From the journalistic and the deeply personal, to the poetic and the political, this programme from emerging filmmakers testifies to the elasticity of the documentary form. Expect midlands lake swimming, the joys of bowling, exile on the Blasket Islands, and a little taphophilia. Programme includes:

The Long Game – Arthur Lopes
Above Ground – Maggie Byrne
The Emerald Underground – Darren Kelly
Water Baby – Patrick Fleming
We Are Seven – Mina Vavan
Shooting the Breeze – Nihal Kumar
The Blasket Diaries – Sinéad O’Flaherty

Programme duration: 98 mins approx.

Screening as part of the IFI Documentary Festival 2026.