Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Walking Holiday

Cian Desmond,
Jack Desmond, 70 minutes, 2026

Seán quits his office job and leaves Ireland to walk the Camino de Santiago. He meets fellow walker Ana, a Galician grandmother, and although they don’t speak the same language they start walking together. Over the course of their journey,…

We Ourselves

Paul Mercier, 96 minutes, 2018

We Ourselves is a formally unconventional film dealing with the lives of a group of seven friends over a period of more than two decades. In consecutive monologues, the film tells the story of Irish characters who worked together in…

What Richard Did

Lenny Abrahamson, 87 minutes, 2012

The third feature from Lenny Abrahamson is an extraordinary portrait of a golden-boy gone awry. What Richard Did sees the seemingly perfect life of Dublin teenager Richard Karlsen (Jack Reynor) collapse around him when he makes a terrible mistake. Intelligent,…

When Brendan Met Trudy

Kieron J. Walsh, 95 minutes, 2000

With several of his novels already adapted for film and television, Roddy Doyle here wrote directly for the screen with this quirky romantic-comedy about an introverted cinéphile and the rebellious law-breaker who encourages him to live. The cinéphile is Brendan…

Whitetail

Nanouk Leopold, 113 minutes, 2025

In the isolated beauty of the Irish south coast, Jen’s ordered life as a conservation ranger is disrupted when Oscar, a boyfriend from her distant past, returns. His arrival stirs long buried memories, forcing her to confront a shared tragedy.…

Who We Love

Graham Cantwell, 92 minutes, 2021

Lily, a girl with a secret, is on the cusp of becoming a young woman. With her best friend, the fiercely loyal and flamboyant Simon, she navigates the treacherous waters of school life. When a misunderstanding with the beautiful and…

WILD STRAWBERRIES: MR. BURTON

Marc Evans,

From his heyday as one of the finest British actors, to his renown for wild times and numerous marriages to Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton’s legacy has undoubtedly been affected by his ultimate decline into alcoholism. Nevertheless, the story of a…

Wildfire

Cathy Brady, 100 minutes, 2020

Born within a year of each other, Lauren and Kelly are very close sisters, you would never see one without the other, but over the years the mystery of their mother’s death tears them apart. Kelly, keen to escape their…

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach, 127 minutes, 2006

Bringing his trademark left-wing politics to bear on Irish history, director Ken Loach here, through the figure of young revolutionary Damien O’Donovan (Cillian Murphy), explores the social issues involved in Ireland’s War of Independence and Civil War. Abandoning his career…

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