Brian Deane

Brian has received 35 nominations and 27 international awards at world leading festivals, including Seattle, Newport, Cleveland, Palm Springs and TIFF. He is a Berlinale Talent and made history in 2016 by becoming the first director to have two short films in competition at the Sitges Film Festival in Catalonia. His distinctive style and ability to bring complex and captivating stories to life make him a rising star of Irish cinema. He is passionate about stories of outsiders, the marginalised and the forgotten. Renowned for his direction of actors and naturalistic performances, his work is always imbued with atmosphere, poetry and beauty. He relentlessly seeks truth and light in the darkest of stories.

Heather

LIM | Less is More 2020

HEATHER is the story of an Irish schoolgirl in the 1960s, trapped in a toxic co-dependent relationship with her narcissistic mother. She finds herself repressed in her home, her church and her society. She feels lost and lonely until a circus comes to spend the winter near the town. There she discovers a group of outsiders who show her another way of life. She begins a relationship with Elia, a wolf trainer, and is accidentally bitten by a wild wolf cub. In the weeks that follow, Heather is troubled by strange sexual urges and a craving for raw meat leading to her transformation into a wolf. As she discovers the power of her true nature, she begins to rebel against her mother and the church. When animals are found slaughtered and the school principal is mangled to death, the town turns against the circus. The only way for Heather to save them is to confront her mother and the townspeople. In doing so, she will have to reveal who she truly is and sacrifice herself for her new family.

The Vision

LIM | Less is More 2019

Co-écrit avec Bob Kelly

Michael, père célibataire, élève seul ses deux enfants dans une Irlande rurale frappée par la pauvreté. Lorsque son fils Sean a une vision d’une femme en blanc près d’un dolmen antique, il perd connaissance et se met à pleurer des larmes de sang. La communauté locale croit que Sean a vu la Vierge Marie et que lui et cette mystérieuse femme peuvent ramener la prospérité dans la ville en difficulté. Mais Michael veut protéger ses enfants. Il craint que Sean ne meure s’il retourne au dolmen. Dans sa lutte pour protéger sa famille, il se retrouve face à son ex-femme, sa communauté et des forces surnaturelles qui poussent Sean vers un destin mystérieux et inconnu. Pour empêcher le pire, Michael est prêt à tout, même aux actes les plus extrêmes…