Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Aontas

Damian McCann, 91 minutes, 2025

Déanann triúr gadaí neamhghnách comhar creidmheasa tuaithe a robáil, faoi stiúr bean atá ar tí cliseadh. Osclaíonn Aontas ar iarmhairt thragóideach na gadaíochta a chuaigh chun donais agus insítear an scéal droim ar ais go nochtar na heachtraí a tharla…

Arracht

Tom Sullivan, 86 minutes, 2019

On the eve of the great famine, fisherman Colmán Sharkey (Dónall Ó Healaí) ekes out a meagre existence for his family on the west coast of Ireland. Wrongly blamed for the murder of an inclement local landlord (Michael McElhatton) he…

ARRACHT + Q&A

Tom Sullivan,

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Tom Sullivan and actor Donal O Healai, hosted by Ruán Magan. On the eve of the great famine, fisherman Colmán Sharkey (Dónal Ó Healaí) ekes out a meagre existence for…

Báite

Ruán Magan, 93 minutes, 2025

September, 1975. Summer is coming to an end. Peggy Casey (Eleanor O'Brien) prepares for a big weekend of fishing. Her pub will be full to the door, and she desperately needs the business.  It has been a few months since…

Beo Faoin bhFód

Daire Collins, 52 minutes, 2025

In 1968, Mick Meaney was buried six foot under the London soil in a simple wooden coffin. Hundreds came to see his burial, and toast Mick on his way. The thing was, Mick was not dead. He was competing in…

Beocht

Diarmuid Micheal Ó Donnacha, 2024

An Spidéal is a village steeped in the arts but recently has been quietly suffering, and visibly gloomy. Local creatives, young and old, explore the past to navigate an uncertain yet optimistic future.

The Breadwinner

Nora Twomey, 94 minutes, 2017

The Kilkenny-based Cartoon Saloon animation studio (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea) returns with another Oscar-nominated triumph; directed by Nora Twomey – co-director of Kells – The Breadwinner is a beautifully realised ode to resilience under oppression and…

The Camino Voyage

Dónal Ó Céilleachair, 98 minutes, 2018

A crew of explorers takes to the beloved, sacred Camino de Santiago – not by land but by sea – in this evocative, immersive documentary by director Dónal Ó Ceilleachair (Aisling Gheal, Ó Chúil Aodha go hÓileán Í). The adventurers,…

Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoire (Lament for Arthur Leary)

Bob Quinn, 57 minutes, 1975

Following in the footsteps of James Joyce and Flann O’Brien, Bob Quinn blended postmodern scepticism of official narratives with visions of Irish history in this film. Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoire begins as the story of a group of unruly players…

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