Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

The Funeral Director

Gillian Marsh, 82 minutes, 2020

Gillian Marsh's portrait of David McGowan, a Sligo funeral director, confronts the business of death and how it is ritualised within Irish society, where we are known to grieve better than anyone else. With unprecedented access to the procedures, science…

Further Beyond

Christine Molloy
Joe Lawlor, 89 minutes, 2016

In their documentary debut Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure Ambrose O’Higgins (father of Bernardo O’Higgins, the first leader of independent Chile) and attempt to retrace his remarkable journey from…

Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home

Pat Collins, 75 minutes, 2008

Pat Collins’ acclaimed portrait of the working-class Walkinstown lad turned international film actor largely eschews in-depth examination of Gabriel Byrne’s screen career, instead offering something far more profound, soulful, and deeply engaging. Collins digs deeper, then deeper still, to get…

The Gap in Consent

Tom Burke, 55 minutes, 2024

This extraordinary anthology of interviews with 14 leading Irish filmmakers represents a new body of knowledge in the field of documentary studies. Filmmaker and PhD candidate Tom Burke invites filmmakers to speak about ethics, consent, and relationships with the subjects…

Gaza

Garry Keane
Andrew McConnell, 90 minutes, 2019

This film was released on Friday 9th August 2019 and is no longer screening. This portrait immerses us in the heart of the Gaza Strip among an eloquent and resilient cast of characters under siege. Blockaded by Israel and Egypt,…

George Best: All By Myself

Daniel Gordon, 90 minutes, 2016

In 1961 George Best, a shy well-mannered Belfast teenager, was recruited by Manchester United to become what Pelé would call “the greatest player in the world”. A devilishly charismatic figure, Best achieved celebrity status early. His football was transcendent (playing…

The Ghost of Richard Harris

Adrian Sibley, 107 minutes, 2022

In a career spanning five decades, a broad range of film genres and a glittering array of best actor awards, Limerick-born Richard Harris (1930 – 2002) brought an electric presence to both stage and screen. He was nominated for Oscars…

Ghosts of Baggotonia

Alan Gilsenan, 80 minutes, 2022

An evocative film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin’s Baggot Street during the mid-20th century where there was a radical flourishing of artistic and intellectual activity. ‘Baggotonia’ was both an area and a cultural…

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Sophie Fiennes, 115 minutes, 2017

Bloodlight And Bami – Jamaican patois for the red light of a recording studio and bread – follows the incomparable Grace Jones across the globe as she visits family in Jamaica, appears on French television, and performs in Dublin’s Olympia…

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