screenwriter Aisling Corristine NO ORDINARY HEIST, which shot on location in Dublin and Belfast, draws inspiration from the largest cash heist in UK and Irish history.
McIvor, a multi-award-winning filmmaker, is known for crafting compelling stories rooted in remarkable real-life events, while Corristine — an alumnus of BBC Voices, Series Mania and The Writers Lab — makes her feature screenwriting debut with the film.
The film was produced by Ruth Carter, Damon Lane and Johanna Hogan for Picture Locked Productions and Next Wednesday Films with funding from Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Northern Ireland Screen, RTÉ, Epic Pictures Group and Wildcard.
Wildcard will release the film theatrically in Ireland and the UK from Friday March 27th. The film will come to Sky Cinema as a Sky Original later in the year.
