Directing

Conor Horgan

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Phantom Islands poster
3.7

Phantom Islands is an experimental film that exists at the boundary of documentary and fiction. It follows a couple adrift and disoriented in the stunning landscape of Ireland’s islands. Yet this deliberately melodramatic romance is constantly questioned by a provocative cinematic approach that ultimately results in a hypnotic and visceral inquiry into the very possibility of documentary objectivity.

Phantom Islands

2018

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NR

A visually based exploration and appreciation of the work of artist Dorothy Cross, showing many of the highlights of her career to date, framed by her evolving and passionate relationship with the sea. The film follows her as she embarks on a new sea-based project in New Ireland, an island off Papua New Guinea that is one of the last true wildernesses left on Earth. This documentary marks the first time the artist has agreed to participate in a film about her work.

About Beauty

2008

No artwork available
NR

The making of a portrait is an intimate experience, one which can be a pleasurable event for both parties or one that's fraught with difficulties. Either way, to paint someone's picture is a unique way of really getting under their skin. In a world where anyone can make a realistic likeness on their cellphone, the importance of the painted portrait remains: as an emblem of power and prestige, as a political act and ultimately as a memorial. These themes and many others are explored through the work of three of Ireland's most notable portrait painters: James Hanley, Mick O'Dea and Brian Maguire.

The Beholder

2010

No artwork available
NR

Almost one hundred people from all over Ireland talk about their experiences of happiness.

Happiness

2005

No artwork available
NR

Documentary short.

Fear

2009

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4.0

In a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive the crisis.

One Hundred Mornings

2009

One Hundred Mornings poster
4.0

In a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive the crisis.

One Hundred Mornings

2009

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4.8

Panti Bliss is many things: part glamorous aunt, part Jessica Rabbit, she's a wittily incisive performer with charisma to burn who is regarded as one of the best drag queens in the business. Created by Rory O'Neill, Panti is also an accidental activist and in her own words 'a court jester, whose duty is to say the un-sayable'. Over the last few years Rory has become a figurehead for LGBT rights in Ireland and since the recent scandal around Pantigate, his fight for equality and against homophobia has been recognised all around the world.

The Queen of Ireland

2015

No artwork available
NR

What goes on behind the scenes when one of Ireland's biggest sporting events takes place on the field of Croke Park? This enthralling observational documentary follows the off-pitch story of All Ireland Football Final day.

Croke Park Lives

2009

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5.0

Following a bad breakup, relationship councilor Cormac Kavanagh starts sleeping with his clients in a misguided attempt to reignite their passions.

How to be Happy

2013

The Last Time poster
7.0

On hearing she may not have long to live, a woman in her fifties goes looking for love in all the wrong places.

The Last Time

2002

The Last Time poster
7.0

On hearing she may not have long to live, a woman in her fifties goes looking for love in all the wrong places.

The Last Time

2002

No artwork available
NR

Poet Kevin Barrington takes to the streets at night to confront what terrifies him.

They Terrify Me

2014

No artwork available
NR

A man dances underwater with his 76 year old mother.

Deep End Dance

2010