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Viva

Paddy Breathnach, 100 minutes, 2015

Against the fading grandeur of contemporary Havana, Jesus (Héctor Medina), an impoverished, sensitive young make-up assistant escapes the grim reality of everyday life through his backstage work in a drag club. When his dream of performing finally comes true, a stranger…

Vivarium

Lorcan Finnegan, 97 minutes, 2019

The anxiety of house-hunting takes on a nightmarish dimension in Lorcan Finnegan’s accomplished second feature, a lean psychological thriller made with clockwork precision which offers a wry commentary on the creeping malaise of suburban married bliss. In the market for…

Void

Ger Duffy, 97 minutes, 2019

A man struggles to free himself from a mind packed full of indecipherable thoughts. He spends a night searching for judgement. A judgement he feels he deserves.

Waiting

Isabelle Blanche, 16 minutes, 2017

Languishing in rural Ireland, Clare receives an opportunity to leave and kick-start her life. Will she take it?

The Waiting Game

David Blake Knox, 53 minutes, 2016

In 2008 a troupe of seasoned players set off on the most ambitious theatrical tour of Ireland ever undertaken. Stephen Brennan, Alan Stanford, Barry McGovern and Johnny Murphy had first performed Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot at the Gate Theatre…

Waking Ned

Kirk Jones, 91 minutes, 1998

Rich in bawdy humour, Waking Ned – released as Waking Ned Devine in America – has two elderly schemers plot to claim lottery winnings for themselves and their village. The opportunity comes when pensioner Ned Devine passes away moments after…

Wardrop’s Shorts

Ken Wardrop, 60 minutes, 2016

This film screened 13th July 2016. This compendium of short films invites us into the quirkily observed world of director Ken Wardrop and producer Andrew Freedman. Their early work as classmates at the National Film School at IADT in Dun…

Wargame

Blayne Fitzpatrick, 4 minutes, 2020

A young sheltered boy idolises his older rebellious brother, who is fighting a guerrilla war. But how the young boy thinks war is, and the reality of war are far from similar.

Was That a Yes?

Réamonn Mac Donnacha, 4 minutes, 2019

Date night disaster as Mark's perfect evening with Jane leaves a lot of questions unanswered.

Waterbag

Joe Comerford, 13 minutes, 1984

Waterbag was made as a preparation for the feature Reefer and the Model. Set on a fishing trawler, it involves the relationship between two fishermen and a pregnant woman and ends with an apparently self-induced miscarriage. Haunting slow-motion images of…

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