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Cynthia

Jack Hickey, 17 minutes, 2019

Over the course of a fraught evening Cynthia navigates her once familiar circle of fiends and comes to realise that some bridges can't be mended. Awards: Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama, Galway Film Fleadh 2019

Daffodils

Aisling O'Connor, 3 minutes, 2019

A forest creature's quiet life is turned upside down when her new neighbour attempts to win her affection.

Day Out

Virginia Gilbert, 13 minutes, 2019

A father takes his daughters on an impromptu day out to the seaside with unsettling consequences.

The Dead Hands of Dublin

Leo Crowley, 7 minutes, 2020

Sidney is a failed pianist who comes into possession of a pair of enchanted gloves. Upon wearing them, he soon finds himself playing the piano like a maestro and all his dreams are quickly realised! Just when he thinks he…

Dead On Arrival

Niamh McAllister, 2024

Nurses Shelley and Kate must work out how to cover up the murder of Kate’s husband. But what to do with the body? The knife? The nosy neighbour?

Deadly

Aidan McAteer, 9 minutes, 2015

Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff who doesn’t care about his dead-end job. That is until, he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie…

Dear Imelda

Arón Holden, 17 minutes, 2024

In rural Ireland, the unwanted open-ended arrival of Grandson Ciaran to his Nanny Imelda's traditional home, forms an unexpected bond to unite generations and connect lost friends.

Dear Little Sophia

Paddy Hayes, 16 minutes, 2020

Sophia Murphy writes a letter to her younger self to make sense of the lifelong abuse she suffered at the hands of her father.

Debris

Mark O'Rowe, 16 minutes, 2013

Several years have passed since the suicide of his long-term girlfriend, and David is now in a new relationship. But a chance encounter with the dead woman's sister raises complex questions about his complicity in her death.

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