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Acorn

Kevin de la Isla O'Neil, 5 minutes, 2017

A child's unusual behaviour during the school nativity rehearsals results in the principal calling a meeting with the boy's mother.

Acre Fall Between

Antonia Campbell-Hughes, 12 minutes, 2020

On a desolate Northern Ireland border, a man begins a desperate search for his family knowing the future he feared is nigh.

Abrahamson’s first feature and his first collaboration with actor/writer Mark O’Halloran grew from an idea concerning the lives of the inner-city junkies that O’Halloran passed daily on the streets of Dublin. Eschewing a socially realist approach to their material, director…

After ’16

Various, 2 hours aprox, 2016

Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board Short Films A programme of nine short films inspired by the subject of 1916 and what it has left in its wake, commissioned by the IFB. Programme includes fiction and non-fiction, live-action and…

After You

Damien O'Connor, 7 minutes, 2012

A warm-hearted animated short, After You condenses into a few brief minutes the life of a Dublin doorman in the twentieth century. As a century of history unfolds on his doorstep, he experiences the eroding of a once-elegant way of…

Aftermath

Barry O'Connor,
Grace Dyas, 7 minutes, 2019

Bernie fights stigma, shame, and her own demons while trying to hold her family together in the wake of her son's drug-related death.

Afternoon

Ruairi McKenna, 10 minutes, 2008

Afternoon tells the sad story of Gerard (Tommie Curran), a teenage boy forced to deal with painful loss early in life. After the suicide of friend William, Gerard keeps quiet about the pair’s gay experiences and William’s difficulty in accepting…

Afternoon in June

Robert Manson, 60 minutes, 2023

A meditative journey into the past, traversing various European countries. An homage to unknown and long-forgotten amateur filmmakers. Three decades of rediscovered footage, rescued from oblivion, carefully restored to cinematic quality and matched with a new bespoke soundscape. Premiere at…

Ag Lorg Hy-Brasil

Martin Danneels, 80 minutes, 2024

Ag Lorg Hy-Brasil ruminates on an ancient, mythical island off the Connemara coast and asks why it inspired Ireland’s exhibit at the 2023 Architecture Biennale in Venice. Including architects, farmers, stone engravers, rope artists, and textile producers, the documentary observes…

Ag Taisteal Siar

Méabh O’Hare, 73 minutes, 2025

Traveller music has been a defining force in Irish musical heritage since the ballad boom of the 1960s. As the music reached new heights, the Traveller way of life was undergoing profound change. The transition from life on the road…

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