Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Lily

Graham Cantwell, 22 minutes, 2016

The tale of an adolescent girl with a secret, on the cusp of becoming a young woman. In the wake of a violent and vicious homophobic attack, she is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life. Available as…

Normáilte

Lukasz Simon, 9 minutes, 2024

Created as part of an Irish Queer Archive’s 2024 exhibition Normáilte explores the experience of growing up queer, linking to the growth of the LGBTQ+ movement in Ireland over the last 50 years.

Notes from Sheepland

Cara Holmes, 70 minutes, 2023

Notes from Sheepland bursts with candid observations of the lipstick-wearing, always swearing, no-nonsense artist and shepherd, Orla Barry. Through her fields, her digital diaries, and the pedigree sheep she cares for, we discover how the art is in the doing.…

Outitude: The Irish Lesbian Community

Sonya Mulligan, 90 minutes, 2018

A heartfelt documentary that explores the definitions, connections and commonalities of what it means to be lesbian. Through interviews and group discussions with all facets of the Irish LGBTQI+ community, the film delves into the lives of rural and urban…

Over the Moon

Rory Fitzpatrick, 2025

On a journey to see the stars, Jay, a young trans man confronts his childhood in the Burren.

Panic Attack

Anthony Assad, 14 minutes, 2020

Alex, a trans teenager, sets himself a challenge to confront his anxieties about how the world sees him and how he sees himself.

Papi Chulo

John Butler, 98 minutes, 2018

In Los Angeles, the perfect world of gay TV weatherman Sean (Matt Bomer) is shaken with the end of a significant relationship and a very public on-air meltdown. Forced to take time off, he fills his empty days and his…

PETER HUJAR’S DAY

Ira Sachs,

Based on a conversation recorded in 1974, Ira Sach’s (Passages, 2023; Love is Strange, 2014) film follows celebrated photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) - one of the most important figures in downtown New York's legendary cultural scene of the 1970s…

Please Be Normal

Eoghan McQuinn, 16 minutes, 2025

A neurotic 35 year-old on a hook-up app demands that his potential partners be "normal". It's only when he meets for a coffee with his ex that he falls into a ruse designed to teach him some humility.

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