
Scott Barley
Directing · Born 1992-11-11 · Cardiff, Wales, UK
Born in 1992 in Cardiff, Wales, he is a filmmaker, artist, and film theorist whose work lies at the intersection of slow cinema, visual poetry, and sound. He studied film and experimental art at the University of Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan University. His films explore darkness, nature, the Anthropocene, and the phenomenology of perception. His 2017 feature debut Sleep Has Her House received the Best Film award at the Fronteira International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival in Brazil. Barley’s films have been screened at festivals and museums worldwide, creating a distinctive space between cinema, meditation, and lyrical essay.
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As director

A Ladder 2025
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Half Moon 2020
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Wind 2019
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Womb 2017
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Painting (I) 2017
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Passing 2017
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The Green Ray 2017
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Sleep Has Her House 2017
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Hinterlands 2016
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Closer 2016
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Blue Permanence / Swan Blood 2015
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Hunter 2015
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The Sadness of the Trees 2015
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Shadows 2015
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Evenfall 2015
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Hours 2015
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Ille Lacrimas 2014
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Polytechnique 2014
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Nightwalk 2013
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Retirement 2013
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Irresolute 2013
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The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold 2012
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The Sea Behind Her Head
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The Emerald Fire
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The Flesh
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Within Without Horizon
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