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The Secret Market

Martina McGlynn, 23 minutes, 2017

Chief surgeon Dr.Amy McCarthy has a near perfect life until her past comes back to haunt her.

An animated feature, The Secret of Kells creates a gorgeously realised vision of a medieval Ireland wherein a young monk battles monsters and Vikings to help complete the Book of Kells. Brendan (Evan McGuire) chafes against the restrictions of his…

The Secret Scripture

Jim Sheridan, 108 minutes, 2016

After an eclectic range of films in recent years, Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America) returns to Irish themes and material with this adaptation of Sebastian Barry’s acclaimed novel. The elderly Rose (the inimitable Vanessa Redgrave) is the last…

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…

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