Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

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.

Tapping into a contemporary trend of setting black comedies in rural Ireland Noreen has two incompetent Gardaí destroy a crime scene in this viciously dark short. Heartbroken by the loss of his girlfriend Noreen, rookie Frank (Brian Gleeson) is given…

Normáilte

Lukasz Simon, 9 minutes, 2024

Created as part of an Irish Queer Archive’s 2024 exhibition Normáilte explores the experience of growing up queer, linking to the growth of the LGBTQ+ movement in Ireland over the last 50 years.

Northern Star

Nora Dineen, 26 minutes, 2018

Sarah, a young writer, returns home to Ireland to face the challenges of what she ran away from.She attempts to see with mature eyes and to form a steady relationship amongst family drama surrounding her. When faced with a man…

Nymph

Caoimhin Coffey, 15 minutes, 2020

When betrayal stalks their camping trip, three friends unwittingly conjure up the wild, elemental spirits of vengeful Nature, with horrifying consequences.

O’Hara’s Holiday

Peter Bryan, 20 minutes, 1957

This engaging dramatized documentary part-sponsored by Bord Fáilte, the Irish Tourist Board, was one of a series of films aimed at the US market which centred on the theme of returning migrants. In homage to John Ford’s The Quiet Man,…

The Octopus Nest

John Michell, 18 minutes, 2019

Claire and Timothy are chilled to discover that the same strange woman keeps popping up in the background of their holiday snaps. Who is this apparent stalker?

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