Irish Film Institute -Film Directory

Metal Heart

Hugh O'Conor, 88 minutes, 2018

This film was released on Friday 28th June 2019 and is no longer screening. Fraternal twin sisters Emma (Jordanne Jones) and Chantal (Leah McNamara) are worlds apart. Emma is self-conscious, and unsure of which path to take in life; she…

Method

Polly Holland, 6 minutes, 2020

“There’s method to the madness.” All Square Boi wants is a cup of tea and he’s willing to face insanity to get it!

Michael Collins

Neil Jordan, 132 minutes, 1996

An icon of Irish history, Michael Collins’ (Liam Neeson) life as a revolutionary becomes cinema in Neil Jordan’s historical epic. Retrenching after the failure of the 1916 Rising, Michael Collins sees its hero develop an army of street assassins whose…

Michael Inside

Frank Berry, 96 minutes, 2017

Dafhyd Flynn plays Michael McCrea, an impressionable 18-year-old living with his grandfather Francis (Lalor Roddy) in a Dublin housing estate. His life is derailed when he is caught holding a bag of drugs for a friend’s older brother and sentenced…

Mickybo and Me

Terry Loane, 95 minutes, 2004

Religious divisions in Northern Ireland form the backdrop for this rollicking family adventure from director Terry Loane. Shy young Protestant boy Jonjo (Niall Wright) accidently crosses his community’s sectarian borders when he befriends the energetic, wild, and – crucially –…

Midnight Dance

John McCloskey, 6 minutes, 1996

The skeletal dead risen and walking is a theme in many great works of medieval art, and that tradition is used to great effect in this animated short. A fiddler plays music to raise skeletons from their graves and lead…

The Mighty Celt

Pearse Elliott, 82 minutes, 2005

A young boy’s friendship with a greyhound provides the starting point for this heartfelt tale about people coming out of the shadow of Northern Ireland’s past. In an act of compassion, the young Donal (Tyrone McKenna) saves a doomed greyhound…

Million Dollar Pigeons

Gavin Fitzgerald, 92 minutes, 2022

Pigeon racing is now a multi-million dollar industry, attracting high-stakes competitors from all around the globe. Pigeon fanciers register their prize racers, box them up and dispatch them to faraway places to compete in a series of lucrative races, but…

Milo

Berend Boorsma, Roel Boorsma, 93 minutes, 2012

Milo (Lorcan Bonner) is a young boy kept isolated from the world by parents so ashamed of his rare skin condition that they have devised treatments to keep Milo from even knowing about it. Running away from this oppressive environment…

Mincéir

Teresa Lavina, 54 minutes, 2022

Mincéir is a unique piece conveyed in the shape of a 50 minute documentary that brings the audience on a journey across the Irish Travellers' traditions exploring strong connections with art, their past traditions, present transitions and future views. It…

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