Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

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.

Night Glances

Sam Ahern, 2024

A drug-infused end-of-school house party breaks down barriers between two best friends with an unspoken love for each other.

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.

Noreen

Domhnall Gleeson, 18 minutes, 2010

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…

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