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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.

Froggie

Luke Morgan, 90 minutes, 2024

Brothers Fiachra and Tadgh peaked at the age of seven when they appeared on national TV, singing with their homemade puppet, Froggie. 25 years later, they are still singing the same ol’ song when their show gets cancelled. The world…

From That Small Island

Luke Morgan, 90 minutes, 2025

[IFI International: details pending]

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…

The Gap in Consent

Tom Burke, 55 minutes, 2024

This extraordinary anthology of interviews with 14 leading Irish filmmakers represents a new body of knowledge in the field of documentary studies. Filmmaker and PhD candidate Tom Burke invites filmmakers to speak about ethics, consent, and relationships with the subjects…

Garage

Lenny Abrahamson, 85 minutes, 2007

A stark portrait of an isolated man Garage centres on Josie (Pat Shortt), the sole employee of a rural garage, in this nuanced portrait of male loneliness in the Irish midlands. Living a monotonous existence built around his job, it…

Gays Against Guns

Paul Rowley, 87 minutes, 2026

Emerging as a powerful community response to the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida in 2016, this film takes us to the front lines of the gun violence epidemic in the USA. Over eight years, the film follows these inspiring…

Gaza

Garry Keane
Andrew McConnell, 90 minutes, 2019

This film was released on Friday 9th August 2019 and is no longer screening.  This portrait immerses us in the heart of the Gaza Strip among an eloquent and resilient cast of characters under siege. Blockaded by Israel and Egypt,…

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