Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Second to None

Vincent Gallagher, 7 minutes, 2017

A black comedy in stop motion about the world's second oldest man who learns that ambition can be a killer.

The Secret Market

Martina McGlynn, 23 minutes, 2017

Chief surgeon Dr.Amy McCarthy has a near perfect life until her past comes back to haunt her.

Made in collaboration with Joe Comerford (camera), Roger Doyle (music), and Brian Bourke (painter), Self-Portrait has been described as an aesthetic joke, although it is essentially an exploration of how sound controls our visual perception. The author himself explains: “the…

Seventh Son

Narayan Van Maele, 13 minutes, 2014

Since ancient times the seventh son has been said o possess great magic. They are healers, in tune with nature, animals, and all living things.

The Shift

Megan K Fox, 13 minutes, 2018

It's the final disco of the Gaeltacht, and one thirsty fifteen-year-old is determined to get the shift against all odds.

Shock

Patrick Ketch, 5 minutes, 2018

A jogger and a young man try to save a car crash victim's life.

Shoe

Nick Kelly, 13 minutes, 2010

Tackling a bleak but regrettably-common topic in Ireland today, Shoe finds Vince (Peter Coonan) standing on the edge of a bridge already marked by memorial flowers. Trying to gather his commitment, Vince finds his preparations upset by fast-talking tramp Probie…

The Shore

Terry George, 29 minutes, 2011

The figure of the returned emigrant appears here in this bittersweet short about the difficulty of renewing a friendship cut short by Northern Ireland’s violent period. After twenty-five years of married life in America, Joe (Ciarán Hinds) returns to his…

Sicar

Ethan Donoghue, 2024

In a Traveller camp overlooking a neglected council estate, three brothers who went their separate ways are forced to reunite for their father’s funeral. The death of their father forces them to rekindle their relationships.

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