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Who We Love

Graham Cantwell, 92 minutes, 2021

Lily, a girl with a secret, is on the cusp of becoming a young woman. With her best friend, the fiercely loyal and flamboyant Simon, she navigates the treacherous waters of school life. When a misunderstanding with the beautiful and…

Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky

Graham Cantwell, 13 minutes, 2024

In a small Irish town teens Diana and Sol are finally graduating. Diana once dreaded this day, fearing a mundane and adult future, but now has a plan for adventure among the stars with her best friend Sol. When doubt…

Wild Reconnection

Deqa Ibrahim,
Anna Konieczna., 15 minutes, 2023

Humans were originally hunter-gatherers and foraging for wild foods and plant medicine was a fundamental skill of our ancestors. Restoring this sacred practice we have always known but yet forgot, may help us awaken our deep-rooted power.

The Wilde Sisters

Táine King, 15 minutes, 2024

After sisters Emily and Mary Wilde lose their lives at a party in 1871 they find themselves stuck in purgatory unable to move on. The sisters navigate through unraveling the hidden truths of their past. But who is really in…

Wildfire

Cathy Brady, 100 minutes, 2020

Born within a year of each other, Lauren and Kelly are very close sisters, you would never see one without the other, but over the years the mystery of their mother’s death tears them apart. Kelly, keen to escape their…

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach, 127 minutes, 2006

Bringing his trademark left-wing politics to bear on Irish history, director Ken Loach here, through the figure of young revolutionary Damien O’Donovan (Cillian Murphy), explores the social issues involved in Ireland’s War of Independence and Civil War. Abandoning his career…

The Wiremen

Jessica Patterson, 9 minutes, 2019

Set in Ireland in the 1960s, The Wiremen  is the fantastic tale about six-year-old Rosie as she hunts through the dark for a fairy only to encounter the mystical and terrifying Wiremen. Awards: Best Irish short film, China Ireland International Film Festival,…

The Wise Guy

Sam O'Mahony, 87 minutes, 2024

When his parents separate, Francis’ 11-year-old world implodes. Desperate to escape his reality, Francis spends his nights secretly immersed in his dad’s collection of violent gangster movies. When it is revealed that a strange man living in the nearby woods…

Wishbone

Myrid Carten, 11 minutes, 2019

Wishbone is an awkward, honest look at strained female friendships. Three young women break bread - and possibly each other - over a later supper at the Fleadh.

With Wind & White Cloud

Dónal Ó Céilleachair, 5 minutes, 2005

With Wind & White Cloud pays homage to Oskar Fischinger’s 1927 film Walking from Munich to Berlin, which is one of the earliest films recorded in single-frame exposure. New York based filmmaker Ó Céilleachair repeats this process on his own…

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