Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Hangman’s House

John Ford, 80 minutes, 1928

After the entertaining but lightweight The Shamrock Handicap, Hangman’s House is a revelation, one of the great late silent films to rank alongside the finest work of Victor Sjöström, Alfred Hitchcock and F. W. Murnau. Its dreamy landscapes and sinuous…

The Hardy Bucks Movie

Mike Cockayne, 89 minutes, 2013

Something of a media phenomenon in Ireland, The Hardy Bucks began life as a series of YouTube videos before graduating to television and, here, to film with this uproarious comedy. Led by Eddie (Martin Maloney), the ‘Hardy Bucks’ are a…

Hasta la Vista

Laragh McCann, 6 minutes, 2018

A genre-blending short film which sets dance, music and an ethereal aesthetic against a backdrop of friendship, love, lust, and betrayal.

Hearing Silence

Hilary Fennell, 12 minutes, 2010

Elizabeth Petcu, a professional flute player, copes with her gradual loss of hearing in this poignant documentary short. Narrating her experiences of her condition and the problems it causes, she reveals a lifelong commitment to the arts that survives despite…

Helen

Joe Lawlor
Christine Molloy, 79 minutes, 2008

A remarkable debut feature from directors Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy, Helen is the story of an alienated young woman who wrestles with assuming another’s identity rather than holding to her own. Having grown up in a care home, Helen…

Helsinki EU Film Festival

Joe Lawlor
Christine Molloy, 79 minutes, 2008

27th March to 10th April IFI International is delighted to screen Good Vibrations as part of the EU Film festival

Her Song

Jack Kirwan,
Éabha Bortolozzo, 7 minutes, 2020

The Banshee’s song comforts Peggy as she unspools the threads of her past, weaving myth and reality she tells Eve her devastating story.

Her Take On It, Cinemteket – Oslo, Norway

Jack Kirwan,
Éabha Bortolozzo, 7 minutes, 2020

Oslo: 15th and 26th November Bergen: 3rd and 4th December. The Norwegian Film Institute and the Embassy of Ireland, Norway present The Other Side of Sleep as part of the 'Her take on it' season of films by european female…

Her Very Own

Dominic Curran, 14 minutes, 2018

On this day, Maeve has set a deadline.

The Herd

Ken Wardrop, 4 minutes, 2008

This humorous documentary short features a young deer living among cattle and going through an ‘identity crisis’. Over shots of the deer prancing about the herd, a farmer and his mother discuss how to get rid of this unwanted visitor.…

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