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London Irish Film Festival – UK

November 19th - 23rd The annual London Irish Film Festival returns with a fantatic line-up including the UK premiere of Gold, An Bronntanas, Poison Pen, Broken Song, Standby and shorts Breakfast Wine, Volkswagen Joe, How's About Ye? and Deadly.  We…

London Suite

Vivienne Dick, 28 minutes, 1988

A chorus of London voices come together to offer a snapshot of the city in the 1980s in this typically bold film from Vivienne Dick. Diverse figures describe and depict their ordinary lives, with a remarkable realism achieved through Dick’s…

The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid

Feargal Ward, 76 minutes, 2017

An eccentric north Kildare cattle farmer campaigns for his rights against the planning decisions of the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) in Feargal Ward’s beautifully nuanced documentary. The film charts Reid’s halting progress in his long battle with the IDA which…

The Looking Glass

Colin Downey, 80 minutes, 2011

Prolific independent director Colin Downey here produces this surrealist feature which follows Paul, a troubled young man who lives in a rural cottage with his pregnant girlfriend Clare. While dealing with the sudden arrival of his sinister mother-in-law and coming…

Lord Mayor’s St. Patrick’s Festival – London, England

Colin Downey, 80 minutes, 2011

March 15th The Irish Film London Festival present Irish Film and Animation screenings at the Lord Mayor’s St. Patrick’s Festival London, in collaboration with the Greater London Authority. This will take place at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square on…

Losing Alaska

Tom Burke, 82 minutes, 2018

The 375 residents of Newtok, Alaska watch their homes disappear into rolling seas as winter storms steal their coastline and melting permafrost erodes the edges of their town. Tom Burke’s (The Liberties) elegiac study follows the community as they struggle to maintain their…

Lost & Found

Liam O Mochain, 92 minutes, 2017

Inspired by true stories, seven interconnecting stories are set in and around the lost and found office of a train station in Ireland.

Lost in France

Niall McCann, 100 minutes, 2016

Chemikal Underground has been Scotland’s premier indie label since its establishment in the 1990s, releasing work by a diverse range of fondly-remembered groups such as Bis, Magoo, and Urusei Yatsura, although the label’s greatest successes came from Arab Strap, Mogwai,…

Lost in the Living

Robert Manson, 77 minutes, 2015

Oisín (Tadhg Murphy), a musician from Dublin, travels to Berlin with his band, buzzing with banter and the potential for adventure. He leaves behind the sadness of his mother’s death and disappointment towards his absent father. He meets Sabine (Aylin…

The Lost Letter

Kealan O'Rourke, 8 minutes, 2017

When a young boy asks Santa Claus for the ultimate gift, he sets out to prepare the entire neighbourhood for the big day. But the boy’s plans are turned upside down when he meets the one lady who doesn’t want…

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