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No Place

Laura Kavanagh, 7 minutes, 2019

Angela and her two kids find themselves on the verge of homelessness. An increasingly desperate situation leads Angela to commit an uncharacteristic act placing the family's future in jeopardy.

One of cinema’s most prolific and impactful documentary directors, Alex Gibney, is best known for tackling big stories of international significance: Enron, Scientology, clerical sex abuse, and Al Qaeda. Here, he narrows his focus to explore the 1994 Loughinisland Massacre…

No Time Wasters

Tara O’Callaghan, 13 minutes, 2025

A student on the brink of homelessness seeks refuge with a seemingly kind couple, only to be confronted with an impossible proposition that threatens her safety and dignity.

Nocebo

Lorcan Finnegan, 96 minutes, 2022

A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino carer who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.

Noel Hill: Aisling Ghéar

Paddy Hayes, 95 minutes, 2017

A searing portrait of one of Ireland’s most renowned traditional musicians, concertina player Noel Hill, as he recovers from a serious assault that left him a battered shadow of his former self. Noel Hill’s dream of a new life with…

Nora

Pat Murphy, 102 minutes, 2000

Continuing her work of investigating received history from a feminist perspective, director Pat Murphy here peels apart the mythologies surrounding famed writer James Joyce (Ewan McGregor) and gives a voice to his wife Nora Barnacle (Susan Lynch). Committed to this…

Noreen

Domhnall Gleeson, 18 minutes, 2010

Tapping into a contemporary trend of setting black comedies in rural Ireland Noreen has two incompetent Gardaí destroy a crime scene in this viciously dark short. Heartbroken by the loss of his girlfriend Noreen, rookie Frank (Brian Gleeson) is given…

Normáilte

Lukasz Simon, 9 minutes, 2024

Created as part of an Irish Queer Archive’s 2024 exhibition Normáilte explores the experience of growing up queer, linking to the growth of the LGBTQ+ movement in Ireland over the last 50 years.

North Circular

Luke McManus, 89 minutes, 2022

This musical odyssey traveling the length of Dublin’s North Circular Road, from the Phoenix Park to Dublin Port, explores the history, music and residents of this richly storied street. While exploring many dark narratives from the city’s history, from colonialism,…

Northern Star

Nora Dineen, 26 minutes, 2018

Sarah, a young writer, returns home to Ireland to face the challenges of what she ran away from.She attempts to see with mature eyes and to form a steady relationship amongst family drama surrounding her. When faced with a man…

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