Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

Kaouther Ben Hania,

January 29th, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call from Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl who is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. Alongside her are the bodies of six members of her family.…

THIS MORTAL COIL: MY LIFE WITHOUT ME

Isabel Coixet,

In contrast to Kurosawa’s Ikiru, a more socially-minded film about a man with a substantial number of years behind him, Isabel Coixet’s film stars Sarah Polley as clean-living 23-year-old Ann, wife to Don (Scott Speedman) and mother to two young daughters,…

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…

Trasna na Líne

Niamh Bryson, 17 minutes, 2025

Emma has just landed a job at a Dublin Gaelscoil. The twist? She doesn’t have a word of Irish! Niamh Bryson’s comedic mockumentary tells the story of how Emma, with the help of two trusty teachers, gets across the line…

Tumbling Towards Home

Imelda O'Reilly, 14 minutes, 2019

An Irish immigrant moves to New York in 1989 to study acting. He works through the grief from the loss of his mother's passing and the death of his friend Philip Seymour Hoffman. Awards: Director's Choice Award, Thomas Edison Black…

Twig

Marian Quinn, 107 minutes, 2024

In this re-telling of the Greek tragedy Antigone, set against Dublin’s gangland, young Twig dreams of escaping with her lover Eamon, but her brothers’s deadly feud over the future of their late father’s kingdom draws her back. After the death…

Unanimated Strangers

Róisin Sinai Kelly, 2025

A young woman takes the daily commuters on a journey through her memories of a past relationship.

Verdigris

Patricia Kelly, 95 minutes, 2023

Trapped in a marriage with a controlling husband, middle-aged, middle-class Marian takes on a secret part-time job as a census enumerator. The job is no picnic. On her tough inner-city route, she faces dismissive and abusive locals who flatly refuse…

The Visit

Orla Walsh, 22 minutes, 1992

Political violence in Northern Ireland provides the setting for this provocative short film from Orla Walsh which tackles women’s experiences of both state and republican violence. Sheila (Magael Mclaughlin) travels to the notorious Maze Prison to meet her imprisoned husband…

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