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Everything Looks Better in the Sunshine

Mark Smyth,
Jonathan Farrelly, 13 minutes, 2020

Patsy, the traffic warden, after getting clipped by a pushbike while crossing the road, must ‘follow his nose’ to find the girl of his dreams who hit him.

Experimental Conversations

Fergus Daly, 98 minutes, 2007

Featuring a host of well-known filmmakers and critics including Nicole Brenez, Philippe Grandrieux and FJ Ossang (in France) and Irish contributors Maeve Connolly, Grace Weir, Clare Langan, Gerard Byrne, Vivienne Dick, and Maximilian Le Cain, Experimental Conversations draws links between…

Exposure

Kieran Hickey, 48 minutes, 1978

A socially dissident drama from director Kieran Hickey, Exposure is a courageous assault on a smothering cultural conservatism prevalent in Ireland in the 1980s. Three surveyors – married men Dan (T.P. McKenna) and Eugene (Bosco Hogan) and single man Oliver…

Expulsion

Sinéad Murphy, 10 minutes, 2020

Haunted by visions, a young woman revisits an abusive past seeking to expel inner demons and put an end to her torment. However, she soon finds reality is her true horror and it bares the face of man.

Extra Ordinary

Mike Ahern
Enda Loughman, 94 minutes, 2019

Following in the tradition of Flann O’Brien, Kevin McAleer, and Father Ted, Extra Ordinary views rural Irish life through a surreal comic lens. Lonely driving instructor Rose Dooley (Maeve Higgins), believing herself responsible for the death of her paranormal investigator…

Face Down

Gerry Gregg, 85 minutes, 2023

On December 27th 1973, German businessman, factory manager, and honorary consul Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his home in Belfast. He was never seen alive again by friends or family. He became one of the ‘disappeared’, and it seemed that…

Fadó, Fadó

Dallan Shovlin, 85 minutes, 2024

When a brother and sister come across the dead body of legendary Irish warrior hero, Cú Chulainn, they come up with an idea to help them save Ulster from Queen Méabh.

Fairview Park

Aymeric Nicolet,
Ellie Hodgetts, 16 minutes, 2024

Declan Flynn, a man struggling for self-acceptance, is preyed upon by a gang of self-described ‘Queer-bashers’ in Dublin, 1982. Based on a true story, and seen as a major catalyst for Ireland’s LGBTQ Pride movement.

Far From the Reach of the Sun

Kevin Gaffney, 23 minutes, 2018

A corporation markets a drug that can alter your sexuality, targeting wealthy straight customers and vulnerable gay people.

Far Isle

Laura Robinson, 23 minutes, 2019

Through a series of enchanting encounters, Fern discovers how to see the world from a different perspective.

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