Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

The Survivalist

Stephen Fingleton, 104 minutes, 2015

We are in a post-apocalyptic scenario; runaway population growth has outstripped resources and society has collapsed. An anonymous man (Martin McCann) is alone in the forest, tending meagre crops outside his wooden shack and nervously guarding his surroundings from attack.…

Suspicious Minds

Imelda O'Reilly, 19 minutes, 2023

A romance at a trippy Halloween rave goes wrong. Lola's public breakup is disrupted when an Elvis impersonator comes to the rescue. Sharing confidences and ghosts from their past they reminisce and find meaning in their newly shared bond. Awards:…

Swedish Death

Kristina Yee, 2024

Seeking a sense of control in her life, Caroline becomes a minimalist. In an ironic twist of fate, a severe winter storm leaves her trapped without power, and she must burn her few belongings in order to survive.

The Swell Season

Nick August-Perna, Chris Dapkins, Carlo Mirabella-Davis, 92 minutes, 2011

A simple, heartfelt love story about two musicians meeting on the streets of Dublin and falling in love while they write songs together, Once is one of the most celebrated and treasured Irish features of recent times. Glen Hansard and…

The Swimmer

Thomas Beug, 10 minutes, 2018

Delving into the peculiar, solitary psyche of West Cork open-water swimmer Stephen Redmond (the first person ever to complete the world-famous Ocean's Seven Challenge), The Swimmer looks at the beauty and poetry of Stephen's passion and touches the lives of…

Sylvia

Seamus Moran, 6 minutes, 2012

In an effort to impress classmate Eibhlín (Manini Linuza), teenager Pól (Jack Quinn) takes on the task of caring for a cherished motorcycle, Sylvia. Initially successful, Stevie soon finds caring for Sylvia more work than he can handle in this…

Takasera

Matjaž Pinter
Eva Pivač, 94 minutes, 2016

Takasera, a village in Western Nepal, is settled on a hill above an ancient lakebed, composed of hundreds of tightly interwoven houses, giving an appearance of a giant buzzing bee-hive. Surrounded by mountains, and connected only by a dead-end dirt…

Take Me Swimming

Claire Dix, 15 minutes, 2018

A son must overcome his own conflicted feelings and honour his father's intentions to keep his mother alive, despite her expressed wish to the contrary.

Talking to My Father

Claire Dix, 15 minutes, 2018

Modern architecture in Ireland reached a high point in the early ’60s and one of its most celebrated figures was Robin Walker. Robin studied under Le Corbusier and later worked alongside Mies van der Rohe in Chicago. His return to…

Tana Bana

Pat Murphy, 77 minutes, 2015

Varanasi on the Ganges is famous for its Muslim silk weavers whose lives are closely interwoven with that of their Hindu neighbours. For over a thousand years the skills of their trade have passed from one generation to the next.…

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