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Situations Vacant

Lisa Mulcahy, 97 minutes, 2008

There's only three ways to succeed in life...lie, lie and lie. Situations Vacant is a contemporary comedy set in the world of Dave Bracken. It's a film about self esteem, how to have it, how to lose it and how…

Six Shooter

Martin McDonagh, 27 minutes, 2004

In his debut effort as a filmmaker, Martin McDonagh won an Academy Award for Best Short with this pitch-black comedy. Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly (Brendan Gleeson) meets the insane, foul-mouthed character identified only as…

Skintown

Kieron J. Walsh, 99 minutes, 2026

Set in the summer of 1994, when best friends Vinny and Jonty are desperate to escape their small-town life in conflict torn Enniskillen (Skintown), Northern Ireland. Just as a ceasefire is announced heralding a brighter future, Vinny and Jonty successfully…

Slán Leis an gCeol

Cathal Ó Cuaig, 52 minutes, 2019

A lyrical portrait of a brilliant yet tormented artist, Slán leis an gCeol (Farewell to Music) explores the complexities of a talented and philosophical man. Tony MacMahon, one of Ireland’s most remarkable traditional musicians, was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s and…

The Slightest Touch

Rachel Fleit, 102 minutes, 2026

Emma Fogarty who lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) – a rare and extremely painful genetic condition that leaves her skin so fragile it blisters and tears at the slightest touch. As she turns 40, the age doctors predicted she would…

Sludge

Sinéad Murphy, 85 minutes, 2026

Sinéad Murphy’s debut film, Sludge, follows a young homeless woman living on the fringes of Irish society and deeply in love with her best friend. Haunted by fractured traumatic memories and visions of a dark-hooded figure, she struggles to hold onto…

Small Change

Cathy Brady, 17 minutes, 2010

This award-winning short sees single mother Karen (Nora-Jane Noone) escape the monotony of her supermarket job through the excitement of the slot machines at a local arcade. Already with emptying pockets, Karen’s need to provide for her daughter leads her…

Small Engine Repair

Niall Heery, 98 minutes, 2007

Doug (Iain Glen), an aspiring country singer in his forties, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town, where nobody believes in his heartbreaking voice and talent as a musician. When the last of his music…

Small Things Like These

Tim Mielants, 98 minutes, 2024

An unassuming man in 1980’s Ireland must grapple with his conscience in the face of an overwhelming moment of insight in Tim Mielants supremely confident adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Booker Prize-nominated 2021 novella. The setting is New Ross, Wexford, in…

Smithy & Dickie

Hannah Quinn, 10 minutes, 2018

Smithy & Dickie celebrates old love letters, while questioning how the current digital age is potentially obliterating any record of our most precious moments.

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