22/04/2016 - The debut feature is being filmed entirely in Northern Ireland

Chris Baugh has commenced principal photography at Northern Ireland locations on the thriller Bad Day for the Cut [+see also:
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interview: Zofia Wichlacz
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The film marks the feature debut for writer-director Baugh, co-writer and producer Brendan Mullin, and their production company, Six Mile Hill Productions. Katy Jackson (The Survivalist [+see also:
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Bad Day for the Cut was developed through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme with funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Filming is taking place entirely in Northern Ireland with funding from the Northern Ireland Screen Fund, supported by Invest NI and the British Film Institute. 

Previous features from Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme include Stephen Fingleton’s The Survivalist and Michael Lennox’s A Patch of Fog [+see also:
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