A Fermanagh producer’s feature documentary on the life of football star George Best will be screened at IMC Enniskillen tonight (Friday). 
Enniskillen born Trevor Birney of Fine Point Films, the company behind Bobby Sands: 66 Days, has been working on the project for over two years.
George Best: All By Himself examines the life and times of Best, growing up in East Belfast to becoming an international football legend with Manchester United. 
The film had its premiere in Belfast and Dublin last week attended by a number of Fermanagh people, including Mr. Birney’s brother, Ian, his wife Barbara and their daughter Megan who celebrated her 13th birthday.
Mr. Birney, a former journalist with The Impartial Reporter, said: “It was great to have family and friends at the premiere. A lot of people from Fine Point Films worked very hard on this film and it was good to see them enjoying the occasion.”
The intimate documentary chronicles the troubled footballer’s life and provides a meticulous, in depth account of Best’s life, which was a key objective from the outset for the film making team. 
“We came up with the idea of a new film on George over four years ago. We’d watched films such as the fantastic ‘Senna’ which examines the life of the racing driver Ayrton Senna, and knew there was a cinematic story in the life of George Best. We worked for over two years to secure the funding which came from BBC, Northern Ireland Screen and finally ESPN in North America.”
Mr. Birney believes some of the women that Best shared his life with are the stars of the film.
“Angie and Alex but also Jackie Glass, who was one of his first girlfriends in Manchester, their lives took very different journeys after they split. Right at the top of the film, Angie tells a harrowing story that it some ways encapsulates George’s life, the highs and the lows. 
“I remember George during the time of his life when he was battling alcoholism and wasn’t playing much football. But many of those who I hope will be interested in this film will recall the glory days when he truly was the greatest footballer in the world. I believe we have got the balance right between the magic on the pitch and the turmoil that was his life off it,” he said.