Project Detail

Sea Monster

Name: Sea Monster
Director: Bernadette McBride
Genre: Climate / Environment, Crime / Mystery, Drama, Experimental, Literary Adaptation
Released: 2025
Duration: 19 min 32 sec

A woman with grey hair and blue eyes looking out from a red door

Landscape image of an old church in fog on the Aran Islands

A woman in white forensics suit searches the ground and grass for clues

Synopsis

Set on the Aran Islands, Ireland, the film follows Nora, a retired forensic ecologist, whose fading memory may hold the key to solving a forgotten environmental crime responsible for climate change. As the island's landscape erodes, so too does Nora's recollection of the past, including crucial details about an ecological disaster linked to the island's demise.
A determined detective arrives, hoping to extract vital information from Nora and stop future disasters. However, he quickly finds that it’s too late.
Translated and narrated by Inis Oírr novelist Máire Uí Dhufaigh, SEA MONSTER (OLLPHÉIST MHARA) explores the erosion of memory, language, and landscape. Nora’s struggle to remember becomes a powerful metaphor for the larger global environmental crisis - and how the world around her, like her mind, is slipping away.
In this evocative film, the fading of Nora's memories mirrors the irreversible effects of climate change, a poignant reminder that some losses, once they occur, cannot be undone.

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Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 19 min 32 sec
Director: Bernadette McBride
Producer: Bernadette McBride
Editor: Bernadette McBride
Screenwriter: Bernadette McBride, Máire Uí Dhufaigh
Director of Photography: Bernadette McBride
Composer: Joel Foster
Principal cast: Frances McManus
Assistant Director: Marta Zanucco

Genre

Climate / Environment Crime / Mystery Drama Experimental Literary Adaptation Science Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bernadette McBride

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www.bernadettemcbride.co.uk

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