Irish Film Institute -Film Directory

The Playboys

Gillies MacKinnon, 117 minutes, 1992

1950s Ireland has proved a popular theme in Irish film and director Gillies MacKinnon here turns to it to tell a story about an unmarried mother, Tara (Robin Wright), whose refusal to conform to expectations scandalises her conservative community. The…

Please Be Normal

Eoghan McQuinn, 16 minutes, 2025

A neurotic 35 year-old on a hook-up app demands that his potential partners be "normal". It's only when he meets for a coffee with his ex that he falls into a ruse designed to teach him some humility.

Plough and the Stars

John Ford, 73 mins, 1936

In the spring of 1916, hostility towards the British is brewing on the streets of Dublin. Nora Clitheroe (Barbara Stanwyk) tries in vain to keep her husband Jack (Preston Foster) from joining the rebel forces for fear he will die…

Póg mo Pigeon

Clíodhna Lyons, 73 mins, 2024

Mikey’s new friend, Pidgey, follows him home for family prayer time. Unfortunately, the sanctity of Mammy’s sitting room is no place for a chaotic pigeon.

Poitín

Bob Quinn, 65 minutes, 1978

Bob Quinn’s firebrand response to pastoral visions of rural Ireland, this grim depiction of rural living generated outrage when it first appeared in 1979. The story concerns two layabouts, Labhrás (Donal McCann) and Sleamhnan (Niall Tóibín), and the poitín-brewer Micíl…

The Polish Language

Alice Lyons, Orla McHardy, 8 minutes, 2009

Intelligent and imaginative, The Polish Language is an animated film-poem that explores the power of modern poetry. Hand-drawn, stop-motion, and time-lapse animation techniques are employed as the short celebrates late-twentieth century Polish poetry, with the film’s stylistic variety encouraging the…

The Polish School

Michael Ryan, 10 minutes, 2012

This short documentary presents a Saturday School in Galway which caters to the community’s new Polish residents. Children and teachers describe how the school offers them a chance to make contact with their native culture.

The Pool

Thomas Hefferon, 12 minutes, 2010

Teenage bravado is pushed to its limits in this short which sees three adolescent boys losing their sense amidst a dangerous breath-holding contest at the local pool. Sam (Thomas Kelly) is bullied by the arrogant Charlie (Ryan Andrews), a situation…

Poor Things

Yorgos Lanthimos, 141 minutes, 2023

The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. [IFI International] Awards: Golden Lion Award for Best Film, Venice International Film Festival, 2023…

Pós Mé

Ciara Hyland, 62 minutes, 2026

An entertaining documentary that looks at the history of love, sex and marriage in Ireland. It explores the hidden history of the complicated relationship Irish people have had with sex and marriage, and shines a new light on some surprising…

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