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Crash and Burn

Seán Ó Cualáin, 81 minutes, 2016

For a fleeting moment in the early 1980s Tommy Byrne was the world’s greatest Formula 1 driver, a man who looked set to rival Senna and Schumacher with his fearless style and his record-breaking speeds. Coming from humble Dundalk roots…

Crazy Love

Jason Byrne,
Kevin Treacy, 89 minutes, 2025

During his voluntary stay at an Irish mental hospital, manic-depressive Clayton falls head over heels for involuntary schizophrenic patient Anna. Clayton’s doctor feels the relationship is helping him heal, but Anna’s doctor thinks it is a disaster waiting to happen…

Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane McGowan

Julien Temple, 124 minutes, 2020

Crock of Gold - A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan deep dives into the life of the tortured Irish vocalist, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, who famously combined traditional Irish music with the visceral energy…

Croi Trodach

Des Kilbane, 56 minutes, 2013

Croi Trodach (A Fighting Heart) is the epic story of Johnny Kilbane (1889 – 1957), poet, politician and the longest reigning World Featherweight Champion of all time. It’s a rags-to-riches story which begins on Achill Island, from where his ancestors…

The Crucible

Caroline Harvey, 56 minutes, 2024

A red warning comes into place on the eve of Hannah’s surf assessment. Sensing an ill omen, her anxiety rises. Her worst fears are realised when a surf accident forces her into the eye of her own repressed storm of…

The Crush

Michael Creagh, 15 minutes, 2010

An Academy Award-nominated short from first-time director Michael Creagh, The Crush is an entertaining story of young passion set in a strangely violence-soaked world. Eight year old Ardal’s (Oran Creagh) crush on his teacher appears endearing, but when he meets…

The Cry of Granuaile

Dónal Foreman, 82 minutes, 2022

A grieving American filmmaker (Dale Dickey) and her Irish assistant (Judith Roddy) tour the west of Ireland, researching a film about Granuaile, the legendary 16th century rebel and ‘pirate queen’. The women develop an uneasy intimacy as they journey towards…

The Crying Game

Neil Jordan, 112 minutes, 1992

Shot in parlous circumstances as its British producers neared bankruptcy, Jordan’s portrait of an IRA gunman embracing his humanity in unexpected circumstances proved the pivotal moment in his career, after an ingenious U.S. marketing campaign swept the film all the…

CTRL + Alt + T

Holly Keating, 112 minutes, 2019

20,000 words and four years of hard work deleted, in one clumsy click. How would you react?

Cúilín Dualach

Nora Twomey, 12 minutes, 2004

One of the multi-award winning Cartoon Saloon’s earliest animated shorts, Cúilín Dualach brings us into the world of a young boy born with his head on backwards. The wider world is predictably shocked by Cúilín Dualach; he is shunned, mocked,…

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