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Father Father

Michael McDowell, 19 minutes, 2019

Father James must decide what kind of a father God wants him to be.

Fathoms

Miles Davis Murphy, 6 minutes, 2020

Told through imagery, a tempestuous relationship between a father and son unfolds over a lifetime.

Fear of Flying

Conor Finnegan, 10 minutes, 2012

Faced with the prospect of migrating for winter, cowardly bird Dougal (Mark Doherty) hides his fear of flying from his friends in this animated short. Haunted by nightmares of crashing to earth mid-flight, Dougal plans to hibernate through winter rather…

Featherweight

Kayleigh Gibbons, 2019

A father and daughter struggle to cope with the death of a central family member. They choose to express their grief in opposite ways.

Fern

Johnny Kelly, 6 minutes, 2018

Following the death of her husband, a lonely woman (Monica Dolan) nurses a dry, almost dead, potted fern back to life. As the plant thrives, an unlikely relationship develops as the fern becomes her constant companion, that is until a…

The Ferry

Niall McKay, 2019

Aoife searches for her birth mother and unveils a past that entangles two other women in town.

Fifty Percent Grey

Ruairí Robinson, 3 minutes, 2001

Nominated for an Academy Award, Fifty Percent Grey explores the existential predicament of a space-suited character, who wakes up in a featureless grey landscape with only a series of televisions welcoming him to ‘Heaven’ for company

Filleadh an Athair

Tomasz Woszczynski, 10 minutes, 2016

Scaoiltear fear as an bpríosún le castáil ar a iníon fásta. Ach cuireann trioblóid agus náire sa bhaile baol ar saoirse an fir.   A man gets out of prison to see his adult daughter. Shame, rejection and trouble with his…

Film from the Sea

Alan Lambert, 5 minutes, 1999-2011

Film from the Sea is a strip of 35mm cine-film found on a beach in Valencia, Spain. Corrosion has allowed only little photographic emulsion to survive, although two uniformed figures (possibly Spanish Revolution soldiers) in heated discussion can be perceived.…

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