Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

McMurphy’s Law

Irina Udyakova, 14 minutes, 2025

A suburban couple in their mid-30s believes their perfect life is untouchable-until an unexpected Guest arrives. The government, aware of cracks in their marriage, is ready to intervene, whether they want help or not.

Mechanic

Feidlim Cannon, Tom Sullivan, 15 minutes, 2013

High up in mountains with plans to kill himself, Kev (Paul Roe) is faced with a stark choice when an interfering old man (Syl Fox) crosses his path. A powerful and tightly-contained dramatic situation, Mechanic’s tale of life-changing decisions won…

Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill

Anthony Byrne, 16 minutes, 2003

A fusion of science-fiction and film noir genres, writer/director Anthony Byrne here crafts a stylish and ciné-literate short. Prone to indulging in unlikely conspiracy theories, the impulsive Beth (Fiona O’Shaughnessy) has her paranoia indulged by the unexpected appearance of Che…

Method

Polly Holland, 6 minutes, 2020

“There’s method to the madness.” All Square Boi wants is a cup of tea and he’s willing to face insanity to get it!

Midnight Dance

John McCloskey, 6 minutes, 1996

The skeletal dead risen and walking is a theme in many great works of medieval art, and that tradition is used to great effect in this animated short. A fiddler plays music to raise skeletons from their graves and lead…

The Missing Scarf

Eoin Duffy, 7 minutes, 2013

George Takei narrates this animated short in which a squirrel sets out in search of a missing scarf only to find himself offering life lessons to the forest’s neurotic inhabitants. Friendship, fears, and existential crises are tackled in this philosophical…

MJ

Jamie Delaney, 13 minutes, 2017

MJ turns social media addiction to deadly revenge.

Moncha

Freya Porritt Wessman, 2024

Moncha is a love letter to rural life, self-preservation, and the subtle devotion to our internal and external worlds.

Mongolian Barbecue

Maximilian Le Cain, 11 minutes, 2009

Mongolian Barbecue presents us with the edge of an abyss circumscribed by cinematic possession. The corporeal ritual involved falls at its ultimate climax into the rhythmical interstices of red frames that opens the way to static images from vampire B-movies,…

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