Ourselves
Alone
Ourselves Alone is inspired by the Northern Bank robbery that took place in Belfast in 2004. A bank manager and his wife are taken hostage in their home by brother-and-sister IRA members - Aoife and Sean. They plan to force the bank manager to help them carry out the robbery. But when a third IRA member - Liam - arrives at the house unexpectedly, things start to go wrong.
Co-written and co-directed with Thomas Harnett O'Meara.
Awards and Nominations
Winner, Best Northwest Filmmakers, Southport FilmFest 2023
Highly Commended, Ealing Film Festival 2023
Nominee, Best Crime Film, Beeston Film Festival 2024
Nominee, Best Cinematography, Wolverhampton Film Festival 2023
Nominee, Best Sound Design, Wolverhampton Film Festival 2023
Nominee, Best Female Actor - Doireann May White, Wolverhampton Film Festival 2023
Nominee, Best Northern Ireland Short Film, The British Short Film Awards 2022
Written and Directed by:
Barney Pell Scholes and Thomas Harnett O’Meara
Aoife: Doireann May White
Liam: Curtis-Lee Ashqar
Sean: Jack Dawson
Cheryl: Julie Alderdice
James: Shane McCaffrey
Cinematography: Brenden Freedman
Original Score: Joe Wilkinson
Focus Puller: Alex Coleborn
Gaffer: Shaun Waldie
Camera Trainee: Lily Bugg
Production sound mixer: Will Reade
Boom operator: Andrew McArthur
Supervising sound editor / re-recording mixer: Will Cohen
Assistant sound effects editor: Jim Stewart
Additional music: Adam Hare
Foley: Cobblestone
Audio Producer: Alina Miroshnichenko
Audio Post Production: String and Tins
Colourist: Daniela Rotaru
VFX: Duncan Malcolm
Colour and VFX producers: Andrew Patrick and Roman Lukyanov
Post production: Glassworks VFX
Equipment Hire: Panavision Belfast and
NI Camera Hire
Acting Agencies: Premier Artists NI and
The Agency
Shot at: Frenchwood, Belfast
With special thanks to: Stuart Knox
Thanks to:
Ben Abboudi
Maurice Abboudi
Daisy Garside Rob Godbold
Gila Godsi
Sara Godsi
Greg Hinks
Eileen O’Meara
Janet Pell
Daisy Pell Scholes
Michael Scholes
Mimi Turtle
