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This month we present a ‘Bleak Midwinter’ programme – a stark alternative to the usual Christmas fare.  

PROGRAMME 1: BEFORE I SLEEP                

Reuniting old theatre chums Brendan Gleeson and director Paul Mercier, this short film follows an unemployed businessman (Gleeson) on his bleak odyssey through the snowy streets of Dublin.

FILM INFO: 30 minutes, 1997, Colour

PROGRAMME 2: AMHARC ÉIREANN CHRISTMAS

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Start your Christmas shopping in April, shiver in December as swimmers break ice at Howth and Clontarf, pant at the pantomimes in Drimnagh and Crumlin, and be moved by the moving crib.

FILM INFO: 6 minutes, 1959 – 64, Black and White

INTO THE ABYSS                 

In Geraldine Creed’s moving short film, a young woman who arrives home from London to spend Christmas with her family feels alienated and chooses not to reveal her difficulty in coping with migration.

FILM INFO: 15 minutes, 1992, Colour

For more festive screenings and events at the IFI in December, see Christmas at the IFI.