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It’s Some Kind of Voodoo

Nicky Phelan, 3 minutes, 2006

A delightful gothic short narrated by Neil Hannon, It’s Some Kind of Voodoo uses string puppets to tell the story of a vengeful sculptor. Scorned by the beautiful neighbour he has taken as his muse, the sculptor attempts to use…

Jimmy Murakami: Non Alien

Sé Merry Doyle, 90 minutes, 2010

The world-renowned animator Jimmy Murakami (When the Wind Blows, The Snowman) was eight years old when Japan attacked Pearl Harbour during World War Two. Like many other Japanese- American citizens, the Murakami family was evacuated to a concentration camp called…

Lady Isobel & the Elf Knight

Cashell Horgan, 2019

A cautionary tale. If a strange bloke appears at your window in the middle of the night and asks you out on a date, just say no.

The Last Elk

Alan Shannon, 6 minutes, 1998

Set more than ten thousand years in the past, this animation imagines animal life in an ancient world. Elk dance across the screen, bounding through unspoiled lands and battling both the elements and one another. Music transforms the animals’ movements…

Late Afternoon

Louise Bagnall, 10 minutes, 2018

An elderly woman drifts back through her memories. She exists between two states, the past and the present. Nominated for Academy Awards 2019.

Learning to Fish

Teemu Auersalo, 4 minutes, 2012

Winter living proves difficult for a flock of indolent seagulls in this animated short. Ably sustained by discarded fast food throughout the summer months, the cold of winter finds the seagulls, unable to win food for themselves, creeping around the…

The Ledge End of Phil (From Accounting)

Paul O Muiris, 6 minutes, 2013

Stuck outside looking in, Phil is forced to face the world he's been ignoring. Now he must take a leap of faith or be trapped forever.

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Eamonn O'Neill, 10 minutes, 2012

Youth goes awry in this animated short which follows the diverging paths two young friends take in life. As Joe comes home with his girlfriend and is welcomed by town and family, childhood partner-in-crime Neil has a less glamourous life,…

Legend Has It

Ciara Johnson, 2019

In a perfect Celtic society, a young girl finds herself face-to-face with a dark family secret.

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