Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Stolen

Margo Harkin, 107 minutes, 2023

Stolen tells the story of how women who had the misfortune to fall pregnant ‘out of wedlock’ were treated in an Ireland dominated by the Catholic Church. Between 1922 and 1998 over 80,000 unmarried mothers were incarcerated in Irish church-run…

Stray

Kim Bartley, 18 minutes, 2025

When her foster placement breaks down, a teenage girl reluctantly embarks on a road trip with her social care worker.

Sunlight

Claire Dix, 91 minutes, 2023

Former addict Leon (Barry Ward) is indebted to Iver (Liam Carney), his friend who helped him back from the edge. Now the tables have turned; Leon is clean and bursting with unbridled energy while Iver is at death’s door. Diagnosed…

Suspicious Minds

Imelda O'Reilly, 19 minutes, 2023

A romance at a trippy Halloween rave goes wrong. Lola's public breakup is disrupted when an Elvis impersonator comes to the rescue. Sharing confidences and ghosts from their past they reminisce and find meaning in their newly shared bond. Awards:…

Swedish Death

Kristina Yee, 2024

Seeking a sense of control in her life, Caroline becomes a minimalist. In an ironic twist of fate, a severe winter storm leaves her trapped without power, and she must burn her few belongings in order to survive.

Tana Bana

Pat Murphy, 77 minutes, 2015

Varanasi on the Ganges is famous for its Muslim silk weavers whose lives are closely interwoven with that of their Hindu neighbours. For over a thousand years the skills of their trade have passed from one generation to the next.…

Testimony

Aoife Kelleher, 105 minutes, 2025

The experiences of Magdalene women and the children born in Mother & Baby Homes might still be shrouded in secrecy, if not for the work of Justice For Magdalenes, an organisation who have waged an extraordinary campaign on behalf of…

THE BRIDE!

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL,

Following her auspicious directorial debut with The Lost Daughter (2021), Maggie Gyllenhaal reunites with Jessie Buckley in this self-penned adaptation of James Whale’s classic The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Placing Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) in the unexpectedly glamorous setting of 1930s Chicago, it…

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

Mona Fastvold,

"Amanda Seyfried is electrifying" ★★★★★ – The Irish Times "The Testament of Ann Lee is like no other movie you’ve seen" - Time Magazine Showing exclusively at the IFI on 70mm, Mona Fastvold’s third film is a highly cinematic and…

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