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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...

Heyday: The Mic Christopher Story

Alan Leonard, 100 minutes, 2019

Celebrating the legacy of a prodigiously talented Irish singer-songwriter, Heyday charts Mic Christopher’s musical journey from Grafton Street busker to The Mary Janes and rock stardom to the near-fatal accident that radically changed his world view and ignited a drive…

The Hidden People

Ronan Corrigan, 7 minutes , 2017

Casper's childlike beliefs clash with his older brother's bleak reality.

High Boot Benny

Joe Comerford, 82 minutes, 1993

The challenge of maintaining neutrality when violence rages is put under scrutiny in this powerful feature from director, Joe Comerford. Benny (Marc O’Shea) is a teenage outsider sent to a school in the Republic to escape the Troubles in Northern…

Hillwalkers

Tom Cosgrove, 80 minutes, 2021

For five city friends, a day out hiking in the Irish countryside takes a turn for the worse when one of them suffers an accident. Forced to take a shortcut off the mountain, the friends cross onto private property in…

His and Hers

Ken Wardrop, 80 minutes, 2009

Already celebrated for his short films, Ken Wardrop here translated his distinctive documentary style to his first feature, an endearing documentary which sees seventy women of all ages tell the camera their feelings about the men in their lives. Adopting…

His Mother

Sidney Olcott, 12 minutes, 1912

A variation on the emigrant theme found in The Lad from Old Ireland, His Mother also engages with the emotional costs of migration on those left behind. Other familiar elements include the interior of the Irish cottage and the central…

Hokum

Damian McCarthy, 101 minutes, 2026

A reclusive horror writer (Adam Scott) travels to a remote Irish hotel to scatter his parents’ ashes, only to become entangled in unsettling local lore surrounding the ramshackle building. As strange visions intensify and a mysterious disappearance occurs, his grief…

The Hole in the Ground

Lee Cronin, 90 minutes, 2019

Trying to escape a broken past, Sarah (Seána Kerslake) is rebuilding her life on the outskirts of an isolated rural town with her young son, Chris (James Quinn Markey). Following the discovery of a mysterious sinkhole in the vast forest…

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