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Dianghlasáil

Patrick Martin Collins, 2 minutes, 2020

Imposing a Lockdown is much easier than lifting one.

The Dig

Andy Tohill
Ryan Tohill, 97 minutes, 2018

This debut feature from the Tohill Brothers will no doubt prove to be one of the year’s strongest Irish releases, a downbeat but canny mix of thriller and western tropes. Callahan (Moe Dunford) has just finished his prison sentence for…

Disco Pigs

Kirsten Sheridan, 93 minutes, 2001

Imaginative, shocking, and wholly unlike any coming-of-age narrative Ireland had seen before, Disco Pigs is the story of two teenagers whose lifelong partnership suffers an almost Edenic fall from grace. Runt (Elaine Cassidy) and Pig (Cillian Murphy), known to their…

Displaced

Niamh Heery, 15 minutes, 2016

A journey through the memories and hopes of people who have been displaced in life, exploring how they find their link home.

Distance

Sharon Whooley, 14 minutes, 2018

An experimental non-narrative film looking at time from a specific place, Glenbride in Co. Wicklow.

Doghouse

Morgan Bushe, 17 minutes , 2013

The difficulties of being an estranged father overwhelm Doug (Peter Coonan) in this short drama. Low on cash and hunted for unpaid debts, Doug is given the irreconcilable tasks of babysitting his young son whilst getting rid of family pet…

Doineann

Damian McCann, 95 minutes, 2021

Tomás is a successful television producer. Specialising in investigative journalism, over the years he has made many enemies in Dublin’s criminal underworld. In search of peace and quiet, he and his wife Siobhan take their baby son Oisín to their…

Dollhouse

Kirsten Sheridan, 95 minutes, 2012

Kirsten Sheridan’s third feature is a loose, experimental depiction of a modern-day bacchanal as a group of five young Dublin outsiders break into a luxurious seafront house. At the eye of the storm is Jeannie (Seána Kerslake), who has been…

Donkey

Louise Bagnall, 5 minutes, 2009

The eponymous donkey of this delightful animation has a challenging life, earning a demeaning wage working at the sea-side. Dreaming of returning to his natural habitat, the donkey makes a stand and goes in search of home in this charming…

The Door

Juanita Wilson, 17 minutes, 2008

In the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, Nikolai (Igor Sigov) returns home in search of a door that holds sentimental and ceremonial value within his family. A heart-breaking exploration of the hours and days following the disaster, director Juanita Wilson’s…

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