Irish Film Institute -Film Directory

In the Narrow Shade of a Pen

Taro Madden, 15 minutes, 2018

George is mourning a death that did not come to pass, and Lucianne's bemused sympathy makes some sense of this;

In the Shadow of Beirut

Stephen Gerard Kelly,
Garry Keane, 92 minutes, 2023

From the makers of Gaza (2019), comes a cinematic odyssey, penetrating deep below the surface of Beirut, a still beautiful, yet deeply troubled city on the brink of financial collapse. The film weaves together the stories of four characters living…

In Time: Dónal Lunny

Nuala O'Connor, 95 minutes, 2025

Dónal Lunny is one of Ireland’s outstanding artists, a peerless contributor to Irish culture and music. As a founding member of Planxty, The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts, Lunny helped revive and transform Irish traditional and folk music. The film reveals how significant events…

In View

Ciaran Creagh, 93 minutes, 2016

Ruth (Caoilfhionn Dunne) is a woman filled with rage, guilt and self-loathing, unable to forgive herself for a drunken indiscretion with a colleague which resulted in the loss of her husband and her unborn child. As her moodswings and angry…

Inner Child

Gary Duggan, 12 minutes, 2018

A woman's inner child knows why she hurts herself and other's around her. Is she ready to listen?

Innocent Boy

John Connors, 40 minutes, 2020

An all-Traveller cast stars in this drama about a young boy who uses the power of his imagination to cope with some tough realities in his life. Jack lost his mum at a young age, has a hearing impairment and…

Inside I’m Dancing

Damien O'Donnell, 104 minutes, 2004

Inside I’m Dancing sees two men fight to overcome disabilities and live exciting, independent lives in this uplifting tale from director Damien O’Donnell. Michael (Steven Robertson) has cerebral palsy and is drifting through life in a nursing home until the…

Inside I’m Racing

Aleksander Szeser, 18 minutes, 2017

A young autistic boy fascinated with motorsport unexpectedly finds a chance to put his passion to the test. Director Aleksander Szeser captures the essence of Formula racing in this short film shot at Dublin's Mondello Park, while Ethan Dodd embodies an…

Intermission

John Crowley, 105 minutes, 2003

In a Dublin where everyone seems to know everyone else, John (Cillian Murphy) hatches a mad plan to undo his foolish breakup with girlfriend Deirdre (Kelly MacDonald). Working with the embittered Mick (Brían F. O’Byrne), who has lost his job…

Into the West

Mike Newell, 97 minutes, 1992

Simplicity proves the greatest charm in this magical tale of two boys and the white horse they ride across Ireland. To help comfort them as father Papa Reilly (Gabriel Byrne) drinks himself into a stupor after the death of his…

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