Lyra (film)

Lyra is a 2022 British film about the life and death of murdered Northern Irish author and journalist Lyra McKee, directed by Alison Millar.[2][3][4][5][6] The film repurposes voice recordings and interviews from McKee's dictaphone, as well as uses text messages, home movie footage and other archives. Lyra premiered on 7 November 2021 at Cork International Film Festival simultaneously with a private screening for family and friends during the Belfast Film Festival.[7]

Lyra
Produced by
  • Alison Millar
  • Jackie Doyle
[1]
Edited byChloe Lambourne
Release dates
  • November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07) (Belfast and Cork film festivals)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film won the Tim Hetherington award at Sheffield DocFest and the Audience Award at the Cork International Film Festival.[8]

References
  1. "British Council Film: Lyra". film-directory.britishcouncil.org.
  2. "Lyra review – brilliant life and tragic death of Northern Ireland's fearless young reporter". The Guardian. November 2, 2022.
  3. "Lyra documentary review: the intimate new documentary gives us a sense of what murdered journalist Lyra McKee really was like". independent.
  4. Burke, Declan (November 4, 2022). "Film Review: Journalist Lyra McKee's own voice will carry through the ages". Irish Examiner.
  5. "Lyra review: Killing of a brilliant young woman". The Irish Times.
  6. Lloyd, Brian (November 4, 2022). "'Lyra' is as much a celebration as it is a tragedy". Entertainment.ie.
  7. "Lyra – Review of Irish Film at Cork International Film Festival – Film Ireland Magazine".
  8. "'It's better to go down fighting': the extraordinary life of murdered journalist Lyra McKee". The Guardian. November 3, 2022.
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