Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Learning to Breathe Under Water

Rebekah Fortune, TBC 2026/7

[IFI International]

Let the Wrong One In

Conor McMahon, 100 minutes, 2022

Matt 16, is a nice kid from Northside Dublin. A little too nice for his own good and it has been holding him back his whole life. He always puts other people’s needs before his own but will he ever…

About to lose everything, the Wards prepare to escape crippling debts for a new life via a mysterious stranger, with big promises for the right fee. But last-minute doubts see the pair fighting for everything they were about to abandon.

Lies We Tell

Lisa Mulcahy, 89 minutes, 2023

An orphaned heiress in an isolated manor is forced to adapt to embrace her family’s dark legacy, in this adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s Uncle Silas. Note: film currently on competitive circuit and not available for screening at cultural festivals

Life’s A Breeze

Lance Daly, 88 minutes, 2013

Turning again to his favoured terrain of ordinary Dubliners, director Lance Daly crafts here a warm and engaging comedy about a family making its way in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. Matriarch Nan (Fionnula Flanagan) is upset when her unemployed son Colm…

The Lightkeeper

Vic Sarin, 101 minutes, 2026

Set in Ireland in 1924, Seamus Óg McGrinna (Dominic Cooper) is a lighthouse keeper whose elaborate rituals keep him at a distance from the outside world as he awaits the fabled Each Uisce (Water-Horse) to take him. His carefully constructed…

Limbo

Gerard Barrett, 90 minutes, 2017

Twenty-four hours in the life of a young Irish mother and child as they battle homelessness while living in emergency accommodation.

The Limit Of

Alan Mulligan, 92 minutes, 2018

James Allen (Laurence O'Fuarain) is a successful, controlling, thirty-something banker living alone and working in Dublin city at the tail-end of the recession. When a family tragedy occurs at the hands of his employer he decides to take action which…

The Line

Danny McCafferty, 90 minutes, 2024

A poignant drama that explores the unlikely friendship between a disgruntled local and a Ukrainian refugee. Set in a small rural Irish town, the film delves into the complexities of human connection amidst the backdrop of social and political upheaval.…

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