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Song of the Sea

Tomm Moore, 90 minutes, 2014

Ben (David Rawle) lives in a lighthouse with his father (Brendan Gleeson) and mother (Lisa Hannigan) who enchants him with tales of selkies who transform from seals into humans. His happiness is disrupted when she passes away in childbirth leaving…

Spooky

Adeola Lawal, 2025

A young child feels disconnected at home until an unexpected guest shakes up their routine.

Streets of Fury

Aidan McAteer, 5 minutes, 2019

Violent Max Punchface gets trapped in an alien land with only some friend sheep for company/punch practice.

Subconscious Voyage

Dylan Dreher, 7 minutes, 2020

The story of a young boy named Brian who tries to escape the hardships of reality.

Sunday’s Child

Phil Shanahan, 6 minutes, 2020

Boy is awoken in the middle of the night, following an entity that may be connected to a group of missing kids.

THEM

Robin Lochmann, 2019

A son, banished from his village for refusing to worship a false idol, bears witness to the brewing conflict beyond that may likely destroy civilisation itself.

To Break a Circle

Kalia Firester, 2024

When a young man accepts an ill-fated job offer to construct a motorway that will run straight through an old stone circle, he quickly learns that a road built at such expense does not lead very far. Awards: James Horgan…

TOT

Tom Getty,
Aimée Kirkham Priester,
Fiona McLaughlin, 12 minutes, 2020

After the death of her father, Tot roams through a mystical world carrying her grief with her as she searches for closure. Awards: The James Horgan Award for Best Animated Short, Galway Film Fleadh, 2020

Tríd an Stoirm

Fred Burdy, 8 minutes, 2012

A bereft widow forces a banshee to take her to the underworld to rescue her husband in this IFB-funded animated short from Fred Bundy. 

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