Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

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…

The Last White Rhino

Conor Whelan, 2024

This is a story about our responsibility to a world we have doomed, our division in the face of its peril, and the splintered morality of our efforts to save it.

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.

Legends from the Mists

Peadar Mac Donnacha
Keelin Kennedy, 5 minutes, 2020

The story of how Cnoc Mordaáin was formed. According to local legend there was a giant who terrorised the local people. A hero ‘Ciarain’ sailed across the water to save the people from the giant and in doing so, turned…

Little Caesar

Amy Tierney, 7 minutes, 2025

A young lamb journeys towards acceptance and belonging in a world that values appearances over true character.

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