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Reunion

Stephen Fingleton, 12 minutes, 2020

A former gangster and her estranged son meet at the wake of his father.

Revolution in Colour reclaims the story of the Irish struggle for independence during the first quarter of the 20th century from the remote world of black and white to the vibrant world of living colour. A meticulous job of colourisation brings a…

Revolutions

Laura McGann, 87 minutes, 2016

Revolutions introduces the exciting, sometimes brutal, world of women’s roller derby, a non-traditional sport that is gaining popularity but still operates well outside the sporting mainstream. Director Laura McGann followed a number of women over four years as they commit…

Rialto

Peter Mackie Burns, 93 minutes, 2019

At 46, Dubliner Colm (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) has a comfortable life: a managerial job in the city’s docks; a home in a leafy suburb with two healthy teenage children; and a kind loyal wife, Claire (Monica Dolan). But his emotional and…

Rince

Medb Johnstone, 8 minutes, 2014

A snapshot into the lives of a family of dancers in the West of Ireland. While preparing dinner, the mother brings to light their competitive edge. Sraicfhéachaint ar shaol teaghlaigh damhsóirí in larthar na hÉireann. Nochtaíonn an mháthair an cumas…

Rip to the Rescue!

Paudie Baggott, 8 minutes, 2019

In a post-apocalyptic Irish midlands, an overconfident American jet pilot tries to rescue a beautiful young woman from her domineering mammy, but around here, getting involved with family can be deadly.

The Road to God Knows Where

Alan Gilsenan, 53 minutes, 1988

The Road to God Knows Where was a breakthrough, iconoclastic film for Alan Gilsenan and remains a memorable zeitgeist movie of Ireland in a transformational decade. The 1980s was a period of social regression, emigration and political crisis. Capturing the…

Roadside

Joe Comerford, 12 minutes, 2003

RoadSide, Comerford’s first digital short, is a veritable assault on its audience – an audacious blur of ugliness and beauty. Mixing found footage from personal archives and his own unfinished short, Rough Touch, it outlines the brief encounter between a…

Rockmount

David Tynan, 13 minutes, 2014

1982, Cork. Roy is 11, small and sure he's going to get on his club's starting team. Even if no one else is.

Rocky Road to Dublin

Peter Lennon, 70 minutes, 1968

Rocky Road to Dublin is a 1968 documentary film by Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon and French cinematographer Raoul Coutard (long-time collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard), examining the contemporary state of the Republic of Ireland, posing the question, “what do you do…

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