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Testimony

Aoife Kelleher, 105 minutes, 2025

The experiences of Magdalene women and the children born in Mother & Baby Homes might still be shrouded in secrecy, if not for the work of Justice For Magdalenes, an organisation who have waged an extraordinary campaign on behalf of…

That They May Face the Rising Sun

Pat Collins, 107 minutes, 2023

An adaptation of the final novel from John McGahern, one of Ireland’s greatest writers, That They May Face The Rising Sun is a lyrical celebration of the everyday. Joe (Barry Ward) and Kate Ruttledge (Anna Bederke) have returned from London…

THE GOLDEN SPURTLE

Constantine Costi,

Each year the sleepy Scottish highland village of Carrbridge welcomes a diverse group of international contestants as they gather for the prestigious World Porridge Making Championships, each vying for the coveted Golden Spurtle trophy. For ageing, charismatic, and soon-to-retire organiser…

THE ICE STORM

Ang Lee,

Following the success of his first English-language film, the Oscar-winning Sense and Sensibility (1995), recently screened at the IFI, the next entry in Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s admirably eclectic body of work mined affluent 1970s American suburbia for its exploration of familial…

THE REASON I JUMP

Jerry Rothwell , 82, 2020

This film contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy. Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, The Reason I Jump is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences…

THE SUPER 8 YEARS

Annie Ernaux & David Ernaux-Briot,

Annie Ernaux, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for literature, recalls, ‘In reviewing our Super 8 films…it occurred to me that they comprised not only a family archive but a testimony to pastimes, lifestyle, and aspirations of a social class…

THE SWALLOW

Tadhg O’Sullivan,

In a small house by the sea, a woman begins a letter to an unknown correspondent. Surrounded by the books, mementoes and clutter of her life, her home exposed to the waves of a rising ocean, she writes about the…

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

Kaouther Ben Hania,

January 29th, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call from Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl who is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. Alongside her are the bodies of six members of her family.…

THIS MORTAL COIL: A GHOST STORY

David Lowery,

Some years ago, during a talk-show interview, Keanu Reeves was asked, somewhat facetiously, what he thinks happens when we die. He replied, “I know that the ones who love us will miss us.” The truth behind this simple, brilliant answer…

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