Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

The Pool

Thomas Hefferon, 12 minutes, 2010

Teenage bravado is pushed to its limits in this short which sees three adolescent boys losing their sense amidst a dangerous breath-holding contest at the local pool. Sam (Thomas Kelly) is bullied by the arrogant Charlie (Ryan Andrews), a situation…

Postcard from a Crisis

Kathleen Harris,
Samuel Meyler, 15 minutes, 2018

As the refugee crisis quietly continues, four Irish clowns travel to Greece to perform for children living and waiting in temporary shelters.

The Predicament of Man

Jesse Jones, 3 minutes, 2012

This film is the second in the collection of films; ‘The Trilogy of Dust’. Using footage shot in an opal mine in Cobber Pedy, Australia, intercut with over a thousand still images that appear momentarily on screen, Jones subliminally contrasts…

Procession

Jeda de Brí, 6 minutes, 2019

A community of bedraggled misfits gather to mourn one of their own the only way they know how — an eccentric folk music funeral.

Prodigy

Naomi Sheridan, 25 minutes, 2017

A young boy begins to suspect his new neighbour is a world famous pianist who has been missing for over 20 years.

Psychic

Brendan Gleeson, 18 minutes, 2019

A charismatic television psychic is forced out of retirement by his two manipulative sons and taken on the road. The last obstacle to gaining a large cult following is a sceptical TV host determined to bring them down.

Pub House

Peter Young, 15 minutes, 2023

Reeling from a recent separation, a single mother and her young son move into a pub-attached house and fall prey to their invasive new landlord.

Q4L (quest for love)

Antonia Campbell-Hughes, 8 minutes, 2019

Arriving at a new home in Paris, Eve begins to explore the city, wandering through crowds devouring the freedom, with Max drifting around her — a companion, a burden, a mystery. Eve faces and tests herself, tests their bond and…

Quarantine

Tadhg O'Sullivan, Feargal Ward, 15 minutes, 2011

An affectingly intimate portrait of isolation, Quarantine record a woman’s brave response to being put in quarantine after radiation therapy. Her isolation is acutely captured by directors Tadhg O’Sullivan and Feargal Ward but it is Rosanna Byrne’s stoic response to…

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