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Joe, Searching

Naoimh Reilly, 17 minutes, 2017

A man who searches for missing women is frustrated by the lack of official response.

John Behan RHA is Ireland’s best-known living sculptor. He is as busy as ever in his early 80s, with regular exhibitions in Ireland and abroad. In addition to this heavy workload, he feels so strongly about the suffering of refugees…

John Don’t Know Nothin’!

Conor Kehelly, 14 minutes, 2019

John, the successful star of a family sitcom, has a heated conversation with his taxi driver on his way home from work.

John McGahern: A Private World

Pat Collins, 52 minutes, 2005

Completed a year before his passing, Collins’ exploration of arguably the defining Irish writer of the modern era was filmed just prior to the publication of McGahern’s acclaimed memoirs, which form the backbone of this definitive portrait of the man’s…

Johnny

Hugh Rodgers, 8 minutes, 2018

Johnny is a young Traveller who has to come to terms with his sexuality, and wants to help his deeply traditional community to do the same. Available as part of a curated series of shorts GAZE on Tour 2018.

Journées européennes du patrimoine at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

Hugh Rodgers, 8 minutes, 2018

September 20th & 21st We are pleased to support the screening of two documentaries, A Song for Ireland and A Patriot Game, by Irish-American Arthur MacCaig (1948-2008) at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris.

Journey to the Edge

Peter Kelly, 100 minutes, 2019

Every four years, an elite group of sailors endeavour to sail single-handed, non-stop in a circumnavigation of the planet, through the most unpredictable and perilous conditions imaginable. They are the competitors in the Vendee Globe Race – one of the…

Joy

Colm Quinn, 10 minutes, 2011

Lying in hospital after the birth of her new born baby girl, teenager Nicola (Jane McGrath) finds herself trying to deal with the kindness of friends in this whisper quiet vision of trauma. With her mother Jane (Derbhle Crotty) and…

Joyride

Emer Reynolds, 95 minutes, 2021

12-year-old Mully (Charlie Reid) has lost his mother, and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they’ve raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully flees the scene, steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy…

Joyriders

Rebecca Daly, 15 minutes, 2006

Against a dark background of run-down tower blocks, ten-year old Kylie (Leanne Kearney) indulges her love of driving in this enigmatic short from first-time director Rebecca Daly. A feeling that Kylie’s imagination has crept into her reality pervades throughout as…

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