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The Dead

John Huston,

John Huston's film, The Dead, is an adaptation of perhaps one of the greatest pieces of English- language literature by one of Huston's favourite authors, James Joyce. It has been described as a love letter to the land of his…

The Dead

John Huston, 83 minutes, 1987

Always the most literary and philosophical of the great Hollywood directors, Huston used this adaptation of the James Joyce story to furnish a portrait of his own artistry as an old man, turning the film into a serene song of…

The Dead Hands of Dublin

Leo Crowley, 7 minutes, 2020

Sidney is a failed pianist who comes into possession of a pair of enchanted gloves. Upon wearing them, he soon finds himself playing the piano like a maestro and all his dreams are quickly realised! Just when he thinks he…

Dead Man’s Money

Paul Kennedy, 82 minutes, 2024

When Young Henry’s wealthy uncle starts courting “the Widow” Maureen Tweed, he starts to fear that he’ll be written out of Old Henry’s will. Conspiring with his wife, Pauline – and a chauffeur with a chequered past, known as Gerry…

Dead On Arrival

Niamh McAllister, 82 minutes, 2024

Nurses Shelley and Kate must work out how to cover up the murder of Kate’s husband. But what to do with the body? The knife? The nosy neighbour?

Deadly

Aidan McAteer, 9 minutes, 2015

Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff who doesn’t care about his dead-end job. That is until, he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie…

Deadly Cuts

Rachel Carey, 90 minutes, 2020

A black comedy set in a working-class Dublin hair salon where the stylists become accidental vigilantes and community heroes as they take on the gang members and gentrifiers threatening their community. Notes courtesy of Screen Ireland

Dear Little Sophia

Paddy Hayes, 16 minutes, 2020

Sophia Murphy writes a letter to her younger self to make sense of the lifelong abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.

Death of a Ladies Man

Matthew Bissonnette, 90 minutes, 2020

Samuel O’Shea, a hard-drinking womaniser, has seen better days. His second marriage is ending, his first wife and grown children have turned against him, and he has begun seeing strange things. Looking for answers, Samuel discovers he has a terminal…

Death of a Superhero

Ian Fitzgibbon, 97 minutes, 2011

This warm, funny and surprisingly uplifting story of terminally ill teenager 15-year-old Donald (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) has proved director Iain Fitzgibbon’s most acclaimed film to-date. Donald works through his feelings on his prognosis in sessions with therapist Dr.King (Andy Serkis) and…

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