Scott Barley Filmes

  • 2026
    Silent Friend

    Silent Friend

    Silent Friend

    8.5712026HD

    On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three...

    Silent Friend
  • 2019
    Wind

    Wind

    Wind

    02019HD

    A commissioned music video for Emmit Fenn’s instrumental track, Wind.

    Wind
  • 2013
    Irresolute

    Irresolute

    Irresolute

    6.72013HD

    The tension between the natural and industrialised world depicted through abrasive superimpositions.

    Irresolute
  • 2020
    Half Moon

    Half Moon

    Half Moon

    72020HD

    A dance between moon and ocean, forests and rivers. A short film by Scott Barley, originally made for a "half moon phase" sequence for Tadhg...

    Half Moon
  • 2016
    Hinterlands

    Hinterlands

    Hinterlands

    7.42016HD

    Through a structuralist and simultaneously ambiguous form, the image's reality treads closer to the abstract, leaving the sunset and trees behind. As...

    Hinterlands
  • 2016
    Closer

    Closer

    Closer

    6.92016HD

    Upon liminal spheres where dreams are woven, Adrift between stars and the trees, I pass closer to the golden dawn. There’s a warmth beyond...

    Closer
  • 2015
    Evenfall

    Evenfall

    Evenfall

    6.92015HD

    A silent poem to celebrate the winter light and the sense of solitude that it brings.

    Evenfall
  • 2015
    Hours

    Hours

    Hours

    6.22015HD

    Darkness has crept in. The hours pass quietly. A window ajar. A shadow observes the moonlight from the window.

    Hours
  • 2015
    Hunter

    Hunter

    Hunter

    7.62015HD

    It is nightfall. A hunter lurks in the darkness, wandering further towards the impenetrable. Do the meanings lie in the stream, in the mountains, the...

    Hunter
  • 2013
    Nightwalk

    Nightwalk

    Nightwalk

    6.62013HD

    Several figures move through the darkness on a cliff-edge. An inaudible conversation near the brow of the cliff may be the cause for the group to...

    Nightwalk
  • 2014
    Polytechnique

    Polytechnique

    Polytechnique

    7.92014HD

    An audio-visual collaboration between Italian ambient/drone musician, Easychord and UK filmmaker, Scott Barley. Guided by Easychord's haunting,...

    Polytechnique
  • 2017
    Sleep Has Her House

    Sleep Has Her House

    Sleep Has Her House

    6.72017HD

    The shadows of screams climb beyond the hills. It has happened before. But this will be the last time. The last few sense it, withdrawing deep into...

    Sleep Has Her House
  • 2020
    To the Moon

    To the Moon

    To the Moon

    72020HD

    This is a beautiful and poetic cinematic ode to our moon. Made primarily from international cinematic archives in combination with literary fragments...

    To the Moon
  • 2015
    Blue Permanence / Swan Blood

    Blue Permanence / Swan Blood

    Blue Permanence / Swan Blood

    6.72015HD

    Above all, an experiment. Two identical films mirror each other. The only thing that differentiates between them is colour and sound, which is simply...

    Blue Permanence / Swan Blood
  • 2025
    A Ladder

    A Ladder

    A Ladder

    82025HD

    Secret ladder. Borne from firmament. Stone, atonal waters. Chorus of silent hands. A vanishing act. Night is burning. Night is burning white. ...

    A Ladder
  • 1970
    Standing at the Ruins

    Standing at the Ruins

    Standing at the Ruins

    01970HD

    Hala, an Opera singer living in Rome, comes back to Cairo to claim her mother’s inheritance. This takes her on a journey across Cairo, meeting...

    Standing at the Ruins
  • 1970
    The Sea Behind Her Head

    The Sea Behind Her Head

    The Sea Behind Her Head

    01970HD

    The second feature-length film directed by Scott Barley.

    The Sea Behind Her Head
  • 2014
    Ille Lacrimas

    Ille Lacrimas

    Ille Lacrimas

    7.82014HD

    Waves run across the surface of the sea. A blanket of fog has descended, shrouding the far side of the water in dark mist. We hear a disturbance in...

    Ille Lacrimas
  • 2025
    The Occupant of the Room

    The Occupant of the Room

    The Occupant of the Room

    02025HD

    Based on the short ghost story of the same name by Algernon Blackwood from 1909, The Occupant of the Room centers on a schoolteacher whose late-night...

    The Occupant of the Room
  • 2015
    The Sadness of the Trees

    The Sadness of the Trees

    The Sadness of the Trees

    6.22015HD

    Two separate, yet poetically connected films that act as a threnody on nature. Mikel Guillen's film is dedicated to the artist, Hiroshi Sugimoto....

    The Sadness of the Trees