Barry Costello

Barry Costello

Ireland

Barry Costello is an independent filmmaker and a screenwriting teacher in Kilkenny College. He has worked for numerous independent film groups and the Limerick Youth Theatre as the Director of their play ‘Seven Jewish Children’ (adapted for the war in Gaza).

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Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
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Joyride 2022 (5.9)

12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.
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The Martini Shot 2023 (8)

This existential comedic drama follows an ailing film director as he begins to shoot what he believes to be his final work of art. What starts out as a normal film for him changes dramatically as the deterioration of his health progresses. The result being a fascinating exploration of mortality and one’s profound effect on the world.