Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

An Taibhse

John Farrelly, 92 minutes, 2024

The first-ever Irish language horror film unfolds in the bleak landscape of post-famine Ireland as Éamon and his daughter Máire take up residence as caretakers of a remote Georgian Mansion during the harsh winter. Their task, initially serene, veers into…

Angel

Neil Jordan, 92 minutes, 1982

In his first appearance as a writer-director Neil Jordan laid down a marker as to what was to come in his career, casting signature actor Stephen Rea as Danny, a showband saxophonist shocked by the senseless terrorist shooting of an…

Animal Kingdom

Dean Kavanagh, 120 minutes, 2017

Experimental filmmaker Dean Kavanagh’s latest work is a genre-defying exploration of the cinematic apparatus. The film concerns a character (played with corporeal intensity by Cillian Roche) who happens upon a group undergoing bestial metamorphosis. Narrative is not at the forefront…

Animals

Sophie Hyde, 119, 2019

Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat star as best friends and drinking buddies Laura and Tyler whose hedonistic existence falls under the threat of responsibility and adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – a devilishly handsome and ambitious pianist. As…

Ann

Ciarán Creagh, 90 minutes, 2022

Based on the true story of the then 15-year-old Ann Lovett, who gave birth in the grotto in Granard; the last day of her life, a girl alone and abandoned by society, its prejudices, taboos, and traditions.

Anne Devlin

Pat Murphy, 121 minutes, 1986

Irish history is often dominated by male names such as Pearse, Collins, Wolfe Tone, and Emmet; Anne Devlin rejects this imbalance by narrating the life of its titular figure, who resisted torture and confinement rather than betray her comrades to…

Aontas

Damian McCann, 91 minutes, 2025

Déanann triúr gadaí neamhghnách comhar creidmheasa tuaithe a robáil, faoi stiúr bean atá ar tí cliseadh. Osclaíonn Aontas ar iarmhairt thragóideach na gadaíochta a chuaigh chun donais agus insítear an scéal droim ar ais go nochtar na heachtraí a tharla…

Apocalypse Clown

George Kane, 102 minutes, 2023

A troupe of failed clowns and an intrepid reporter embark on a chaotic road trip of self-discovery after a mysterious solar event plunges the world into anarchy. When international clown master Jean DuCoque dies suddenly, Bobo (David Earl), a hobo…

Arracht

Tom Sullivan, 86 minutes, 2019

On the eve of the great famine, fisherman Colmán Sharkey (Dónall Ó Healaí) ekes out a meagre existence for his family on the west coast of Ireland. Wrongly blamed for the murder of an inclement local landlord (Michael McElhatton) he…

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