Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

The Owl

Neil Winterlich, 13 minutes, 2017

Nick, a drug-addled bad boy, arrives uninvited to his best friend's birthday party, where he discovers why all have abandoned him.

Paddy

Róisín Kearney, 13 minutes, 2020

It’s the late 70s in London and a new generation is asking questions and finding answers, it’s called PUNK, and it don’t matter what you are or where you’re from.

The Painted Man

Dan Colley, 2024

A street performer arrives in a dreary suburb and discovers an unlikely kinship with a young person. Inspired by the science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury’s own story of how he became a writer.

Pale Saint

Rhys Jones, 16 minutes, 2019

Summer, 1991, 17-year-old Kat escapes from her family for a night of freedom and fun with the local teenagers but struggles to stave off a pressing responsibility.

Living alone in a bustling city, a paper man searches for a partner to escape the loneliness of urban life. Everything in this strange world is made of paper; stacks of sheets make up tower blocks and dollar bills and…

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…

Paris Dreaming

Aoife Desmond, 9 minutes, 2010

Paris Dreaming consists of a dual projection of photographic slides and Super 8 film with a separate sound recording. The film, slides and sound document a series of drift walks through the Jardin des Plantes Menagerie and Parc Zoologique at…

Parked

Darragh Byrne, 94 minutes, 2010

Often identified as the indomitable father-figure in The Barrytown Trilogy, Colm Meaney is here the much less resilient Fred Daly who, having returned to Dublin after years abroad is, for reasons that go largely unexplained, living in his permanently parked…

Pat

Emma Wall, 13 minutes, 2019

Set in 1978, Pat tells the story of a music lover from rural Ireland who keeps in touch with her son in New York through the only phone box in the village.

Patchwork Family

Sara Sulej, 55 minutes, 2023

Patchwork Family is a documentary showcasing a passion for life, music, and creation. The band consists of 12 musicians. The film delves into the lives of each band member, exploring their history, and gradually assembles the individual pieces of the…

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