Feature
Gathered here is an extensive collection of feature length (60 min+) fiction films representing a broad sweep of cinematic endeavour in Ireland from the early days of sound film to the present day. The selection includes features made in and about Ireland by Irish and foreign directors. The indigenous work features Irish films, made from the 1970s onwards, when an Irish film industry began to establish itself. The collection reflects the changing preoccupations and recurring themes of Irish filmmakers – the Catholic church, the Troubles, sexuality, emigration, exile, family, feminism, politics, rural life, the new Ireland, youth, music, poetry, sexuality, and many other issues that have concerned the nation.
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Jerzy Skolimowski , 82 minutes, 2015
This film was released on Friday 4th December 2015 and is no longer screening. Jerzy Skolimowski (Essential Killing, The Deep End), one of the greats of Polish cinema, presents a typically complex and darkly humorous ensemble piece in which the…
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Marian Quinn, 89 minutes, 2007
Thirteen years old, Maeve (Ailish McCarthy) faces the difficulties of puberty in this coming of age drama. She and her three best friends joke about boys, kissing, and Maeve’s innocence; all of which makes the attention lavished upon her by…
The 34th: The Story of Marriage Equality
Linda Cullen
Vanessa Gildea
, 78 minutes, 2017
A Bump Along the Way
Shelly Love, 95 minutes, 2019
After a one-night-stand with a younger man on her 44th birthday, party-loving single mother Pamela (played effortlessly by Bronagh Gallagher) discovers that she is pregnant. Meanwhile her disapproving, strait-laced daughter Allegra (Lola Petticrew), who sees herself as the adult of…A Dark Song
Liam Gavin, 100 minutes, 2016
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
A Date for Mad Mary
Darren Thornton , 82 minutes, 2016
Joint winner of Best Irish Feature at Galway Film Fleadh 2016, A Date for Mad Mary, based on Yasmine Akram’s theatrical monologue, sees director Darren Thornton make an auspicious feature debut, centred on an exceptional performance by lead actress Seána…
A Film with Me in It
Ian Fitzgibbon , 89 minutes, 2008
Struggling actor (Mark Doherty) finds himself juggling a failing career, dilapidated home and a collapsing relationship with girlfriend Sally (Amy Huberman), whilst trying to put together a film with alcoholic screenwriter and close friend Pierce (Dylan Moran). As he and…
A Girl from Mogadishu
Mary McGuckian, 113 minutes, 2020
This inspiring drama of female empowerment is based on the testimony of Ifrah Ahmed, Female Genital Mutilation activist. Fleeing a forced marriage in war-torn Somalia in 2006, Ifrah (Aja Naomi King) is trafficked to Ireland where a medical examination when…A Greyhound of a Girl
Enzo d’Alò, 89 minutes, 2023
11 year old Mary has a huge passion for cooking and dreams of becoming a great chef. Her grandmother Emer, with whom she has a very special relationship, encourages her to make this dream come true, despite the obstacles in…