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Billy O¡¯BRIEN

UK2005 95min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

A science fiction thriller movie that reminds audience of Alien by Ridley Scott. The story is set at a farm in Ireland. The farm owner conducts genetic experiments on his cattle to generate more income by raising them faster. However, the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong and young cattle are born pregnant. Shocked by this horrible outcome, the farm folks try to cover it up. However, a stark horror attacks them and no solution is in sight.

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Billy O¡¯BRIEN

Billy O'Brien is a graduate of Dun Laogharaire College of Art and Design in Dublin, where he wrote and directed the shore film, AN INCIDENT AT BOB'S BARBER SHOP. O'Brien earned his M.A. in Film Production Design at the Royal College of Art in London and subsequently worked as a storyboard artist and TV commercials director. O'Brien also wrote and directed a second short film, THE TALE OF THE PAT THAT WROTE, which won numerous awards including th international Jury Prize at the Cork Film Festival and the Golden Spire at the San Francisco International Film Festival as well as earning a BAFTA nomination.