Horan is a queer filmmaker who is committed to working with LGBTQIA+ and female identifying talent and stories. He is on the Board of Directors of GAZE International LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, was selected by European Film Promotion and Screen Ireland as a Producer on the Move 2024 and is a graduate of EAVE Producers Workshop, Berlinale Talents, Rotterdam Lab and Emerging Producers. He also manages X-Pollinator – a talent development initiative and network, now in its fifth year, that addresses gender diversity in the Irish screen industry and was nominated for the Diversity & Inclusion Initiative Award at the 2023 Big Screen Awards.
A Dog Called Money was my first hands on project in Keeper so for that reason, it’ll always be a film I’m very proud to have worked on. I’ve been a longtime fan of PJ Harvey so it was incredible to work on Seamus Murphy’s documentary that explores her creative process on making her last record, which then went on to world premiere at Berlinale 2019.
I’ve always been committed to working in film – having watched as many films as humanly possible as a teenager, studying film in university and then eventually, setting out for a career in the area. I worked in other aspects of the film industry in those early days while trying to find my place but it was really when I began in Keeper that it really clicked. I enjoy the different skills that working in production requires, in balancing creativity and business in order to bring projects to life.
The Old Royal Oak in Kilmainham – a family-run country pub on a quiet lane, easily making you forget that you’re in the middle of the city while you sip on their gorgeous Guinness.
I am very drawn to working on projects with LGBTQIA+ and female talent, with talent whose points of view are not as frequently heard / seen – the stories I find interesting channel and champion their diversity, and I am committed to working towards creating distinctive and refreshing projects.
Hard to pick ONE favourite song but anything by the likes of Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, MUNA, Jessie Ware, HAIM – and you’ll find me up dancing to be honest.
Berlinale 2022 was a whirlwind – getting to take part in the final stage of the Emerging Producers 2022 programme with Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, being selected for Berlinale Talents, bringing a project to the Talent Project Market in the Berlinale Co-Production Market and then having the world premiere of Laurent Larivière’s About Joan as a Special Gala; it was busy week to say the least but certainly memorable!
