Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

On Departure

Eoin Duffy, 6 minutes, 2012

Directed by Eoin Duffy, On Departure is a poignant and heartfelt animation which attempts to express a personal journey centred around the loss of the filmmaker’s younger brother. Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

Operator

Jonathan Hughes, 2020

A self-obsessed call centre worker deals with personal heartbreak, as the world crumbles around him… due to a zombie apocalypse.

Ouch!

Ken Wardrop, 2004

A funny and touching examination of life on either side of a foreskin divide. Also available as part of Wardrop's Shorts, a programme of five shorts directed by Ken Wardrop and produced by Andrew Freedman.

Our Boys

Cathal Black, 42 minutes, 1981

Politically and technically bold, this short docu-drama from Cathal Black fuses dramatisation, interviews, and archive footage in an exposé of the culture of fear and brutality that defined the regime in educational institutions run by the Christian Brothers. The narrative…

Our Land

Eoin Harnett, 6 minutes, 2019

A short documentary detailing Ireland’s reputation, culture, and future from the perspective of seven young inhabitants of the country. Stylised as a light-hearted reflection piece, Our Land provides the spectator with an understanding of how the interviewees’ regard Ireland as…

Outside the Box

Janet Grainger, 5 minutes, 2019

Who do we see when we look at people? By putting people in a box do we restrict our own true potential?

Over the Moon

Rory Fitzpatrick, 2025

On a journey to see the stars, Jay, a young trans man confronts his childhood in the Burren.

The Overcoat

Meelis Arulepp
Sean Mullen, 31 minutes, 2018

The Overcoat is a warm and unique Christmas story about an office worker that saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, only to have fate take a ghostly hand. Notes by Screen Ireland

The Owl

Neil Winterlich, 13 minutes, 2017

Nick, a drug-addled bad boy, arrives uninvited to his best friend's birthday party, where he discovers why all have abandoned him.

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