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Solitary

Eamonn Murphy, 86 minutes, 2025

Brendan, a widowed farmer, lives a quiet life on the edge of a village in rural Ireland. When his home is broken into, a growing sense of fear and isolation takes hold. As violence touches the community and trust in…

Some Mother’s Son

Jim Sheridan, 112 minutes, 1996

Sheridan’s first collaboration with scriptwriter Terry George was on his second film about the Troubles, Some Mother’s Son. It was produced by Sheridan through his production company Hell’s Kitchen. A young Aiden Gillen plays the Christ-like hunger striker Gerard Quigley,…

Something Doesn’t Feel Right

Fergal Costello, 9 minutes, 2019

A weary slasher villain puts in the hours necessary to pull off perfect kills until he encounters victims that don't behave as they should.

Somewhere Down the Line

Julien Regnard, 10 minutes, 2014

Somewhere Down the Line follows a man’s life, loves and losses, shown through the exchanges he has with the passengers in his car.

Son

Ivan Kavanagh, 97 minutes, 2020

From acclaimed writer/director Ivan Kavanagh, Son is a bold and unnerving character driven horror film, in the vein of Hereditary, Rosemary’s Baby, and The Babadook. Having escaped from a cult as a child, a mother must face her past when…

The Song Cycle

Ivan Kavanagh, 85 minutes, 2024

Veteran musician and filmmaker Nick Kelly sets off to cycle from his home in Dublin to Glastonbury, carrying all his gear on his bike and playing in pubs and clubs along the way. He’s accompanied by his easy-going musical partner…

Song for a Raggy Boy

Aisling Walsh, 100 minutes, 2003

The brutality of Ireland’s industrial schools has become a matter of public knowledge – and shame – over the last twenty years and Song for a Raggy Boy is part of that narrative of revelation. This film from Aisling Walsh…

Song of Granite

Pat Collins, 104 minutes, 2017

This film was released on Friday 8th December 2017 and is no longer screening. Acclaimed filmmaker Pat Collins (Silence) presents the life story of legendary sean nós singer Joe Heaney (Seosamh Ó hÉanaí). The film celebrates the genius of the musician while painting…

Song of the Sea

Tomm Moore, 90 minutes, 2014

Ben (David Rawle) lives in a lighthouse with his father (Brendan Gleeson) and mother (Lisa Hannigan) who enchants him with tales of selkies who transform from seals into humans. His happiness is disrupted when she passes away in childbirth leaving…

Sonja: Queen of Ice

Anne Sewitskey, 110 minutes, ????

The inventor of modern ice skating, Sonja Henie was always surrounded by her family, never alone, and with an appetite for money, men, parties and alcohol. After eleven World Championships and three Olympic gold medals as a figure skater, she…

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