Western Front Studios

Western Front Studios On the Western Front Studios is a video production company focusing on video for commercial advertisement, cinematography, learning and training videos.

Western Front Studios is a production company making high quality cinematic film content that services our clients' vision. Services we offer:
Commercial film production: Advertisements, brand awareness, training, information, social media / website content creation and live events. Artistic film production: Feature films, short films, music videos.

14/02/2026

Remote Strutting screening during as part of
A massive thanks to and for including us.

director making a lovely job of announcing the film.

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💥Collision - our RTE Storyland will launch today as part of  slate launch. 📺 Available for viewing  on the RTE Player.Tw...
29/01/2026

💥Collision - our RTE Storyland will launch today as part of slate launch.

📺 Available for viewing on the RTE Player.

Two schoolmates go on the run after causing a deadly car crash. As justice edges closer, the boys are forced to confront their guilt and secret relationship.

Written and Directed by Michael Carolan and starring and.

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Night Driver is now streaming on  📺Written and directed by   (Collision, They Can’t Know About Me) funded under the Virg...
01/01/2026

Night Driver is now streaming on 📺

Written and directed by (Collision, They Can’t Know About Me) funded under the Virgin Media Discovers Short Film Scheme and funded by

catch it on both Virgin Media Player and Disney Plus 👏

👏 Cast:
Ngozi - Charis Agbonlahor .agbonlahor
Eve - Sophie Vavasseur
Samuel - Memphis Oniru
Phillipa - Sive Doyle
Brandon - Denny Baptist
Safra (Shruti Shandilya), John (Fiach Kunz), Barry (Shane McCarthy), Jay (Andy Hourihan), Aaron (Oscar Lewins).
Casting by Shauna Griffith

🌠Post-production
Editor
Musical Score by
sound Designer
Colourist
Post Production House

🎥 Crew:
Production Manager - Adrian McGreal
Locations Manager - Matthew Buckley
Casting Director - Shauna Griffith
1st AD - Stephen Fuller
2nd AD - Chris Ellis /Amy Ryan
3rd AD - Paulina Kiewesz
DOP - Brian Durcan
1st AC - James Marnell
2nd AC - Barra Dogherty
Camera Assistant/DIT - Rossa O’Dowd
Gaffer - Andrej Patcher
Assistant Lighting - Ashley Casey
Key Grip - Joey Lynch
Production Designer - Saoirse O’Shea
Sound Recordist - Anthony Egan
Costume Designer - Alexandra Maria Sofroni
Hair/Makeup - Jean Louise Keady
Stills Photographer - Stu Teehan
Production Assistant - Alice Turpin
Intimacy Officer - Sinead Cassidy Holt
Action Vehicles - Stephen Carrol & Stefan Greenberg
Catering - Max
Fashion Shoot Photographer - Lorna Fitzsimons
Fashion Shoot Hair/Makeup - Ivey Sullivan

Thank you to our sales and distribution agent for making this possible.

17/12/2025

Official Trailer – Collision 💥
This year’s RTÉ Storyland season goes out with a bang.

📺 RTÉ2 at 9.35pm
Tomorrow night — Thursday 18th December

“Two schoolmates go on the run after causing a deadly car crash. As justice edges closer, the boys are forced to confront their guilt and secret relationship.”

Written and directed by Michael Carolan
Starring Cameron Brady and Cuan Hosty Blaney

▶️ On the RTÉ Player afterwards for further enjoyment



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🎬 Our Storyland episode COLLISION hits RTÉ2 on Thursday, 18th of December, the final episode of the series 👀💥A dream com...
03/12/2025

🎬 Our Storyland episode COLLISION hits RTÉ2 on Thursday, 18th of December, the final episode of the series 👀💥

A dream come true with our long-time collaborator, rising star Writer/Director Michael Carolan, starring the seriously talented duo Cuan Hosty-Blaney and Cameron Brady, and shot by our gifted DoP Brian Durcan.

Logline: Two schoolmates go on the run after causing a deadly car crash. As justice edges closer, the boys are forced to confront their guilt and secret relationship.

Huge thanks for believing in us! RTÉ, Kate McColgan from Screen Ireland, Frank Agnew, David Crean

Collision was the most enjoyable shoot we have ever worked on, pure joy, passionate graft, and so many belly laughs. I still miss you all!!!

