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Late Afternoon

Louise Bagnall, 10 minutes, 2018

An elderly woman drifts back through her memories. She exists between two states, the past and the present. Nominated for Academy Awards 2019.

Late Arrival

Barry Ronan, 3 minutes, 2006

Stripped of sound and language, Late Arrival relies entirely on its jittery and accelerated camera movement and overlapping imagery to create a kinetic and charged perception of its subject (the filmmaker’s wife) that could not have been expressed in a more ordered…

Learning Gravity / The Undertaking

Cathal Black, 70 minutes, 2007

Thomas Lynch is a Detroit-based mortician who has run the family business for over 30 years and arranged perhaps 6,000 funerals. When not an American undertaker, he is an Irishman who lives in Moveen, Co. Clare (from where his grandparents…

Learning to Fish

Teemu Auersalo, 4 minutes, 2012

Winter living proves difficult for a flock of indolent seagulls in this animated short. Ably sustained by discarded fast food throughout the summer months, the cold of winter finds the seagulls, unable to win food for themselves, creeping around the…

Leave the Road Behind You

Daniel Butler, 16 minutes, 2018

As his life changes outside his control, a young man struggles to keep his car on the road.

The Ledge End of Phil (From Accounting)

Paul O Muiris, 6 minutes, 2013

Stuck outside looking in, Phil is forced to face the world he's been ignoring. Now he must take a leap of faith or be trapped forever.

Left

Eamonn O'Neill, 10 minutes, 2012

Youth goes awry in this animated short which follows the diverging paths two young friends take in life. As Joe comes home with his girlfriend and is welcomed by town and family, childhood partner-in-crime Neil has a less glamourous life,…

Legend Has It

Ciara Johnson, 2019

In a perfect Celtic society, a young girl finds herself face-to-face with a dark family secret.

Legends from the Mists

Peadar Mac Donnacha
Keelin Kennedy, 5 minutes, 2020

The story of how Cnoc Mordaáin was formed. According to local legend there was a giant who terrorised the local people. A hero ‘Ciarain’ sailed across the water to save the people from the giant and in doing so, turned…

Les Rencontres du cinéma européen, Vannes, France

Peadar Mac Donnacha
Keelin Kennedy, 5 minutes, 2020

March 26th - April 1st We are delighted to assist with a major retrospective of Irish cinema featuring 25 titles at the 13th ‘Les Recontres du cinema europeen’, an annual showcase of European cinema held in Vannes, France. Guests include:…

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