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John Don’t Know Nothin’!

Conor Kehelly, 14 minutes, 2019

John, the successful star of a family sitcom, has a heated conversation with his taxi driver on his way home from work.

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.

Joy

Colm Quinn, 10 minutes, 2011

Lying in hospital after the birth of her new born baby girl, teenager Nicola (Jane McGrath) finds herself trying to deal with the kindness of friends in this whisper quiet vision of trauma. With her mother Jane (Derbhle Crotty) and…

Joyriders

Rebecca Daly, 15 minutes, 2006

Against a dark background of run-down tower blocks, ten-year old Kylie (Leanne Kearney) indulges her love of driving in this enigmatic short from first-time director Rebecca Daly. A feeling that Kylie’s imagination has crept into her reality pervades throughout as…

Just Fine

Ciarán Hickey, 16 minutes, 2018

Two school friends entertain the curiosity of their lives on the eve of a grand departure.

Kachalka

Gar O'Rourke, 9 minutes, 2019

Kachalka, Kiev’s enormous open-air gym is a community constructed facility that is free-to-use. Made entirely from recycled scrap materials repurposed from the country’s Soviet past it is widely considered to be ‘the most hardcore gym in the world’. The film…

Kathleen

Liam O'Neill, 18 minutes, 2019

A writer waits for inspiration. It finally comes courtesy of a dispossessed woman who he invites into his home.

Kathleen was Here

Eva Birthistle, 10 minutes, 2020

Kathleen is 18 and alone. The system has no place for her now. What does the future hold when the past is all you’ve got? This visually arresting and emotionally-taut tale depicts the ongoing problems surrounding young adults who age…

Kelly

Solène Guichard, 13 minutes, 2019

Kelly comes back to her childhood house after many years abroad to help her sister tidy for the estate agent.

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