Thomas Bennett
Directing
Biography
Thomas Bennett is a Belfast-based artist and writer working with the moving image with a focus on using Hi8 and Super 8 to explore the effects of medium on narrative and story-telling. Having entered the film world through the props department in 2021 Thomas has worked on numerous productions in Northern Ireland from ‘Blue Lights’ (2023-) and ‘School For Good and Evil’ (2021) to ‘World on Fire’ Season 2 (2023) and Game of Thrones: A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms(2025) & more. Directed work includes In Wake of John Doyle (2024), Gabriel’s Trumpet (2025) & The Galley (2026). Thomas' directed work has garnered selections for Academy®️, BAFTA, BIFA & IFTA affiliated festivals both in and out of competition.
Known For
After being made redundant from her job at the coastal arcades, Helen commits a victimless crime to pay for dinner.
The Galley
As Belfast sinks deeper into the hands of rioters, an alienated young man receives devastating news. In his refusal to accept death, Robin begins to scour the city for his missing companion. Whilst friends, Grace and Eoin, struggle to comprehend his actions, tensions throughout the city bubble. All the while a mysterious visitor begins his own journey to watch the decay of the world around him, trumpet in hand...
Gabriel's Trumpet
An excommunicated priest returns to his remote island community in a documentary, previously lost to time.