Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Questionable Treatment

Joe McStravick, 12 minutes, 2022

The subject of an illegal "cure" for autism is discussed by Fiona Pettit O'Leary, a woman who is trying to stop the abuse of vulnerable people.

Ramón: Notes from a Beekeeper

Hilary Kenney, 4 minutes, 2019

Colombian beekeeper Ramón Galvis Rodríguez reflects on the future of our planet as a direct result of the gradual extinction of bees.

Raymond

David Stephenson, 9 minutes, 2016

Raymond Ovens has been living on his own in a house full of dust and memories.

There’s No Charge for the Hat

Shane Hogan, 14 minutes, 2013

A humble couple in the Irish Midlands are the custodians of a 187-year-old hat, reputed to have the power to cure headaches and other ailments. Notes by Ross Whitaker.

Reality Baby

Nodlag Houlihan, 12 minutes, 2019

A group of friends are given lifelike baby dolls to care for over twenty four hours, but how will they rise to the challenges of teenage motherhood?

Rebirth

Emile Dinneen, 19 minutes, 2013

"I didn't get into photography to cover war. I didn't go to Iraq or Afghanistan. I didn't go to other wars in distant lands because I'm not interested in war. But here I am."

The story of Danny Rock, a 22 year-old unemployed young man from a small tourism-dependent town in the West of Ireland, who raps. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Tupac Shakur and NWA, he uploads self directed, edited and written…

The Red Tree

Paul Rowley , 22 minutes, 2018

The Red Tree is a "powerful and poetic" short film that tells the little known history of Italian gay men being arrested and exiled to a remote island during Mussolini's Fascist regime. Available as part of a curated series of…

Relic

Christy Scoltock, 13 minutes, 2019

Sarah is a nine-year old girl whose faith is tested after many failed attempts to evoke a sign from the Virgin Mary.

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