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Brute
Brian Folan, 2019
A young mother and her son flee an abusive husband in the middle of the night only to find themselves trapped in their car in a field with a homicidal bull.Bubbles
Rachel Fitzgerald, 2019
A puppet grows tormented at the hands of her manipulator.
Build Something Modern
Nicky Gogan, Paul Rowley, 70 minutes, 2011
Following on from Seaview, which examined the experience of asylum seekers living in the former Butlin’s holiday camp at Mosney, Nicky Gogan and Paul Rowley’s second film, Build Something Modern, similarly uses a distinct visual language as a tool to…
The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp
Dennis Harvey, 20 minutes, 2024
Three men seeking sanctuary in Ireland find themselves caught on the streets between a hostile asylum policy and an increasingly militant far-right. Awards: Best Irish Short Documentary, Dublin International Film Festival 2024 Honourable Mention, Tempo Short Film Awards, Tempo Documentary…Buoy
David Magnier, 6 minutes, 2019
A young man throws himself off a lighthouse to end it all, but it's only the beginning.The Butcher
Vince Murray, Naoimh Reilly, 10 minutes, 2019
Retired butcher Joe Williams runs a boxing club in Rathkeale, Co. Limerick. He trains boxers from both settled and traveller communities. In a dying town where most of the buildings are empty, the boxing club is one of the few…
The Butcher Boy
Neil Jordan, 110 minutes, 1997
Neil Jordan's twisted version of a coming of age story, The Butcher Boy brings the viewer into the bizarre world of Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens). With an alcoholic father (Stephen Rea) and suicidal mother (Aisling O’Sullivan) at home, Francie lives…
Butterfly
Cathal Black, 36 minutes, 2015
In Butterfly, Leonard (Denis Conway), a lonely probation officer, estranged from his wife, is faced with the difficult task of writing a report on Teri (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a mercurial young graphic designer with convictions for minor theft. Teri’s cooperation or…
Butterfly City
Olga Černovaitė, 95 minutes, 2017
The Lithuanian town of Visaginas is just forty years old but already it faces an uncertain future. Created to service a nuclear power plant which showcased the wonders of Soviet technology to the West, the city floundered with its closure following the disintegration of the USSR. The inhabitants,…
By Accident
Norris Davidson, 20 minutes, 1930
By Accident, a film by Norris Davidson, is one of few independent films produced in the early years of the Irish state, and one of the first films to emerge from the group Irish Amateur Films. Only an estimated one…