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Twig

Marian Quinn, 107 minutes, 2024

In this re-telling of the Greek tragedy Antigone, set against Dublin’s gangland, young Twig dreams of escaping with her lover Eamon, but her brothers’s deadly feud over the future of their late father’s kingdom draws her back. After the death…

Twin

Ciará Dooley, 6 minutes, 2019

Over the course of her 21st birthday Ava explores the grief felt by the loss of her twin sister and attempts to overcome it.

Two by Two: Ooops! Noah is Gone

Toby Genkel,
Sean McCormack, 87 minutes, 2015

It’s the end of the world. A flood is coming. Luckily for Dave and his son Finny, a couple of clumsy Nestrians, an Ark has been built to save all animals. But as it turns out, the obscure Nestrians aren’t…

Two Hearts

Darren Thornton, 17 minutes, 2011

Seeing the world through the eyes of recovering addict and single mother Lorna (Roxanna Nic Liam), Two Hearts confronts social deprivation and drug abuse in this hard hitting short. Living a fragile but clean life, Lorna finds herself tempted to…

Two Wheels Good

Barry Gene Murphy, 9 minutes, 2012

Blending animation with documentary footage, Two Wheels Good celebrates the role the bicycle once played in rural Ireland. Four people whose livelihood depended on bicycles talk about how they learnt to cycle, the fitness it required, and their cycling tours…

Tyre Kickers

Danny McCafferty, 9 minutes, 2020

A son, determined to salvage his fractured relationship with his father, embarks on a journey to find a classic car from their past.

Ulys

Tim Booth, 6 minutes, 1997

Boldly attempting to sum up in a few short minutes James Joyce’s famously complex, Ulysses, Ulys celebrates Dublin’s most renowned novelist. Slipping between narratives – Joyce bemoans the difficulty of writing whilst a publican recounts the novel’s events– but the…

Ulysses

Joseph Strick, 120 minutes, 1967

American director Joseph Strick’s Academy-Award-nominated take on James Joyce’s Ulysses is unquestionably the most faithful screen adaptation of the revered and illustrious novel. The plot, such as it is, is iconic; Leopold Bloom (Milo O’Shea) goes about his daily business…

The Uncle Jack

John T. Davis, Sé Merry Doyle., 80 minutes, 1996

More personal and intimate than many of his other works, renowned documentarian John T. Davis dedicates himself here to memorialising his enigmatic Uncle Jack, whose influence on Davis led to his becoming a filmmaker. A leading architect of cinemas in…

Under Open Skies

Ben Jones, 12 minutes, 2014

A nostalgic look at handball alleys, Under Open Skies recalls the history of these institutions of social life in Ireland, with the memories of old players bringing back to the public this traditional sport.

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