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Mr Ripple

Jessie Ayles, 3 minutes, 2017

Mr Ripple chronicles the man behind Ireland's oldest-serving ice cream van, and looks at this dying tradition.

My Father, My Blood

John Robert Brown, 13 minutes, 2016

A man and his child live a nomadic existence. After he murders a woman, their relationship begins to break apart.

My Other Suit is Human

Andrew Paul Montague, 17 minutes, 2020

Zoe, grieving for her deceased son, has become distant from her emotionally unavailable husband who buries himself in work. Dealing with her grief alone, she seeks refuge in the form of a homemade robot suit. Slowly, she works to rediscover…

Needle Exchange

Colm Quinn, 10 minutes, 2010

Two recovering drug addicts discuss the new lives they have made for themselves in this candid short documentary. The pair openly describe how their friendship helped them overcome their addiction and the challenges they have found in ordinary life. Director…

Neon

Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair, 5 minutes, 2018

The world is poisoned. A sacrificial population is tasked with carving out a clean passage with neon lights between pockets of surviving civilisation. One 'runner' dares to race for her life against all the odds.

New Boy

Steph Green, 11 minutes, 2007

Based on short story by Roddy Doyle, this Academy-Award-nominated short from Steph Green displays the wit and warmth associated with Doyle’s writing. A primary school classroom provides the setting, with nine year old Joseph (Olutunji Ebun-Cole) adjusting to his new…

Nice Night For It

Rachel Carey, 7 minutes, 2018

Ground down by endless nights awake, an insomniac takes a nighttime walk, where she finds comfort in a fellow sleepless stranger.

Nitelink

Aidan O'Sullivan, 2019

A bereaved man, grieving and drunk, idly asks for a way out. Unfortunately, in doing so, he irritates someone that could give him just that.

No Place

Laura Kavanagh, 7 minutes, 2019

Angela and her two kids find themselves on the verge of homelessness. An increasingly desperate situation leads Angela to commit an uncharacteristic act placing the family's future in jeopardy.

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