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Lies We Tell

Lisa Mulcahy, 89 minutes, 2023

An orphaned heiress in an isolated manor is forced to adapt to embrace her family’s dark legacy, in this adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s Uncle Silas. Note: film currently on competitive circuit and not available for screening at cultural festivals

Life’s A Breeze

Lance Daly, 88 minutes, 2013

Turning again to his favoured terrain of ordinary Dubliners, director Lance Daly crafts here a warm and engaging comedy about a family making its way in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. Matriarch Nan (Fionnula Flanagan) is upset when her unemployed son Colm…

Lily

Graham Cantwell, 22 minutes, 2016

The tale of an adolescent girl with a secret, on the cusp of becoming a young woman. In the wake of a violent and vicious homophobic attack, she is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life. Available as…

Limbo

Matthew McGuigan, 20 minutes, 2019

Brendan's mother Eilis reveals a dark secret on her deathbed, one to which Brendan must find the answer - what happened to her lost child?

Limbo

Gerard Barrett, 90 minutes, 2017

Twenty-four hours in the life of a young Irish mother and child as they battle homelessness while living in emergency accommodation.

The Limit Of

Alan Mulligan, 92 minutes, 2018

James Allen (Laurence O'Fuarain) is a successful, controlling, thirty-something banker living alone and working in Dublin city at the tail-end of the recession. When a family tragedy occurs at the hands of his employer he decides to take action which…

The Line

Danny McCafferty, 90 minutes, 2024

A poignant drama that explores the unlikely friendship between a disgruntled local and a Ukrainian refugee. Set in a small rural Irish town, the film delves into the complexities of human connection amidst the backdrop of social and political upheaval.…

Lint

Lisa O'Sullivan, 3 minutes, 2018

Exploring the strange limbo state we experience in the aftermath of a breakup, Lint follows one person's bizarre attempt at regaining some sense of normality.

Lipservice

Paul Mercier, 18 minutes, 1998

The “oral Irish”, a compulsory state exam in the Irish language is satirised in this short from Paul Mercier. Sean McGinley plays the examiner who encounters the exam’s absurdities, as he tests students whose talent in the language ranges from…

Listen to the Land Speak

Maurice O’Brien, 75 minutes, 2025

Based on his own book of the same name, Listen to the Land Speak sees Manchán Magan reveal the profound knowledge and wisdom contained in our landscape and myths. The film unfolds from Winter Solstice to Bealtaine through Reek Sunday…

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