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The Hearth

Mark Cousins, 75 minutes, 2024

Commissioned as part of Belfast 2024, a year-long celebration of arts and culture, The Hearth is an ambitious documentary project led by Belfast Film Festival. The festival invited residents across the city to contribute to a collective portrait of Belfast…

Helen

Joe Lawlor
Christine Molloy, 79 minutes, 2008

A remarkable debut feature from directors Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy, Helen is the story of an alienated young woman who wrestles with assuming another’s identity rather than holding to her own. Having grown up in a care home, Helen…

Her Song

Jack Kirwan,
Éabha Bortolozzo, 7 minutes, 2020

The Banshee’s song comforts Peggy as she unspools the threads of her past, weaving myth and reality she tells Eve her devastating story.

Her Very Own

Dominic Curran, 14 minutes, 2018

On this day, Maeve has set a deadline.

The Herd

Ken Wardrop, 4 minutes, 2008

This humorous documentary short features a young deer living among cattle and going through an ‘identity crisis’. Over shots of the deer prancing about the herd, a farmer and his mother discuss how to get rid of this unwanted visitor.…

Here After

Paddy Jolley , 10 minutes, 2004

An atmospheric study of a decaying and crumbling flat complex in Ballymun, Here After emerges from the residue of unknown events. Paddy Jolley’s film projects often begin with this sense of memory, time and place, inspiring experiments that explore the…

Here are the Young Men

Eoin C Macken, 10 minutes, 2020

Matthew, a troubled teenager on the cusp of adulthood, finishes school along with the menacing Kearney and nihilistic Rez. In a final summer of excess, Matthew falls in love with his childhood sweetheart Jen, but is dragged into shocking acts…

Here Before

Stacey Gregg, 83 minutes, 2020

When a new family moves in next door, their young daughter, Megan, quickly captivates Laura, stirring up painful memories of her own daughter who died several years previously. Before long, Laura’s memories turn to obsession as Megan’s unsettling behaviour begins…

Herself

Phyllida Lloyd, 97 minutes, 2020

On the surface, Sandra is a young mother struggling to provide her two young daughters with a warm, safe and happy home to grow up in. Beneath the surface, she has a steely determination to change their lives for the…

Hey Ronnie Reagan

Maurice O'Brien, 11 minutes, 2018

In 1984, a tiny anonymous Tipperary village was thrust in to the world’s spotlight when US President Ronald Reagan arrived to visit his ancestral home. It was said that Ballyporeen would never be the same again...

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