Project Detail

Purebred

Two men embrace, one holds the other's face in his hand.

Ellen Blair

Synopsis

During a heatwave in Belfast, transgender man Owen returns to the flat of his on-off-again lover Seán after taking a pregnancy test.
Official Selection Palm Springs International Shortfest 2025
Official Selection 37th Galway Film Fleadh 2025
Official Selection Leuven International Short Film Festival 2025

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Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 43 sec
Director: Caleb J. Roberts
Producer: Jon Beer
Co-Producer: Callum Harrison
Executive Producer: Brian J. Falconer, Ruth McCarthy
Editor: Stephanie McCutcheon
Screenwriter: Caleb J. Roberts
Director of Photography: Eoin McLoughlin ISC
Production Designer: Catherine Trainor
Sound: Ryan O'Neill
Composer: Fontaines D.C., Chalk
Principal cast: Pete MacHale, Diarmuid Noyes
Intimacy Co-ordinator: Demi O'Hara
1st Assistant Director: Matt Booth
Casting Director: Georgia Simpson
Post Production: Yellow Moon

Genre

Drama LGBTQIA+ Northern Irish

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Outburst Arts

109-113 Royal Avenue
Belfast
BT1 1FF

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Jon Beer

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