Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

The Balkan Cowboy

Dragana Jurišić, 93 minutes, 2026

The Balkan Cowboy follows Croatian artist and photographer Dragana Jurišić as she searches for cult filmmaker Hari Džekson, who directed Westerns in the former Yugoslavia. Retracing his mythical story, she recreates one of his films using local people from both…

Ballast

Emily Murray,
Paul D’Eath, 2024

Two sisters must put aside their fraught relationship in order to hide the body of a dead clown. This film was written, shot and edited in 48 hours.

Baltimore

Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor, 97 minutes, 2023

Wealthy art-loving British heiress Rose Dugdale, radicalised at Oxford, finds herself hiding in a remote cottage in Ireland, following an audacious and violent art heist. Gathering at pace beyond the cottage is the biggest police hunt in Irish history. With…

Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story

Sinéad O'Shea, 100 minutes, 2024

In 1960, a young Irish woman named Edna O’Brien wrote The Country Girls, the first of a sexually-frank trilogy of novels. Though the books were banned in Ireland, O’Brien became an international literary sensation, gaining fame and notoriety through her…

Blurred Lines

Mark Agar, 86 minutes, 2024

When six friends get together for New Year's eve and a drink gets spiked, secrets and conflicts reveal themselves begging the question, who is really responsible? Who has consented? Focussing on the modern day stigmas of consent, stereotypes, inner turmoil,…

Bricks, Beds and Sheep’s Heads

Imelda O'Reilly, 14 minutes, 2009

A Moroccan immigrant looks back at his life on Aid El Kbir. Aid El Kbir is a celebratory Islamic holiday that occurs two months after Ramadan.

Brón

Cat Mangan Williams, 4 minutes, 2025

By a riverside, a man battling personal demons finds unexpected companionship in a curious fox.

Clodagh

Oda O’Carroll, <60 minutes TBC, 2022

IFI International [synopsis pending]

Conveyance

Gemma Creagh, 15 minutes, 2024

Between being constantly outbid on dilapidated houses, and their odd roommate penchant for being naked, house hunting has not been easy for young couple Brian and Suzanne. After years of living in sub-par rented accommodation, they can't believe their luck…

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