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Dublin Oldschool

Dave Tynan, 95 minutes, 2018

Emmet Kirwan’s play was a hit on the Irish stage, drawing from the author’s own experiences as he played Jason, an aspiring DJ whose life revolves around ‘the session’, but who is stopped in his tracks by a chance encounter…

Dwelling

Leon Butler,
Peter Power, 2024

Dwelling is a performance work that blends the real and digital world, questioning our relationship with technology, creating imperceptible, poetic worlds that allow the audience to experience the lives of others.

Eamon

Margaret Corkery, 86 minutes, 2009

Delving into a world of sexually–frustrated, immature twenty-somethings, Eamon is a slow-burning family drama built around the unsettling performance of child actor Robert Donnelly. Unable to balance the demands of their son Eamon with their own relationship, dysfunctional couple Grace…

Early Days

Nessa Wrafter, 12 minutes, 2017

A new mother finds that having a baby causes her post-natal anxiety and intrusive thoughts.

Earthbound

Alan Brennan, 90 minutes, 2012

A mind-bending mixture of romance, comedy, and science-fiction, Earthbound dives into the world of Joe Norman (Rafe Spall), a reclusive nerd raised to believe he is an alien refugee fleeing a war in another galaxy. Living in isolation and working…

Earthly Bonds

Alan Dunne, 16 minutes, 2017

An imaginative girl tries o create a spaceship after he loss of her Mother, while her grieving father descends into alcoholism.

Earthy Encounters

Sam Johnson, 25 minutes, 2017

15-year-old garden centre worker Kyle battles shadowy agents so he can save his dying older brother with a special plant.

The Eclipse

Conor McPherson, 88 minutes, 2009

Playwright Conor McPherson author s again drawn to the supernatural in this tightly-crafted picture of loss and haunting. At the centre of affairs is Michael (Ciarán Hinds), a widower with two children and a dying father-in-law (Jim Norton), and a…

Eden

Declan Recks, 83 minutes, 2008

A heart-breaking piece of social realism, this adaptation of Eugene O’Brien’s play of the same name captured the unfulfilling underbelly of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger. The story is of Billy (Aidan Kelly) and Breda (Eileen Walsh) Farrell, a couple whose stale…

Eger-Budapest ‘Irish Film Day’, Hungary

Declan Recks, 83 minutes, 2008

April 3rd to 4th Hardy Bucks The Movie will screen as part of the Eszterhazy Károly College International Days Festival. There will be a Q&A with director Mike Cockayne after the screening.

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