Nicky Gogan is an Irish film director, writer and producer. She is the director of the experimental film festival Darklight Film Festival. She is also a founder and director of the Irish film production company Still Films.

Film career

Nicky's first feature film, ''

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'', is a documentary about the lives of refugees held in

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. She co-directed and produced with filmmaker Paul Rowley. The film was commended as "powerful" by the

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. The film was nominated for "Best Documentary" at the 2009

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. Nicky has gone on to produce over 19 films of which she has directed 3. Her work spans a diverse range of mediums and genres from documentary, experimental, animation and drama.

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