A Peace Of Europe (2020) -
Brexit, The EU and the Good Friday Agreement

Starring:
Thom Jackson-Wood, Madeleina Kay.

Featuring:
Dr. Mike Galsworthy, Steven Bray, Graham Hughes, Drew Galdron.

The Good Friday Agreement, a peace process that brought to an end forty years of violence and strife in a civil war known as the Troubles, was signed on the 10th April 1998, in Belfast, Ireland. Twenty years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Madeleina Kay, known as the ‘EU Supergirl’ and Indie Filmmaker, Thom Jackson-Wood, explore how the European Union has supported the Northern Irish Peace Process whilst also campaigning against the biggest threat to it, Brexit.

Campaigning on the iconic, Bollocks To Brexit Bus, Madeleina and Thom journey from Brussels to Belfast with fellow activists, Dr. Mike Galsworthy, Steven Bray, Graham Hughes and Drew Galdron, to speak to experts, Jane Morrice, Brian Maguire, Linda Ervine and Conor McArdle about the Good Friday Agreement and the devastating effects Brexit will have on it. A film by Filmmaker-Activists Thom Jackson-Wood and Spyke O’Hanlin, this is the first documentary in history to look at the role the European Union has played in the Northern Irish Peace Process.

Directed By:
Thom Jackson-Wood.

Assistant Director / Editor / Story Editor:
Spyke O’Hanlin

Music by:
Madeleina Kay

A Peace Of Europe (2020) - Brexit, The EU and the Good Friday Agreement

Assistant Director / Story Editor Statement —
A Peace of Europe

A Peace of Europe

I was originally brought onto A Peace of Europe as an editor.

What followed was a four-year collaboration with director Thom Jackson-Wood that transformed both the film and my role within it.

Between 2016 and 2019, the political landscape shifted dramatically. From the Brexit referendum to the mounting concerns surrounding the Good Friday Agreement, the story we were telling refused to stand still. The documentary had to evolve alongside real-world events. Structural revisions, tonal recalibrations, and narrative rethinking became part of the process.

Over the course of post-production, I stepped into the roles of Story Editor and later Assistant Director. The edit suite became more than a space of assembly — it became a space of interpretation. We were not simply cutting footage; we were responding to history as it unfolded.

A Peace of Europe went on to make history as the first film to comprehensively demonstrate the European Union’s involvement in the Good Friday Agreement — illuminating an often-overlooked dimension of the peace process and its delicate relationship with Brexit. That responsibility required precision, balance, and clarity in a deeply polarised political climate.

The title itself — A Peace of Europe — emerged from that process: a reflection on both the fragility of peace and the shared structures that helped sustain it.

The film ultimately earned over forty international awards, but its greatest achievement lies in its resilience. It survived rewrites, restructures, and the volatility of a nation redefining itself.

For me, this project represents long-form collaboration at its most demanding and most rewarding — shaping a coherent, impactful narrative while the ground beneath it continued to move.