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The Lost Children of Tuam

Frank Berry, 81 minutes, 2026

When amateur historian Catherine Corless begins examining records from a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway, she stumbles upon evidence pointing towards a deeply troubling past. Refusing to let the questions go, she embarks on a painstaking…

Lost in France

Niall McCann, 100 minutes, 2016

Chemikal Underground has been Scotland’s premier indie label since its establishment in the 1990s, releasing work by a diverse range of fondly-remembered groups such as Bis, Magoo, and Urusei Yatsura, although the label’s greatest successes came from Arab Strap, Mogwai,…

Lost in the Living

Robert Manson, 77 minutes, 2015

Oisín (Tadhg Murphy), a musician from Dublin, travels to Berlin with his band, buzzing with banter and the potential for adventure. He leaves behind the sadness of his mother’s death and disappointment towards his absent father. He meets Sabine (Aylin…

The Lost Letter

Kealan O'Rourke, 8 minutes, 2017

When a young boy asks Santa Claus for the ultimate gift, he sets out to prepare the entire neighbourhood for the big day. But the boy’s plans are turned upside down when he meets the one lady who doesn’t want…

Lost Lives

Dermot Lavery,
Michael Hewitt, 93 minutes, 2019

Lost Lives is an ambitious cinematic film inspired by the book of the same name. Written over seven years by five journalists, it is a book recording the circumstances of every single death in the Northern Irish Troubles: 3,700 entries document…

Lost Memories

Eamonn Murphy, 1 mintues, 2017

Sean races against the clock to his mother's deathbed while dealing with inter-family politics over the phone.

Lotus

Glenn Marshall, 3 minutes, 2003

A short film eschewing conventional narrative and providing instead a rich sensual  experience, Lotus uses computer animation to depict ethereal patterns, resembling unfolding lotus flowers, playing out against a dark background. An ambient soundtrack is used to heighten a sense…

Lotus Eaters

Alexandra McGuiness, 92 minutes, 2011

For Alice, an ex-model and struggling actress, for Charlie, a sweet and gifted musician who has lost all control of his life; and for Felix, with nothing in his head and a teenage girlfriend whom he's been trying to leave…

Love & Friendship

Whit Stillman, 90 minutes, 2016

An adaptation of Jane Austen’s Lady Susan, a posthumously published early epistolary novella, Love & Friendship sees Whit Stillman transpose his urbane, ironic brand of humour to 18th-century England with delightful results. A director of literary sensibility, Stillman incorporates playful…

Love Eternal

Brendan Muldowney, 94 minutes, 2013

A macabre romance that sees an isolated and depressed young man develop a morbid fascination with dead women, this adaptation of Japanese author Kei Oishi’s novel In Love With the Dead is a brave and disturbing exploration of loneliness. Obsessed…

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