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Isn t it odd the things that grab you and bring you a way back. Once upon a time I heard a man singing the song, The Road by the River, and there are two lines in it which go: On the spot where he fell, A white cross can be seen, On the road by the river that flows through Raheen .
But my man had his own take on it and it came out like this: On the spot where he fell, A white horse does be seen, On the road by the river that flows through Raheen.
News that a short film by a Castleisland writer, director, and University College Cork graduate, Shaun O Connor is in contention for an Oscar nomination, after securing a place on the Academy Awards 2021 long-list, is just what took me back all those years to that impromptu performance.
Film by UCC film studies graduate is in the running for an Oscar nomination Shaun O Connor s A White Horse has secured a place on the Academy Awards 2021 longlist after it was awarded Best Irish Short at the Foyle Film Festival in 2019.
The movie stars Cork actors Cora Fenton and Amber Deasy and was filmed in the City and County.
A White Horse tells the story of how mental hospitals were once used as a catch-all for people considered troublesome or abnormal .
Shaun graduated from UCC in 2006 and frequently gives masterclasses on campus.
Dr. Gwenda Young from the Department of Film and Screen Media at UCC said the Department is thrilled to learn of Shaun’s success: