Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Joyriders

Rebecca Daly, 15 minutes, 2006

Against a dark background of run-down tower blocks, ten-year old Kylie (Leanne Kearney) indulges her love of driving in this enigmatic short from first-time director Rebecca Daly. A feeling that Kylie’s imagination has crept into her reality pervades throughout as…

Kathleen is Here

Eva Birthistle, 95 minutes, 2024

Kathleen is 18 and fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother and she returns to her hometown to take ownership of her mother’s house. Across the road lives Dee, with her husband,…

The Knife

Joy Nesbitt, 15 minutes, 2025

In Joy Nesbitt’s dark surrealist comedy, a young black woman goes for her first pregnancy scan and discovers that her child is brandishing a knife inside her womb.

Letter

Joy Nesbitt, 2024

Molly, a brown Irish woman, is tasked with writing a daunting letter. Over time, she finds the courage to overcome writer’s block, ultimately writing the letter and freeing herself from the burden.

Lie of the Land

John Carlin, 80 minutes, 2023

About to lose everything, the Wards prepare to escape crippling debts for a new life via a mysterious stranger, with big promises for the right fee. But last-minute doubts see the pair fighting for everything they were about to abandon.

Little Caesar

Amy Tierney, 7 minutes, 2025

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

London Suite

Vivienne Dick, 28 minutes, 1988

A chorus of London voices come together to offer a snapshot of the city in the 1980s in this typically bold film from Vivienne Dick. Diverse figures describe and depict their ordinary lives, with a remarkable realism achieved through Dick’s…

Mammal

Rebecca Daly, 96 minutes, 2016

Margaret (Rachel Griffiths) lives a determinedly quiet life in a nondescript corner of Dublin; middle-aged and divorced, she owns a second-hand store, with little social life save for solitary trips to the local swimming pool. Her self-imposed isolation ends when…

Mandrake

Lynne Davison, 85 minutes, 2022

Probation officer Cathy Madden is tasked with rehabilitating the notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw and integrating her back into society after twenty years in jail for the murder of her husband two decades before. Is she a witch, a psychopath…

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