YOU OK? — Production complete and award-winning.

A short film about the things men don’t say.

You OK? is a short narrative film written and directed by Joe Monks for Golden Ratio Productions, with Emmet O’Brien in the lead role and proudly supported by Barróg Healthcare and James Webb.

The film follows a man moving through the ordinary rhythms of everyday life while privately struggling beneath the surface. A phone call unanswered. Another sleepless night. A conversation avoided. Small moments that gradually reveal how easy it can be to appear fine when you’re anything but.

Created to encourage honest conversations around men’s mental health, You OK? deliberately avoids statistics, lectures and conventional awareness messaging. Instead, it tells a simple human story, because sometimes asking someone if they’re okay, and meaning it, is enough to start a conversation.

Following its release in September 2026, the film quickly found an audience online, generating tens of thousands of organic views, shares and conversations. Broadcaster Ryan Tubridy subsequently joined the film as an Instagram collaborator, describing it as “a thoughtful piece” and encouraging people to pass it on to friends and classmates.

But the numbers were never the point.

If the film makes one person feel less alone, or encourages one conversation that otherwise might never have happened, it has done its job.

Written & Directed by Joe Monks
Starring Emmet O’Brien
A Golden Ratio Production
Proudly supported by Barróg Healthcare

Thoughtfully Made. Fearlessly Told.