Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Venus in Retrograde

Katherine Canty, 12 minutes, 2018

'In the beginning, the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep...'

Violet

Maurice Joyce, 8 minutes, 2015

Violet is the cautionary tale of a young girl who despises her reflection. Tired of the abuse, her reflection decides she's not going to take it any more...

Political violence in Northern Ireland provides the setting for this provocative short film from Orla Walsh which tackles women’s experiences of both state and republican violence. Sheila (Magael Mclaughlin) travels to the notorious Maze Prison to meet her imprisoned husband…

Void

Ger Duffy, 2019

A man struggles to free himself from a mind packed full of indecipherable thoughts. He spends a night searching for judgement. A judgement he feels he deserves.

Waiting

Isabelle Blanche, 16 minutes, 2017

Languishing in rural Ireland, Clare receives an opportunity to leave and kick-start her life. Will she take it?

Wardrop’s Shorts

Ken Wardrop, 60 minutes, 2016

This film screened 13th July 2016. This compendium of short films invites us into the quirkily observed world of director Ken Wardrop and producer Andrew Freedman. Their early work as classmates at the National Film School at IADT in Dun…

Wargame

Blayne Fitzpatrick, 4 minutes, 2020

A young sheltered boy idolises his older rebellious brother, who is fighting a guerrilla war. But how the young boy thinks war is, and the reality of war are far from similar.

Was That a Yes?

Réamonn Mac Donnacha, 2019

Date night disaster as Mark's perfect evening with Jane leaves a lot of questions unanswered.

Waterbag

Joe Comerford, 13 minutes, 1984

Waterbag was made as a preparation for the feature Reefer and the Model. Set on a fishing trawler, it involves the relationship between two fishermen and a pregnant woman and ends with an apparently self-induced miscarriage. Haunting slow-motion images of…

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