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Who is Dervla Murphy?
Garret Daly, 64 minutes, 2010
Dervla Murphy is Ireland’s most prolific travel writer who for five decades has travelled the world alone and with her daughter Rachel. A fiercely independent woman who turned her back on societal conventions at a time when few were as…Who We Love
Graham Cantwell, 92 minutes, 2021
Lily, a girl with a secret, is on the cusp of becoming a young woman. With her best friend, the fiercely loyal and flamboyant Simon, she navigates the treacherous waters of school life. When a misunderstanding with the beautiful and…Wild Reconnection
Deqa Ibrahim,
Anna Konieczna., 15 minutes, 2023
Wildfire
Cathy Brady, 100 minutes, 2020
Born within a year of each other, Lauren and Kelly are very close sisters, you would never see one without the other, but over the years the mystery of their mother’s death tears them apart. Kelly, keen to escape their…
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Ken Loach, 127 minutes, 2006
Bringing his trademark left-wing politics to bear on Irish history, director Ken Loach here, through the figure of young revolutionary Damien O’Donovan (Cillian Murphy), explores the social issues involved in Ireland’s War of Independence and Civil War. Abandoning his career…The Wiremen
Jessica Patterson, 9 minutes, 2019
Set in Ireland in the 1960s, The Wiremen is the fantastic tale about six-year-old Rosie as she hunts through the dark for a fairy only to encounter the mystical and terrifying Wiremen. Awards: Best Irish short film, China Ireland International Film Festival,…Wishbone
Myrid Carten, 11 minutes, 2019
Wishbone is an awkward, honest look at strained female friendships. Three young women break bread - and possibly each other - over a later supper at the Fleadh.
With Wind & White Cloud
Dónal Ó Céilleachair, 5 minutes, 2005
With Wind & White Cloud pays homage to Oskar Fischinger’s 1927 film Walking from Munich to Berlin, which is one of the earliest films recorded in single-frame exposure. New York based filmmaker Ó Céilleachair repeats this process on his own…
Withdrawal
Joe Comerford, 26 minutes, 1973
Based on the writings of David Chapman and Jimmy Brennan, Withdrawal is about Jimmy, a heroin user in a Dublin psychiatric hospital. His thoughts and observations dominate, his subjective voice-over speculating on the lives of his companions. Jimmy leaves the…
Without Name
Lorcan Finnegan, 93 minutes, 2016
Director Lorcan Finnegan’s debut feature sees land surveyor Eric (Alan McKenna) working in a remote woodland area. Having begun his task alone, the location has unsettled Eric, a situation not alleviated by the arrival of assistant and mistress Olivia (Niamh…