A House Is Not Always a Home
United Kingdom, 14 mins, Digital
A troubled boy is forced to confront the cruelty of his own act when he tricks his younger brother into staring at the sun.
Director: Murdo Barker-Mill
Writer: Murdo Barker-Mill
Producer: YuHan Tsai, Bernardo Angeletti
Director of Photography: Toby Lloyd
Editor: Yuhan Tsai, Aacharee Ohm Ungsriwong
Production Designer: Margarida Caetano Dias
Composer: Aaron Jackson
Cast: Noah Connell, Oliver Boyd, Nicola Jo Cully, Martin Johnston
Contact: Murdo Barker-Mill, murdo.bm@gmail.com
Program G
Sunday, May 17, 7 PM
About the Writer/Director
Murdo Barker-Mill is a British filmmaker and recent graduate of Columbia University’s MFA in Directing. Before filmmaking, Murdo trained in medicine and psychology, a foundation that informs his understanding of character, story, and the tensions at the heart of human drama. As a cinematographer, his work has screened at SXSW, Aspen Shortsfest, and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
About the Producer
Yu-Han Tsai is a Taiwanese writer, director, and editor based in New York, and a recent graduate of Columbia’s MFA program in Directing. Her latest short film, Dua Ji, premiered in competition at SXSW 2026. Yu-Han’s work is grounded in realism and shaped by a feminist perspective, exploring how Taiwanese culture and society inform the intimate, everyday experiences of women.