Crew part 2:

Casting – Shauna Griffith
Casting Assistant – Sophie Vavasseur
Costume Designer –
Assistant Costume – .baker
Hair/Makeup – Kate Jordan
VFX Make-Up Artist – Louise Sheridan
Production Trainee – Leontin Munteanu
Set Transportation Officer – .gibbons
Stills Photographer –
2nd Unit DOP –
2nd Unit 1st AC – Andrew Gallivan
2nd Unit 2nd AC –
News Report Camera – Charlie Foy
Action Vehicles Car hire – Gary Greenberg /
Tracking Vehicle – Cameron Crosier
AFrame – Garth Wilson
Stunt Coordinator –
Stunt Assistant – Tor Condren
SFX Supervisor – Frankie Waite
Senior Technician – Nigel Sinclair
Technician – Jason Rea

Post Production
Editor –
Sound Designer – Paul Rowland .ie
Original score by Composer –
Post-Production Supervisor – Chríona O’Sullivan
Post-Production Coordinator – Ciara Kirwin
Colourist –
VFX Artist – Ricardo R.Gambini
Re-Recording Facilitator –
Assistant Editor – Rebekah Long
Graphics – Stephen Bowen
Post House Facility –

We can’t wait for you to see it. Tune in Thursday, 18th of December!

🎉 What a phenomenal weekend for Western Front Studios! Our talented and hardworking teams brought home 4 wins and 1 runn...
17/11/2025

🎉 What a phenomenal weekend for Western Front Studios! Our talented and hardworking teams brought home 4 wins and 1 runner-up across 3 different film festivals — a beautiful way to almost end an incredible year of filmmaking. 🎬✨

🏆 Wine Dark Film Festival

Best Short Film for Remote Strutting

Best Edit awarded to for Remote Strutting

A heartfelt celebration of films from the different abled community. Huge congrats to Director , writer , star , and editor Julian Ulrichs! 💙

😎 The Underground Cinema Awards

Best Score awarded to Natasa Paulberg for Remote Strutting

Plus, two Best Actress awards for .agbonlahor in Night Driver, our Virgin Discoveries short film written and directed by 👏

A big shout out to for the fantastic night 🙏

🎥 Waterford Film Festival

Runner-Up Best Short Film for Night Driver
Kudos to and the entire team!

Thanks to Stephen Byrne and his-wonderful team in Waterford for screening us and giving us this platform and opportunity 🙌

We are immensely proud and grateful for everyone’s support, effort, and collaboration.

All films produced under Western Front Studios by Emer and Brian Durcan, with cinematography by 🚀

Here’s to many more successes ahead! 🎬🥂

24/10/2025

Behind the Scenes Teaser, filmed by Olga from who also worked as our AD trainee on Collision. 💥 🚘

Thanks to all the willing participants 🫶🏻

And to Olga thank you 🙏 you are fabulous.

Goodbye Newport Beach, LA, USA...  Thank you to Newport Beach Film Festival for an incredible experience and for screeni...
21/10/2025

Goodbye Newport Beach, LA, USA...

Thank you to Newport Beach Film Festival for an incredible experience and for screening our two short films! 🎬✨

🌟 Night Driver by writer/director Michael Carolan, starring Charis Agbonlahor and Sophie Vavasseur. Funded by Screen Ireland and the Virgin Discover Shorts Film Scheme. Watch it NOW on Virgin Media Player

🌟 Our Father by writer/director Shiela Moylette, created under the Screen Ireland Bow St Actor as Creator Scheme.

A huge thank you to Culture Ireland for your support and for helping us fund our trip. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Thanks to Vea Hotel Newport Beach for your incredible hospitality.

Thanks to Siobhan Ni Ghadhra from Danu Media, whose film Bait screened, as well as writer Sheena Lambert and the stunning Eleanor O’Brien. It was lovely to get to know you.Thanks to Siobhan Ni Ghadhra from Danu Media, whose film “Baite” screened, as well as writer Sheena Lambert and the stunning Eleanor O’Brien. It was lovely to get to know you.

Congrats also go to Jordan Lee McGrath, my ole buddy from the Advanced Producers Course in TUD for his film -I Hope We Can Still Be Friends- by the ower house Aisha Tyler—wishing you every success with it

Thanks to Craig Stuart Garfunkel and Enda O’Coineen for the special screening of “The Unsinkable Entrepreneur”

To the “Christy” Crew, it was great to meet you.

To Screen Ireland, Stephen Davenport, and the panel of industry experts who shared their insights and made the event so enriching.

A heartfelt thanks to new friends and connections—Ariana Owens and Heather Brummer.

Special thanks to the lovely friends from Westport who traveled all the way to support us and watch our films in Orange County Caroline Joyce and Niamh O’Brien. Your support meant the world to us!

And a big thank you to Marlene and the wonderful Newport Beach crew we will be back, and we will miss you!!!

See you next year 🤩☺️

Emer and Brian Durcan
Western Front Studios

Join us for a  screening of Night Driver at Killarney Cinema as part of the Kerry Film Festival this Friday, September 1...
14/10/2025

Join us for a screening of Night Driver at Killarney Cinema as part of the Kerry Film Festival this Friday, September 17th, at 3:30 PM! 🎬✨

This captivating Virgin Media Discover short film stars Charis Agbonlahor and Sophie Vavasseur, written and directed by Michael Carolan. Cinematography by Brian Durcan, editing by Julian Ulrichs, and a musical score by Die Hexan make this a must-see event!

Don’t miss out on this cinematic experience! 🎥🍿

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