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'.

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".