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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.…

Here After

Paddy Jolley, 10 minutes, 2004

An atmospheric study of a decaying and crumbling flat complex in Ballymun, Here After emerges from the residue of unknown events. Paddy Jolley’s film projects often begin with this sense of memory, time and place, inspiring experiments that explore the…

Here are the Young Men

Eoin C Macken, 2020

Matthew, a troubled teenager on the cusp of adulthood, finishes school along with the menacing Kearney and nihilistic Rez. In a final summer of excess, Matthew falls in love with his childhood sweetheart Jen, but is dragged into shocking acts…

Here Before

Stacey Gregg, 83 minutes, 2020

When a new family moves in next door, their young daughter, Megan, quickly captivates Laura, stirring up painful memories of her own daughter who died several years previously. Before long, Laura’s memories turn to obsession as Megan’s unsettling behaviour begins…

Herself

Phyllida Lloyd, 97 minutes, 2020

On the surface, Sandra is a young mother struggling to provide her two young daughters with a warm, safe and happy home to grow up in. Beneath the surface, she has a steely determination to change their lives for the…

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