Directing

Mairtín de Barra

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

Known for

Hokum poster
6.8

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Hokum

2026

Beat Girl poster
5.7

For Heather music is everything. Following in her mother's footsteps, Heather has always dreamed about getting into Juilliard and becoming a classical pianist. But all her dreams get shattered the day her mum dies. Left with nothing but a piano and debts, Heather's only option is to move in with her estranged father and half-brother. When her application for a scholarship is rejected, Heather's last hope to see her Big Dream come true is swept away. Until one day she meets Toby, a hip and handsome music store owner who opens up a whole new world to her - the world of DJ-ing and dance music. Heather is carried away by this enticing underground world, and her heart starts to beat again to the rhythm of a new life - and a new love. Heather eventually finds herself torn between two worlds of music and as her audition approaches, time comes for her to choose. And for the first time in her life she starts questioning what it is that she really desires.

Beat Girl

2013

No artwork available
NR

Set in the 1970s, Tart tells the story of Seán, an Alzheimer’s patient, who is remembering his life through flashbacks.

Tart

2008

The Owner poster
6.0

The film follows a backpack on a journey around the world, intersecting the lives of dozens of fascinating characters along the way. The story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs.

The Owner

2012

No artwork available
NR

Documentary focusing on the SHARP FOCUS project, where four groups of Northern Irish teenagers (from Shankill Road, Belfast; The Falls Road, Belfast; Monaghan; and Muirhevnamor in Dundalk) come together to film four short films reflecting the effects the Troubles had on their contemporary lives.

Sharp Focus

2013

No artwork available
NR

A group of youths find their friendship strained when a ill-executed flash mob at Monaghan Shopping Centre sends an unsuspecting elderly woman to Hospital.

Forget Me Nots

2013

Behind the camera

Hokum poster
6.8

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Hokum

2026

Beat Girl poster
5.7

For Heather music is everything. Following in her mother's footsteps, Heather has always dreamed about getting into Juilliard and becoming a classical pianist. But all her dreams get shattered the day her mum dies. Left with nothing but a piano and debts, Heather's only option is to move in with her estranged father and half-brother. When her application for a scholarship is rejected, Heather's last hope to see her Big Dream come true is swept away. Until one day she meets Toby, a hip and handsome music store owner who opens up a whole new world to her - the world of DJ-ing and dance music. Heather is carried away by this enticing underground world, and her heart starts to beat again to the rhythm of a new life - and a new love. Heather eventually finds herself torn between two worlds of music and as her audition approaches, time comes for her to choose. And for the first time in her life she starts questioning what it is that she really desires.

Beat Girl

2013

No artwork available
NR

Set in the 1970s, Tart tells the story of Seán, an Alzheimer’s patient, who is remembering his life through flashbacks.

Tart

2008

No artwork available
NR

Set in the 1970s, Tart tells the story of Seán, an Alzheimer’s patient, who is remembering his life through flashbacks.

Tart

2008

The Owner poster
6.0

The film follows a backpack on a journey around the world, intersecting the lives of dozens of fascinating characters along the way. The story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs.

The Owner

2012

No artwork available
NR

Documentary focusing on the SHARP FOCUS project, where four groups of Northern Irish teenagers (from Shankill Road, Belfast; The Falls Road, Belfast; Monaghan; and Muirhevnamor in Dundalk) come together to film four short films reflecting the effects the Troubles had on their contemporary lives.

Sharp Focus

2013

No artwork available
NR

A group of youths find their friendship strained when a ill-executed flash mob at Monaghan Shopping Centre sends an unsuspecting elderly woman to Hospital.

Forget Me Nots

2013