Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

THIS MORTAL COIL: KATI KATI

Mbithi Masya,

Depictions of worlds beyond this one are abundant throughout human history in art, mythology, and religion. From the Egyptian Book of the Dead to Dante’s Inferno, and from the ennui-ridden Heaven sung about by Talking Heads to the simple, comforting…

THIS MORTAL COIL: LAKE MUNGO

Joel Anderson,

While A Ghost Story focused on a romantic relationship, Lake Mungo, also of a more overtly supernatural bent, looks at the love that endures following the loss of a family member, and the unique difficulties caused by the recurring waves…

THIS MORTAL COIL: MY LIFE WITHOUT ME

Isabel Coixet,

In contrast to Kurosawa’s Ikiru, a more socially-minded film about a man with a substantial number of years behind him, Isabel Coixet’s film stars Sarah Polley as clean-living 23-year-old Ann, wife to Don (Scott Speedman) and mother to two young daughters,…

THIS MORTAL COIL: ORPHÉE

Jean Cocteau,

Our next foray into the beyond sees us descend into the Underworld with poet, playwright, artist, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau as our guide as he transposes the Greek myth of Orpheus to 1950s Paris. Orphée (Jean Marais), a celebrated poet,…

THIS MORTAL COIL: PONETTE

Jacques Doillon,

Germaine de Staël opined that “we understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.” Although the loss of loved ones is part of the natural order, it can be even more devastating…

THIS MORTAL COIL: THE SWEET HEREAFTER (35MM)

Atom Egoyan,

While Ponette focuses on the experiences of an individual child trying to come to terms with a loss whose meaning she is trying to grasp, the incomprehensible grief suffered in The Sweet Hereafter is that of a community that loses…

This Must be the Place

Paulo Sorrentino, 118 minutes, 2011

Cheyenne, a wealthy former rock star now living in listless retirement in Dublin, embarks on a quest to find his father's persecutor, a Nazi war criminal hiding out in the US. Estranged from his father for over 30 years, Cheyenne…

This Other Eden

Muriel Box, 81 minutes, 1959

The first Irish feature to be directed by a woman, This Other Eden is a comedy set in 1945 where the erection of a statue of patriot martyr Jack Carberry creates problems in a small town. With the return of…

The Three Urns

Stephen Warbeck,
John-Paul Davidson., 96 minutes, 2026

After years living in France, Mr O'Connor (Ciarán Hinds] sets out on a pilgrimage to his former home in Ireland after the death of his wife. Equal parts picturesque and picaresque, his journey is full of serendipitous encounters with a…

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