Irish Film Institute -Film Directory

Frankie

Darren Thornton, 12 minutes, 2007

Shot in a mockumentary style that is both tender and humorous, Frankie details fifteen year old Frankie (Ryan Andrews) struggles to prepare for fatherhood as the result of an unplanned pregnancy. Awards:Best Short Film Award at the 21st European Film…

Free Chips Forever

Claire Dix, 12 minutes, 2009

The everyday becomes an adventure for Becky (Abby Byrne), a little girl convinced by her father (Donagh Deeney) that she must keep lookout while he pretends to rob the local chip shop. However Becky’s commitment to the game threatens to…

Frida Think

Maya Derrington, 3 minutes, 2019

A woman walks into a party dressed as Frida Kahlo, only to find that her version of unique has mass appeal.

The Funeral Director

Gillian Marsh, 82 minutes, 2020

Gillian Marsh's portrait of David McGowan, a Sligo funeral director, confronts the business of death and how it is ritualised within Irish society, where we are known to grieve better than anyone else. With unprecedented access to the procedures, science…

Further Beyond

Christine Molloy
Joe Lawlor, 89 minutes, 2016

In their documentary debut Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure Ambrose O’Higgins (father of Bernardo O’Higgins, the first leader of independent Chile) and attempt to retrace his remarkable journey from…

Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

Pat Collins, 75 minutes, 2008

Pat Collins’ acclaimed portrait of the working-class Walkinstown lad turned international film actor largely eschews in-depth examination of Gabriel Byrne’s screen career, instead offering something far more profound, soulful, and deeply engaging. Collins digs deeper, then deeper still, to get…