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Afternoon

Ruairi McKenna, 10 minutes, 2008

Afternoon tells the sad story of Gerard (Tommie Curran), a teenage boy forced to deal with painful loss early in life. After the suicide of friend William, Gerard keeps quiet about the pair’s gay experiences and William’s difficulty in accepting…

Agony Ant

Sean Cunningham, 3 minutes, 2020

Ant Hill City is thrown into panic when a giant foot appears. Our hero, Agony Ant, is running out of time to craft the only weapon that can stop it.

Agricultural Report

Melina Sydney Padua, 3 minutes, 2004

Agricultural Report imagines a cow’s panicked reaction to his fate in the face of an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease. 

Algorithm

Edwina Casey, 10 minutes, 2020

When nervy Al has an absurd encounter with a stranger, he begins to question his whole identity. Set in the not too distant future.

Alia

Claire Dix, 16 minutes, 2012

Love crosses boundaries in this emotional short about the young, embattled Alia (Baria Shafaq), a young Afghan girl living in Dublin, who refuses to enter an arranged marriage and instead begins a relationship with local mechanic Danny (Ryan Andrews). Director…

Alibi

Darren Bolger, 13 minutes, 2009

Alibi explores the fallout of a brutal murder in a small Irish town. Centring on a false alibi that frustrated the investigation for decades, director Darren Bolger delves into the psychological effect this crime had on the community in this…

American Dreams #3 : Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness

Moira Tierney , 5 minutes , 2002

Based in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 2001, Moira Tierney caught the aftermath of September 11th on 16mm film and subsequently set it to the poem ‘Ozymandias’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley and the music of Charlemagne Palestine. For much of the film…

Amhras

Seán Wrenn, 24 minutes, 2016

Amhras (Doubt) is a tale of love, pride, and unspoken regret. Tom (Philip Coffey) and Simon (Owen Moloney) are brothers who have spent the last 25 years living with a looming sense of injustice. Cast adrift in life as children…

Amy

Leah Morgan, 7 minutes, 2017

Amy has an amazing zest and love for life, despite going through struggles.

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