Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Cluck

Michael Lavelle, 19 minutes, 2011

Boyhood camaraderie triumphs over clerical authority in this sweet-hearted short set in a 1950s orphanage. Young troublemaker Cowboy (Scott Graham) befriends the orphanage’s newest arrival, a bizarre young boy who believes he is a chicken and who earns himself the…

The Cocaine Famine

Sam McMullen, 13 minutes, 2018

The Cocaine Famine is an Irish black comedy about cocaine and the futility of nationalism.

Coda

Alan Holly, 9 minutes, 2013

A lost soul stumbles drunkenly through Dublin city. In a park, death finds him and shows him many things.

The Colleen Bawn

Sidney Olcott, 42 minutes, 1911

The Colleen Bawn is indicative of Kalem’s aspiration to aim its Irish subjects beyond an Irish-American audience and is highly ambitious in its conception. Like Rory O’More, the film is based on a 19th century literary source. Dion Boucicault’s 1860…

Come Back to Erin

SIdney Olcott, 14 minutes, 1914

Sadly, only one reel of this three-reel film survives; recently discovered at the Museum of Modern Art. According to a contemporary synopsis, the story was another transatlantic emigrant tale, centering on a female character named Peggy O’Malley (Gene Gauntier), who…

Coming to Terms

Patrick Ketch, 9 minutes, 2019

After caring for her elderly father for years, Lisa is unable to deal with his passing and begins to see him everywhere.

The Condom Man

Cara Holmes, 12 minutes, 2017

The valiant individuals, who provided front line and core services for HIV-AIDS patients in the late '80s. Available as part of a curated series of shorts GAZE on Tour 2017.

Corduroy

Hugh O'Conor, 11 minutes, 2009

In the aftermath of a suicide attempt, autistic woman Jessie (Caoilfhionn Dunne) is brought to a house by the sea where she is encouraged to learn surfing by kindly carer (Domhnall Gleeson). Writer/Director Hugh O’Conor is astute in his mirroring…

Corporate Monster

Ruairí Robinson, 17 minutes, 2019

After being phased out of his job, a dangerously unstable man’s life spirals out of control when the prescription pills he takes start to have a side effect, allowing him to see the parasitic beings that have long been puppeteering…

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