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Self-Portrait with Red Car

Bob Quinn, 20 minutes, 1976

Made in collaboration with Joe Comerford (camera), Roger Doyle (music), and Brian Bourke (painter), Self-Portrait has been described as an aesthetic joke, although it is essentially an exploration of how sound controls our visual perception. The author himself explains: “the…

Sensation

Tom Hall, 105 minutes, 2010

Inheriting the family farm after his father’s death, twenty-six year old Donal Durkan (Domhnall Gleeson) starts what quickly becomes a personal relationship with prostitute, Kim (Luanne Gordon). Growing closer, Donal allows Kim to hide away from thugs on his farm…

September 2016

Tom Hall, 105 minutes, 2010

16th-24th September // San Sebastian International Film Festival  // Omagh, Bloody Sunday, Hunger as part of the 'Act of Killing' film strand // San Sebastian, Spain. 21st September - 1st October // British and Irish Film Season  // Mammal, Atlantic, 1916:The Irish Rebellion,…

Seventh Son

Narayan Van Maele, 13 minutes, 2014

Since ancient times the seventh son has been said o possess great magic. They are healers, in tune with nature, animals, and all living things.

Shadow Dancer

James Marsh, 101 minutes, 2012

Having broached the U.S. Bible Belt and a grim Yorkshire circa 1980 in previous works, director James Marsh’s commitment to eschewing the obvious in terms of treatment and subject matter has him here turn to the mid-‘90s endgame of the…

Shadows

Carlo Lavagna, 90 minutes, 2020

A gripping psychological thriller following two teenagers on a journey of self-discovery as they dismantle the terrifying obstacles of the world they live in. Confined to an abandoned hotel with their slightly unhinged mother, the siblings live by night and…

The Shamrock Handicap

John Ford, 66 minutes, 1926

Already in his first big production, 1924’s The Iron Horse, Ford had foregrounded the role of Irish immigrants in constructing the trans-continental railway. His main Irishman there was played by J. Farrell Macdonald, whose prolific career playing Irishmen in Ford…

She Didn’t Say No

Cyril Frankel, 96 minutes, 1958

Based on Una Troy's charming novel, We Are Seven, She Didn't Say No depicts the lives of the Monaghan family, six children and their unmarried mother Bridget, in the town of Doon, County Waterford. The children's various fathers are local…

She’s Missing

Alexandra McGuinness, 100 minutes, 2019

Heidi and Jane are best friends living in a small town in the desert. When Jane, a Rodeo Queen contestant and military wife goes missing Heidi, now alone in the world, must begin a search across the desert for her…

Shebeen Flick, St. Patrick’s Festival – Berlin, Germany

Alexandra McGuinness, 100 minutes, 2019

March 11th - 17th Shebeen Flick is back in Kino Moviemento with a star-studded programme of loved and unseen Irish films as part of the St. Patrick’s celebrations  in Berlin. The screenings will showcase a selection of feature length films that have…

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