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Siobhán Scarlett

O’Reilly

Writer | Researcher | Filmmaker 

Bio

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Siobhán Scarlett O’Reilly is a researcher, filmmaker, and writer based in Brighton. She is completing a PhD in Media and Psychology at the University of Brighton, where her work investigates how online liminal-space imagery shapes emotional experience through photo-elicitation and thematic analysis. Her practice sits at the intersection of creative nonfiction, essay film, and experimental media, with a focus on embodiment, memory, and digital atmospheres.

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She holds degrees in Philosophy, Screenwriting and Directing, and Global Film & Television, and her research has been supported by multiple academic awards, including funding from The Folklore Society, BAFTSS, and the Lynne Grundy Trust. She has presented her work at international conferences in folklore, screen studies, queer media, digital culture, horror, and liminality.

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Her writing has been recognised by CRAFT Literary, Frontier Poetry, Palette Poetry, and Sundress Publications. Her moving-image work has been selected for festivals including Together! Disability Film Festival and London Lift-Off.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

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Academic Grants & Research Awards

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2025/2026

  • Lynne Grundy Trust Memorial Award

  • University of Brighton Conference Award

2024/2025

  • Estella Canziani Postgraduate Research Bursary, The Folklore Society

  • BAFTSS Conference Bursary

  • University of Brighton Financial Award

  • University of Brighton Conference Award

2023/2024

  • Lynne Grundy Trust Memorial Award

  • Coats Foundation Trust

  • Manchester Metropolitan University Travel/Research Funding

  • University College Cork Travel/Research Funding

2022/2023

  • Lynne Grundy Trust Memorial Award

  • Sidney Perry Foundation

  • Coats Foundation Trust

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Writing Awards & Literary Recognition

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  • CRAFT Dialogue Competition, Longlist (2025)

  • Author Mentoring Scholarship, Arkbound Foundation (2024)

  • Invited chapbook resubmission, Sundress Publications (2024)

  • Additional recognitions from Frontier Poetry and Palette Poetry

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Film Awards & Festival Selections

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Recent Work (2024–2025)

  • Official Selection, London Lift-Off Film Festival (2025)

  • Official Selection, Together! Disability Film Festival (2025)

  • Body of the Earth Filmmaking Scholarship, IMPRINT Documentary Collective (2024)

  • Official Selection and Semifinalist, Sweden Film Awards (2024)

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Early Film Work (2020–2021)

  • Finalist: Best Director, First Time Director and Best Super Short, Prague International Film Festival

  • Finalist: Super Short and Best Director, Košice International Film Festival

  • Semi-Finalist and Trophy Winner: Best Comedy Film, Sweden Film Awards

  • Winner: Best Cinematography and Best Editing, Garoa Awards

  • Five further nominations, Garoa Awards

  • Official Selection, Screen Power Film Festival (London)

  • Official Selection and Award Nomination, Disability Film Festival

  • Official Selection, Lit Laughs Winter Festival

  • Official Selection, Lift-Off Global Network (2021)

  • Official Selection, Kalakari Film Festival

  • Official Selection, Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival

  • Finalist: Best Actor, Student Film, Experimental Film, International Moving Film Festival

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EDUCATION

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University of Brighton
PhD Media and Arts (ongoing)

University of Hertfordshire
MA Global Film and Television
Gold Go Herts Award for extracurricular achievement

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MET Film School
PGCert Screenwriting and Directing
Student Representative

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University of Reading
BA (Hons) Philosophy
Student Representative; Secretary of Philosophy Society; Head of Marketing, Junction11 Radio

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Professional Qualifications

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  • Level 3 Personal Trainer (Active IQ)

  • Level 2 Swimming Teacher (ASA)

  • CPD Coaching Swimming (Swim England)

  • Accredited Level 3 Life Coach (Future Fit)

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

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Liminality and Digital Culture

  • The Guild for Engaged Liminality (2024)

  • Liminality Seminars, University of Missouri (2023/2024)

  • Digital Folklore Conference, King’s College London (2024)

  • Haunted Futures Conference, University College Cork (2023/2024/2025)

  • Cinemas of Less, Lack and Loss, University College Cork (2024)

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Queer Futurity, Music and Internet Culture

  • Erasmus University of Rotterdam (2024)

  • Screen Convergences, University of Liverpool (2024)

  • LGBTQ+ Screen Cultures Symposium, Manchester Metropolitan University (2023)

  • Landscapes Colloquium, University of Sheffield (2020)

  • Visual Intersections Summer School, University of Durham (2021)

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Horror, Identity and Media

  • Queer Fears Symposium, University of Hertfordshire (2019)

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