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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.

Far Out Isn’t Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story

Brad Bernstein, 66 minutes, 2013

Celebrated as a children’s author for books such as The Three Robbers and Moon Man, Tomi Ungerer’s distinctive animation has also addressed political issues with the protest posters he produced supporting America’s civil rights movement and damning its war in…

The Far Side of Revenge

Margo Harkin, 72 minutes, 2012

Margo Harkin’s powerful documentary is one part in a body of work that has chronicled `The Troubles’ from 12 Days in July (1997) to Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary (2010). A study on reconciliation, it also experiments with visual…

Faraway Home

Terry Loane, 97 minutes, 2026

Terry Loane brings to life Marilyn Taylor’s beloved, award-winning young adult novel, Faraway Home, which tells the gripping true story of two young Jewish children who are sent by their parents from Nazi-occupied Austria, via the Kindertransport, to Millisle refugee…

Farewell Packets of Ten

Ken Wardrop, 3 minutes, 2007

Blending emotional warmth with self-deprecating humour, two elderly women discuss their smoking habits in this short documentary by Ken Wardrop. Lamenting both the prohibitive cost of cigarettes and the young people who nonetheless smoke them, the pair’s wit comes to…

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