UCC film graduate in contention for Oscar nomination
The 93rd Oscars is set to take place this April, and a UCC graduate is in with a shot at getting a nomination
Shaun O Connor on the set of A White Horse .
Wed, 03 Feb, 2021 - 12:37
Caitlín Griffin
A short film by a UCC graduate is in contention for an Oscar nomination, after securing a place on the Academy Awards 2021 longlist.
Kerry writer and director Shaun O’Connor’s A White Horse was filmed in Cork city and county. The story, which takes place in the 1970s, explores how mental hospitals were once used as catch-alls for people considered troublesome or abnormal .
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