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Cowboys and Angels

David Gleeson, 89 minutes, 2003

Set in Limerick City, Cowboys and Angels explores the alienation of Shane Bulter (Michael Legge), a young adult who moves away from home for the first time. His introverted personality is transformed by his outgoing, gay roommate Vincent (Allen Leech),…

The Crying Game

Neil Jordan, 112 minutes, 1992

Shot in parlous circumstances as its British producers neared bankruptcy, Jordan’s portrait of an IRA gunman embracing his humanity in unexpected circumstances proved the pivotal moment in his career, after an ingenious U.S. marketing campaign swept the film all the…

Dance Master

Richard Howard, 70 minutes, 2025

Is clár faisnéise é Dance Master a thugann léargas cruinn ar an damhsóir Gaelach agus ar an chóiréagrafaí Breandán de Gallaí, fear a bhfuil a shaothar sáite sa traidisiún agus sa nuálaíocht araon.  In imeacht bliana a taifeadadh an clár faisnéise agus…

Dating Amber

David Freyne, 92 minutes, 2020

A coming-of-age comedy drama about two closeted teenagers, Eddie and Amber, who fake a relationship in order to stop all the speculation around them. At first they love the reaction and begin to enjoy their peculiar arrangement. They become close…

Dream Kitchen

Barry Dignam, 8 minutes, 2001

Dreams stubbornly refuse to become reality for one young gay man in this creative short. Unable to come out to his family, a son (Andrew Lovern) instead fantasises about his suburban home being transformed into an upper-class mansion complete with…

Fairview Park

Aymeric Nicolet,
Ellie Hodgetts, 16 minutes, 2024

Declan Flynn, a man struggling for self-acceptance, is preyed upon by a gang of self-described ‘Queer-bashers’ in Dublin, 1982. Based on a true story, and seen as a major catalyst for Ireland’s LGBTQ Pride movement.

Farfalle

Jackson Lennon, 2024

Jake’s mother takes in a new exchange student. Although hesitant at first to show her around, once they meet, that changes instantly. They spend an amazing week together and Jake writes a love letter to thank her for showing him…

Four Mothers

Darren Thornton, 89 minutes, 2024

Edward, a novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward needs is his friends jetting off to…

Gays Against Guns

Paul Rowley, 87 minutes, 2026

Emerging as a powerful community response to the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida in 2016, this film takes us to the front lines of the gun violence epidemic in the USA. Over eight years, the film follows these inspiring…

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