Scott Barley

Birthday: 1992-11-11
Birthplace: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
The Sea Behind Her Head
The Emerald Fire
The Flesh
Within Without Horizon
2025-03-26 A Ladder
2020-11-26 Half Moon
2019-01-24 Wind
2017-05-17 Womb
2017-03-01 Painting (I)
2017-02-20 Passing
2017-01-07 The Green Ray
2017-01-01 Sleep Has Her House
2016-10-22 Hinterlands
2016-02-05 Closer
2015-11-08 Blue Permanence / Swan Blood
2015-08-04 Hunter
2015-07-29 The Sadness of the Trees
2015-05-31 Shadows
2015-04-04 Evenfall
2015-01-03 Hours
2014-08-31 Ille Lacrimas
2014-05-07 Polytechnique
2013-04-04 Nightwalk
2013-03-09 Retirement
2013-03-09 Irresolute
2012-12-08 The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold