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It Tolls for Thee

Andrew Gallimore, 74 minutes, 2017

Irishwoman Mary Elmes (1908-2002) is a remarkable unsung heroine who saved hundreds of children from the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and from the concentration camps of World War II. In a film narrated by Winona Ryder, Andrew Gallimore pieces together the jigsaw of her…

It’s Not Yet Dark

Frankie Fenton, 77 minutes, 2017

Screening in tribute to filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice, this is an inspirational portrait of a filmmaker who recently lost his battle against Motor Neurone Disease (MND). When he was diagnosed with MND in 2008, Simon was told he had four years…

Jaha’s Promise

Patrick Farrelly
Kate O'Callaghan, 82 minutes, 2017

Jaha is a young woman who returns home from the US to the Gambia to lead a campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM), the brutal procedure that she suffered as a baby and which almost destroyed her life. Jaha doesn’t…

Jimmy Murakami: Non Alien

Sé Merry Doyle, 90 minutes, 2010

The world-renowned animator Jimmy Murakami (When the Wind Blows, The Snowman) was eight years old when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour during World War Two. Like many other Japanese- American citizens, the Murakami family was evacuated to a concentration camp called…

The Job of Songs

Lila Schmitz, 74 minutes, 2022

Travellers from all over the world gather in the village of Doolin, County Clare, hoping to connect with their Irish heritage through traditional Irish music. But things are changing: facing rapid modernisation at the hands of tourism, confronting depression and…

John Behan – Odyssey

Donald Taylor Black, 75 minutes, 2023

John Behan RHA is Ireland’s best-known living sculptor. He is as busy as ever in his early 80s, with regular exhibitions in Ireland and abroad. In addition to this heavy workload, he feels so strongly about the suffering of refugees…

John McGahern: A Private World

Pat Collins, 52 minutes, 2005

Completed a year before his passing, Collins’ exploration of arguably the defining Irish writer of the modern era was filmed just prior to the publication of McGahern’s acclaimed memoirs, which form the backbone of this definitive portrait of the man’s…

Johnny

Hugh Rodgers, 8 minutes, 2018

Johnny is a young Traveller who has to come to terms with his sexuality, and wants to help his deeply traditional community to do the same. Available as part of a curated series of shorts GAZE on Tour 2018.

Journey to the Edge

Peter Kelly, 100 minutes, 2019

Every four years, an elite group of sailors endeavour to sail single-handed, non-stop in a circumnavigation of the planet, through the most unpredictable and perilous conditions imaginable. They are the competitors in the Vendee Globe Race – one of the…

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