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GAZE on Tour 2017

Michael Healy
Graham Cantwell
Cara Holmes
Michael Moody Culpepper
Dearbhla Walsh, 82 minutes, 2017

The GAZE on Tour 2017 Irish LGBT shorts programme explores the past, present and future of the Irish LGBT experience, and portrays the spectrum of storytelling produced on our island. Tuesday Night Director: Michael Healy A dark comedy about the…

GAZE on Tour 2018

Eleanor Rogers
Eoin Maher
Kate Dolan
Harry Lighton
Hugh Rogers
Paul Rowley, 86 minutes, 2018

The GAZE on Tour 2018 Irish LGBT shorts programme reaffirms the quality of LGBT film and filmmaking talent within Ireland, as well as the standard of work being produced internationally by Irish creators. The sheer scope in the exploration in…

GAZE on Tour 2019

Maya Derrington
Nicky Larkin
Tara Hegarty
Tom Speers
Katie McNeice
Finian Robbins
Sarah-Jane Drummey
Gillian Callan, 92 minutes, 2019

The GAZE on Tour 2019 Irish LGBT shorts programme reaffirms the quality of LGBT film and filmmaking talent within Ireland, as well as the standard of work being produced internationally by Irish creators. The sheer scope in the exploration in…

Gaze on Tour 2020

Janet Grainger
Solène Guichard
Shaun O'Connor
Stiofan O’Ceallaigh
Laura Mannix
Caleb Julian Roberts
Cara Holmes
Megan K Fox, 75 minutes, 2020

The GAZE on Tour 2020 Irish LGBT shorts programme spans an array of Irish talent from all sides of the border creating an excitingly diverse collection of drama, animation and documentary. This programme, curated for GAZE festival 2020, reflects the…

Gealtra

Brendan Canty, 70 minutes, 2025

Set in the dynamic heart of Knocknaheeny on Cork City’s Northside, this compelling documentary illuminates the creative energy within The Kabin Studio – a youth-led cultural hub where music, poetry, and the Irish language converge. Under the guidance of rapper…

Geist

Sean Mullen, Ben Harper, Alex Sherwood, 11 minutes, 2015

A shipwrecked fisherman takes shelter in an abandoned house on a remote island, but soon realises he is not alone.

The General

John Boorman, 124 minutes, 1998

One of Brendan Gleeson’s finest performances, he here takes the lead role in this biopic of notorious Dublin gangster Martin ‘The General’ Cahill. Opening with Cahill’s murder by the IRA in 1994, the film returns to Cahill’s youth to tell…

George Best: All By Myself

Daniel Gordon, 90 minutes, 2016

In 1961 George Best, a shy well-mannered Belfast teenager, was recruited by Manchester United to become what Pelé would call “the greatest player in the world”. A devilishly charismatic figure, Best achieved celebrity status early. His football was transcendent (playing…

Gerry Adams – A Ballymurphy Man

Trisha Ziff, 117 minutes, 2025

Gerry Adams first met Englishwoman Trisha Ziff, a community activist and founder of the “Camerawork Derry” workshop, at the height of the Northern Ireland conflict in 1981, remaining in contact for over forty years. This film weaves together interviews recorded…

Get Up and Go

Brendan Grant, 98 minutes, 2014

Coilin and Alex are part of Dublin’s bohemian underworld of musicians, artists and comedians, who eschew hard work in favour of changing the world. But over the course of twenty-four hours of degradation, they are forced to look the real…

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