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Lovestruck

Eli Dolliver, 9 minutes, 2019

A lady of a certain age is always unlucky in love.

For Dan, ALEX is more than a virtual assistant; he’s his soulmate. Love, jealousy and control all play a part in this dark comedy that was written, produced and edited in 48 Hours as part of the Little Cinema, Galway…

Loving Lorna

Annika Karlsson
Jessica Karlsson, 60 minutes, 2017

Caring for horses gives purpose and joy to Lorna, a 17-year-old living in the Dublin suburb of Ballymun. A fiercely capable and determined young woman, she has her heart set on becoming a farrier, traditionally a male preserve. Her unemployed father, who shares her love of horses,…

Low Tide

Ian Hunt Duffy, 14 minutes, 2019

Jack is excited about heading out to sea on a fishing trip. But things take a sudden dark turn when his dad stops the boat and tellsJack that they have hit a monster. What Jack sees in the water will…

The Lucky Man

Laoisa Sexton, 15 minutes, 2020

A lonely simple-minded barman working in a dead-end pub in the middle of nowhere rural Ireland has a fleeting encounter with a stranger that lights a flicker of something that might have been, or a glimpse of how things could…

Lyra

Alison Millar, 92 minutes, 2021

An emotive, intimate film on the life and death of acclaimed young Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee, whose murder by the New IRA in April 2019 sent shockwaves across the world. Directed by her close friend Alison Millar, the film…

Macarooned

Alan Short, Seamus Malone, 4 minutes, 2018

A desperate castaway navigates shark-infested waters to reach a nearby island paradise, and pits his wits against an escalating run of extraordinary bad luck.

Macha

Shane Robinson, 17 minutes, 2026

Ana, a young woman searching for answers to chronic pain caused by endometriosis. She navigates a fractured medical system, she draws strength from the Irish Goddess of War and Fertility, Macha. World & Ireland premiere: Galway Film Fleadh, 9 July…

Maeve

Pat Murphy, 110 minutes, 1982

One of Ireland’s most critically renowned and radical filmmakers, Pat Murphy made her debut here with the unshakeably committed Maeve. Feminist in its politics and experimental in its style, the film follows Maeve (Mary Jackson), a young woman in war-torn…

The Magdalene Sisters

Peter Mullan, 119 minutes, 2002

An unflinching and compelling film depicting a shameful episode in Irish history, The Magdalene Sisters dramatises the experience of women incarcerated in Ireland’s notorious Magdalene Asylums, known as ‘Magdalene Laundries’. The story focuses on the lives of three women in…

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