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The Island

Fionnuala Gygax,
Kate Gilmore, 16 minutes, 2024

After suffering a recent loss, a young mother brings her daughter on a trip to Inis Oírr. Set over three days in spring, this film explores the rebuilding of a fractured mother-daughter relationship.

Enter the world of low-budget B-movie maestro Roger Corman, mentor of Coppola, Scorsese, Nicholson and De Niro and producer of over 350 films including, from his Irish stable, A Very Unlucky Leprechaun. This is the story of the film studio…

It Tolls for Thee

Andrew Gallimore, 74 minutes, 2017

Irishwoman Mary Elmes (1908-2002) is a remarkable unsung heroine who saved hundreds of children from the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and from the concentration camps of World War II. In a film narrated by Winona Ryder, Andrew Gallimore pieces together the jigsaw of her…

It’s Not Yet Dark

Frankie Fenton, 77 minutes, 2017

Screening in tribute to filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, this is an inspirational portrait of a filmmaker who recently lost his battle against Motor Neurone Disease (MND). When he was diagnosed with MND in 2008, Simon was told he had four years…

It’s Some Kind of Voodoo

Nicky Phelan, 3 minutes, 2006

A delightful gothic short narrated by Neil Hannon, It’s Some Kind of Voodoo uses string puppets to tell the story of a vengeful sculptor. Scorned by the beautiful neighbour he has taken as his muse, the sculptor attempts to use…

Jack Scott’s Wood

Noel Holmes , 28 minutes, 2016

Five friends go on a mountain bike ride in a isolated wood. But someone does not want them to be there.

Jaha’s Promise

Patrick Farrelly
Kate O'Callaghan, 82 minutes, 2017

Jaha is a young woman who returns home from the US to the Gambia to lead a campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM), the brutal procedure that she suffered as a baby and which almost destroyed her life. Jaha doesn’t…

James

Connor Clements, 17 minutes, 2008

In this multi-award winning short James (Niall Wright), an isolated and friendless young man has to come to terms with his sexuality whilst dealing with the pain of a dysfunctional family and the attentions of an elderly man. Only friendly…

January Hymn

Katherine Canty, 12 minutes, 2016

A reflection on the intangible experience of grief, January Hymn sees Clara return home for the first anniversary of her father's death.

Jelly Baby

Naomi Fagan, 16 minutes, 2017

A young mother is forced to find the balance between her maternal duties and her own desires.

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