THE FESTIVAL IS DELIGHTED TO PRESENT A SHOWCASE OF NEW WORK IN THE SHORT FILM FORMAT, FEATURING BOTH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING SHORT FILMMAKERS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECOGNISED BOTH IN IRELAND AND INTERNATIONALLY.
FRANKIE
Frankie is fifteen and preparing to be the best dad ever but soon realises how difficult this will be for him.
DIRECTOR – DARREN THORNTON • 12 mins
THE RED BALL
A story about a purple boy, a green ball, a red ball, a green girl, a red girl, and a purple boy.
DIRECTOR – ALAN HOLLY • 3 mins
BUA
This is the story of a young girl’s fierce will to survive and above all else, to be free.
DIRECTOR – SONYA GILDEA • 14 mins
PUMP ACTION
An unusual interview becomes an extraordinary race.
DIRECTOR – FRANK REID • 4 mins
ROLLA SAOR
A chance photograph that Marc takes of Ruth on the beach sparks off a new found interest in photographing each other.
DIRECTOR – CATHAL WATTERS • 25 mins
AN CREATuR
A childhood prank left Conor Buckley paralysed by guilt, forcing him to correct his own mistake the only way he
knows how… DIRECTOR – PETER FOOTT • 24 mins
BASKET CASE
Ambrose is walking calmly through a biblical storm to buy a dead pig for his dying wife. But what is he building for her?
DIRECTOR – OWEN O’NEILL • 16 mins
NEW BOY
Based on a short story by Roddy Doyle. Joseph, a nine-yearold African boy, is the new boy in school.
DIRECTOR – STEPH GREEN • 11 minsTo book, click [here]