Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory – Search

FILM DIRECTORY

Sort by

Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance

Ruán Magan, 80 minutes, 2022

Steps of Freedom, a spectacular performance-based documentary, follows the evolution of Irish dance from humble origins to present-day global phenomenon which sees weekly Irish dance classes held in more than 60 countries around the globe, millions attending theatre shows and…

Stigma

Helen Warner, 10 minutes, 2018

A string of confessions unveil a tale of religious guilt, sin and redemption in this short experimental drama set against the dramatic and rugged Northern Irish coastline.

Stir

Rory Bresnihan, 12 minutes, 2020

A young woman finds herself a prisoner in the home of an old man who has recently lost his wife. As her desperate attempts to escape accelerate, he soon realises that he has taken on more than he can handle.

Stolen

Margo Harkin, 107 minutes, 2023

Stolen tells the story of how women who had the misfortune to fall pregnant ‘out of wedlock’ were treated in an Ireland dominated by the Catholic Church. Between 1922 and 1998 over 80,000 unmarried mothers were incarcerated in Irish church-run…

Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village

Aoife Kelleher, 90 minutes, 2016

In 1879, fifteen people in the village of Knock, Co. Mayo witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary. 
The village was declared a Marian Shrine and today welcomes over one million pilgrims annually. Aoife Kelleher (One Million Dubliners) builds a…

The Stranger

Neasa Ní Chianáin, 80 minutes, 2014

The Stranger, is a haunting new documentary from Neasa Ní Chianáin  (Fairytale of Kathmandu). English artist Neal McGregor died alone, aged 44, in a stone shed where he lived without water, electricity or heating on the small Donegal island of Inishbofin,…

Stray

Sinéad O'Loughlin, 15 minutes, 2019

An elderly woman struggles after a violent break-in that has robber her of her husband and her peace of mind.

Street Leagues

Daniel F. Holmes, 60 minutes, 2020

Street Leagues follows the men and women of the Irish Homeless Street Leagues as they overcome homelessness and addiction through the power of sport. The film documents their journey to playing in the Homeless World Cup and features contributions from…

Streets of Fury

Aidan McAteer, 5 minutes, 2019

Violent Max Punchface gets trapped in an alien land with only some friend sheep for company/punch practice.

Strong at the Broken Places

Anna Rodgers, 14 minutes, 2019

Raped at 14 by a Catholic Priest, human rights activist Colm O’Gorman challenges Pope Francis to tell the truth about the cover up of abuse during his divisive visit to Ireland in August 2018. Awards: Best Irish Documentary Short, Docs…

IFI CINEMAS TODAY


The IFI is supported
by The Arts Council

Arts Council of Ireland