SEÁN DUNN

WRITER/DIRECTOR

THE FALL OF SIR DOUGLAS WEATHERFORD

“I’m still king of these lands.”

BAFTA-nominated Scottish screen legend Peter Mullan stars in Seán Dunn’s directorial debut, THE FALL OF SIR DOUGLAS WEATHERFORD - an offbeat, darkly funny character study about a man struggling to find his place in the contemporary world.

In cinemas June 12, 2026. A MUBI Release.

A middle class family spends the day together purchasing items in anticipation of the arrival of a new baby. We follow them into a consumerist dreamscape that soon dissolves into something nightmarish. Things take a violent turn when the patriarch of the family is confronted by a group of masked vigilantes.

KINGDOM COME

writer/director (short)

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Looking up through a glass ceiling with four hanging bright white lights and dark metal framing, against a cloudy sky.

writer/director (short)

LOSTFOUND

producer - Seán Dunn

writer/director - Shakti Bhagchandani

Premiere, Sundance Film Festival, USA

Premiere, 76th Venice Film Festival, Italy
Winner, Best Short, Stockholm Film Festival
Nominee, London Critics’ Circle Award

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ABOUT:

Seán Dunn is a Scottish writer-director whose debut feature, The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford, world-premiered in the Big Screen Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026. Starring Peter Mullan and produced with support from BBC Film, BFI, and Screen Scotland, the film received its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival and its US premiere at the San Francisco Film Festival before its theatrical release on MUBI in June 2026.

Born and raised in Edinburgh and holding an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University, Seán has built a short film practice recognised at the world's leading film festivals. British by the Grace of God premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, winning Best Short at the Valladolid Film Festival and a Special Jury Mention at the Zagreb Film Festival. Kingdom Come premiered at the Venice Film Festival, won Best Short at the Stockholm Film Festival, and received a London Critics' Circle Award nomination. His work has also screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the BFI London Film Festival.

He is currently developing his second feature.

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BRITISH BY THE GRACE OF GOD

Set in Scotland during the summer of the ‘Brexit’ referendum, British by the Grace of God follows Irene as she struggles to find her place in the world as a mother and wife.

Premiere, 70th Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland
Best Short, Valladolid Film Festival, Spain
Special Mention, Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia