Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Beo Faoin bhFód

Daire Collins, 52 minutes, 2025

In 1968, Mick Meaney was buried six foot under the London soil in a simple wooden coffin. Hundreds came to see his burial, and toast Mick on his way. The thing was, Mick was not dead. He was competing in…

Beocht

Diarmuid Micheal Ó Donnacha, 2024

An Spidéal is a village steeped in the arts but recently has been quietly suffering, and visibly gloomy. Local creatives, young and old, explore the past to navigate an uncertain yet optimistic future.

Billy Willy

Sean Mullan,
Michael Barwise, 2019

Exploring residue, trauma and memory through the eyes of two best friends and their shared identities. Billy and Willy guide us through their world of jazz.

The Bird and the Whale

Carol Freeman, 8 minutes, 2018

A baby whale separated from his family encounters a caged bird - the sole survivor of a shipwreck.

Bird Food

Richard Keane, 5 minutes, 2012

A man plans to eat his lunch in the park, but the local pigeons have other ideas in this animated short from Richard Keane. Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn

Bittern

Adam O'Keefe, 10 minutes, 2018

Two strangers meet on a park bench. But is one of them harbouring a dark secret?

Blankets of Hope: Cork Cancer Care Centre

Edvinas Maciulevicius, 4 minutes, 2019

A look at the Cork Cancer Care Centre and their mission to deliver 'blankets of hope' to cancer patients around Ireland.

Bless Me Father

Paul Horan, 15 minutes, 2017

In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.

Blight

Brian Deane, 15 minutes, 2016

A young priest is sent to a remote island off the Irish coast to help protect an estranged fishing community from dark supernatural forces, but nothing is as it seems.

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