Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Somewhere Down the Line

Julien Regnard, 10 minutes, 2014

Somewhere Down the Line follows a man’s life, loves and losses, shown through the exchanges he has with the passengers in his car.

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.

Tea with the Dead

Gary Gill, 105 minutes, TBA 2026/7

Tea with the Dead is an animated fantasy that follows a small-town embalmer Frank Finnegan. Frank must take drastic measures to get his dead clients to their graves, but not before they've had a cup of tea. Based on Gary…

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…

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