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An Gadhar Dubh

Pádraig Fagan, 9 minutes, 2019

A young man and his elderly father are terrorised by a mysterious black dog in Connemara in 1910.

An Island

Rory Byrne, 13 minutes, 2018

A solitary man sets out to conquer an isolated island.

An Lár

Liam Weir, 13 minutes, 2025

Four Dubliners head for home.

An Open Door

Aoise Tutty, 15 minutes, 2018

A pioneering initiative within the Mental Health Service provides a space for hope and recovery for the local community.

An Irish language short, An Rinceoir consists primarily of the Irish dancing performed by Ania (Vitalija Bondareva). With Ania mistaken identified by the Irish speaking community as Áine, An Rinceoir portrays the meeting of Irish and foreign cultures in a…

An Taibhse

John Farrelly, 92 minutes, 2024

The first-ever Irish language horror film unfolds in the bleak landscape of post-famine Ireland as Éamon and his daughter Máire take up residence as caretakers of a remote Georgian Mansion during the harsh winter. Their task, initially serene, veers into…

Analogue People in a Digital Age

Keith Walsh, 13 minutes, 2013

The analogue age has finished but eight men in a bar battle to remain relevant in a digital world. A small film about big people. Notes by Ross Whitaker.

Ancestors

David Turpin, 106 minutes, 2026

A love story, noir mystery and metaphysical fable that follows charismatic but vulnerable Beau (Éanna Hardwicke) as he searches 1980s London for his missing friend, Tiny (Jack Wolfe). Dream, reality, memory and history gradually intertwine, ultimately bringing Beau face-to-face with…

Angel

Neil Jordan, 92 minutes, 1982

In his first appearance as a writer-director Neil Jordan laid down a marker as to what was to come in his career, casting signature actor Stephen Rea as Danny, a showband saxophonist shocked by the senseless terrorist shooting of an…

Angels Guard Thee

Robert Higgins, Patrick McGiveny, 17 minutes, 2018

Two ex-paramilitaries attempt to heal old wounds, but the secrets of the past won't let the present lie.

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