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Shadow Dancer
James Marsh, 101 minutes, 2012
Having broached the U.S. Bible Belt and a grim Yorkshire circa 1980 in previous works, director James Marsh’s commitment to eschewing the obvious in terms of treatment and subject matter has him here turn to the mid-‘90s endgame of the…
Shadows
Carlo Lavagna, 90 minutes, 2020
A gripping psychological thriller following two teenagers on a journey of self-discovery as they dismantle the terrifying obstacles of the world they live in. Confined to an abandoned hotel with their slightly unhinged mother, the siblings live by night and…
The Shamrock Handicap
John Ford, 66 minutes, 1926
Already in his first big production, 1924’s The Iron Horse, Ford had foregrounded the role of Irish immigrants in constructing the trans-continental railway. His main Irishman there was played by J. Farrell Macdonald, whose prolific career playing Irishmen in Ford…
She Didn’t Say No
Cyril Frankel, 96 minutes, 1958
Based on Una Troy's charming novel, We Are Seven, She Didn't Say No depicts the lives of the Monaghan family, six children and their unmarried mother Bridget, in the town of Doon, County Waterford. The children's various fathers are local…She’s Missing
Alexandra McGuinness, 100 minutes, 2019
Heidi and Jane are best friends living in a small town in the desert. When Jane, a Rodeo Queen contestant and military wife goes missing Heidi, now alone in the world, must begin a search across the desert for her…
Shellshock Rock
John T. Davis, 48 minutes, 1979
Exploring Northern Ireland’s 1970s punk scene, Shellshock Rock begins with teenagers explaining how punks’ non-conformist attitude offers, in the context of the Troubles, an anti-sectarian identity for those without a mainstream political agenda. Inviting both punks and public to speak…
Shelter Me
Zahara Moufid, 65 minutes, 2018
On the 16th of December 2016 a group of housing activists and trade unionists commandeered Apollo House, an empty Nama-controlled office block on Dublin's Poolbeg Street and opened a shelter for homeless people. Joined by well-known public figures, including film…
Shem the Penman Sings Again
Padraig Trehy, 80 minutes, 2015
A new exploration of the actual and much-fabled friendship between Joyce and Irish tenor, John McCormack. McCormack inspires the character of Shaun the Post in Joyce’s famously ‘unreadable’ final novel Finnegans Wake, in which Joyce portrayed himself as Shaun’s lowly…The Shift
Megan K Fox, 13 minutes, 2018
It's the final disco of the Gaeltacht, and one thirsty fifteen-year-old is determined to get the shift against all odds.Shock
Patrick Ketch, 5 minutes, 2018
A jogger and a young man try to save a car crash victim's life.