Scott Barley
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2025A Ladder
Director
2020Half Moon
Director
2019Wind
Director
2017Sleep Has Her House
Director & Writer
2017The Green Ray
Director
2017Passing
Director
2017Womb
Director
2016Closer
Director & Writer
2016Hinterlands
Director
2015Hours
Director
2015Shadows
Director
2015The Sadness of the Trees
Director
2015Hunter
Director
2015Evenfall
Director
2015Blue Permanence / Swan Blood
Director
2014Ille Lacrimas
Director & Writer
2014Polytechnique
Director
2013Nightwalk
Director
2013Retirement
Director
2013Irresolute
Director
2012The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold
Director
The Sea Behind Her Head
Director & Writer
The Emerald Fire
Director & Writer
The Flesh
Director