Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

In the Shadow of Beirut

Stephen Gerard Kelly,
Garry Keane, 92 minutes, 2023

From the makers of Gaza (2019), comes a cinematic odyssey, penetrating deep below the surface of Beirut, a still beautiful, yet deeply troubled city on the brink of financial collapse. The film weaves together the stories of four characters living…

In Time: Dónal Lunny

Nuala O'Connor, 95 minutes, 2025

Dónal Lunny is one of Ireland’s outstanding artists, a peerless contributor to Irish culture and music. As a founding member of Planxty, The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts, Lunny helped revive and transform Irish traditional and folk music. The film reveals how significant events…

IRISH FOCUS: I MUST AWAY + Q&A

DENNIS HARVEY,

Dennis left Ireland during the financial crisis to find work abroad. Hashem, a politician, fled Bangladesh for Spain when a change in government triggered threats to his life. Alicia left Peru for Chile, and then Chile for Spain, after falling…

Irish Folk Furniture

Tony Donoghue, 9 minutes, 2012

An animated documentary short, Irish Folk Furniture tells the stories behind old pieces of furniture scattered about Ireland and the homely ways of life that relied on them. Using stop-motion animation to depict cabinets, chairs, flour bins and other furniture…

The Irish Pub

Alex Fegan, 76 minutes, 2013

Director Alex Fegan’s documentary gives a sustained ovation to this most popular institution in Ireland. Roaming across the country Fegan has owners and patrons sing the praises of their pubs, hailing them as places of community and conversation where nobody…

The Irish Question

Alan Gilsenan, 93 minutes, 2024

A provocative meditation on the prospect of a united Ireland from Alan Gilsenan. With the possibility of a border poll becoming an increasing likelihood, do we really understand what that could mean for all those living on the island of…

The Irish Riviera

15 minutes, 1936

This early example of a state-sponsored promotional film made to entice visitors to the sunny south coast briefly visits Cork City and lingers at the remote outposts of Mizen Head, Garnish, the Blasket Islands (then inhabited), and Dunquin. As well…

The Irish Wedding

Alex Fegan, 75 minutes, 2021

Celebrating the joys of an Irish Wedding in all its pleasant predictability - the requisite chats about the weather, the haggle over the beef or salmon, the losing of the rings, the ditching of the heels, the intergenerational whirl around…

The Irishmen: An Impression of Exile

Philip Donnellan, 50 minutes, 1965

Directed by pioneering television documentarian Philip Donnellan, this social-realist documentary about Irish workers in the UK proved too controversial to ever be screened on British television. It is not surprising why; employed to drive the crucial infrastructural projects which would…

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