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Float Like a Butterfly

Carmel Winters, 100 minutes, 2018

In rural Ireland in the 1960s, Frances (Hazel Doupe) is a young Traveller who has coped with tragedy from an early age. When her father Michael (Dara Devaney) is imprisoned, Frances learns to fend for herself and her brother, developing…

Flora and Son

John Carney, 94 minutes, 2023

Flora (Eve Hewson) is a young, working class nanny, a clubber and mother to teenage Max (Orén Kinlen). When she finds a guitar in a skip, she grabs it as a birthday present to him but his lack of interest…

Florence

Tess Doolan Burke, 2024

Florence works for the Echo Grief Centre, where actors are hired to recreate the memories of bereaved clients in an attempt to remedy their regrets.

Fluent Dysphasia

Daniel O'Hara, 16 minutes, 2004

A clever spin on the difficulties Irish speakers can face in their own country, Fluent Dysphasia has the beer-swilling, pub-crawling Murph (Stephen Rea) suffer a head injury that leaves him capable of only speaking in Irish. Suddenly appearing terrifying to…

For Ireland’s Sake

Sindey Olcott, 39 minutes, 1914

The O’Kalems’ returned for a fourth time to Killarney in 1913 but under new management. After her resignation, along with Olcott, from Kalem in 1912, Gene Gauntier capitalised on her own fame as an actress to form her own production…

For the Land is Mine

Jamie O'Rourke, 15 minutes, 2024

Peggy runs the family farm as well, if not better, than her mother and father did before her. Her brother Joe is pushing 50, suicidal and depressed. He's more than a reluctant farmer and an alcoholic. Joe becomes sole heir…

For You

Brendan Canty, 13 minutes, 2017

An act of devotion gives a struggling young woman the strength to love.

Fortune’s Wheel

Joe Lee, 76minutes, 2015

Fortune’s Wheel brings to life the remarkable, implausible story of a Fairview lion-tamer in Dublin in the 1950s. Bill Stephens was an ordinary young Dubliner, with an extraordinary dream – to become a skilled animal trainer and a big circus star.…

Foscadh

Seán Breathnach, 95 minutes, 2020

When his over-cosseting parents pass away reclusive John Cunliffe is suddenly propelled into manhood at the ripe old age of twenty-six. After inheriting mountain land that obstructs a lucrative wind-farm development, John is forced to navigate the choppy waters of…

Four Mothers

Darren Thornton, 89 minutes, 2024

Edward, a novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward needs is his friends jetting off to…

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