Fionnuala Halligan

Fionnuala Halligan

Fionnuala Halligan is Screen International’s executive editor for reviews and new talent, occasional comment writer and compiler of the annual UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow young talent initiative alongside its spin-offs Rising Stars Scotland and Rising Stars Ireland. She started writing for the publication over two decades ago in Hong Kong/China but is based in the UK now.

As the title's chief critic, she supervises over 1,000 reviews a year between general release and festival titles. She has served on multiple festival juries from Chicago to San Sebastian and Jerusalem and has written two books on filmmaking – Filmcraft: Production Design and The Art Of Movie Storyboards.

A journalism graduate, Fionnuala started work as a film critic for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where she was based for 12 years. She has retained a long-lasting association with Asia and was a consultant to and international programmer for the Macao International Film Festival for five years (2016-2021) alongside her work at Screen Internatoonal.

She is a member of the London Film Critics’ Circle, Bafta and the European Film Academy, and a top-rated critic on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Email:
finn.halligan@screendaily.com

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