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West of the Horizon

On the remote coast of Connemara, a runaway trans-teenager has a chance encounter with a bereaved, suicidal fisherman that see's the two form an unlikely bond.

  • Barra Convery
    Director
  • Barra Convery
    Writer
  • Nessa O'Leary
    Key Cast
  • Brendán Dunlea
    Key Cast
  • Daniel Keane
    Director of Photography
  • Iseult Murphy
    Production Manager
  • Kevin O'Grady
    First AD
  • Georgia Lee
    Production Design
  • Philippa Larkin
    Production Design
  • Alain McFadden
    Composer
  • Patrick Joy
    Sound Mixer
  • Eleni Kalantzi
    Focus Puller
  • Michael Heneghan
    Assistant Camera
  • John Margetts
    Assistant Camera
  • Rebecca Ruane
    Hair and Make Up Artist
  • Kin San Pedro
    Costume Design
  • Caomhán O'Faogil
    Second Assitant Director
  • Mairéad Dewar
    Production Assistant
  • Aaron Moloney
    Boom Operator
  • Noelle Rowley
    Sound Designer
  • Emily Murray
    Editor
  • Martin Nee
    Colourist
  • Lukasz Simon
    Assistant Editor
  • Fintan O'Toole
    First Assistant Camera
  • Vera Kilgallon
    Additional Cast
  • Joseph Palmer
    Additional Cast
  • Brennan McEleny
    Additional Cast
  • Miriam Doherty
    Additional Cast
  • Aiden Croke
    Additional Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, LGBTQ+
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    3,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • FASTNET Film Festival
    Schull
    Ireland
    May 22, 2024
    Irish
    Official Selection
  • Galway Film Fleadh
    Galway
    Ireland
    July 10, 2024
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Barra Convery

Barra Convery is an emerging, award-winning director and filmmaker based in Galway, Ireland. Known for an earnest and – creative sensibility, his works explore themes of modern Irish cultural, locality and language, engender expectations and perspectives from the social periphery.

His debut narrative short West of the Horizon, a bilingual story exploring the chance encounter of a runaway trans-teenager and bereaved, suicidal fisherman has been selected to screen in several festivals and premiered at the 2024 Galway Film Fleadh.

Barra has been selected to take part in several skills development and mentorship schemes by Ardán, National Talent Academies and Screen Talent Europe, including Scéal to Set led by Dathaí Keane and as Irish representative in Odense Film Festival’s 2023 ‘Talent Camp’.

In 2023, Barra worked as First Assistant Director to Oscar long-listed filmmakers The Morgan Brothers on feature film Froggie which went on to premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh. Barra also directed several music videos and took part in Youth Music Video Competition through First Cut Film Festival, and was mentored by Bob Gallagher and Brendan Canty.

In the years following Covid, Barra created several non-narrative/experimental films, culminating in the adaptation of a series of poems Finding Mothers funded by the Arts Council and was awarded a Pre-Selection to Cork International Film Festival. Barra graduated Screen & Film School, Brighton in 2020 with First Class Honours in (BA) Film Production, after studying for two years in Galway Technical Institute. Barra has a background in music and theatre performance, having professionally trained with Macnas Theatre Company for 8 years.

Barra is currently in development of his debut feature and was recently award an Agility Award from the Arts Council to develop potential of adaptation from works of literature surrounding Sea Peoples folklore

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Director Statement

West of the Horizon is an exploration of language, the one's we speak in our day to day and the language of emotional truths we share in all our lives.