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What Richard Did

Lenny Abrahamson, 87 minutes, 2012

The third feature from Lenny Abrahamson is an extraordinary portrait of a golden-boy gone awry. What Richard Did sees the seemingly perfect life of Dublin teenager Richard Karlsen (Jack Reynor) collapse around him when he makes a terrible mistake. Intelligent,…

What We Leave in Our Wake

Pat Collins, 70 minutes, 2010

Developed in the midst of Ireland’s devastating property crash and subsequent recession, director Pat Collins uses this documentary to explore the materials – the institutions, attitudes, and politics –from which modern Ireland is made. Beginning by observing that throughout Irish…

When Brendan Met Trudy

Kieron J. Walsh, 95 minutes, 2000

With several of his novels already adapted for film and television, Roddy Doyle here wrote directly for the screen with this quirky romantic-comedy about an introverted cinéphile and the rebellious law-breaker who encourages him to live. The cinéphile is Brendan…

When Women Won

Anna Rodgers, 52 minutes, 2020

Coinciding with the second anniversary of the historic referendum which saw over 1.4m Irish citizens vote to overturn the Irish Constitution’s controversial 8th amendment, the film tells the emotional inside story of the Together for Yes campaign. In the aftermath…

Where I Am

Pamela Drynan, 69 minutes, 2013

In this Irish documentary, gay American writer Robert Drake returns to the small town of Sligo from his home in Philadelphia, in an attempt to revisit the memories of his time in Ireland. Twelve years have passed since he was…

Where is Eva Hipsey?

Orla Mc Hardy , 9 minutes, 2018

Where is Eva Hipsey? is an experimental animated film that blends documentary, fiction and poetry. Driven by curiosity and a desire to listen deeply, Eva explores and attempts to capture the world around her, stepping further and further away from…

Where it All Began

Alan Dunne, 9 minutes, 2024

A transgender woman arrives in her rural hometown for her mother’s funeral and is met by the father she left behind.

The Whistle-Blower

T. McAdam, 13 minutes, 2016

Reflecting on the Sallins Mail Train Robbery case and a miscarriage of justice.

The White Dress

Vanessa Gildea , 13 minutes, 2006

In The White Dress a young girl (Rebecca Synnot) is determined to participate in the ritual of First Holy Communion – even if she has to go it alone. 

Who is Dervla Murphy?

Garret Daly, 64 minutes, 2010

Dervla Murphy is Ireland’s most prolific travel writer who for five decades has travelled the world alone and with her daughter Rachel. A fiercely independent woman who turned her back on societal conventions at a time when few were as…

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