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Life’s A Breeze

Lance Daly, 88 minutes, 2013

Turning again to his favoured terrain of ordinary Dubliners, director Lance Daly crafts here a warm and engaging comedy about a family making its way in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. Matriarch Nan (Fionnula Flanagan) is upset when her unemployed son Colm…

Lily

Graham Cantwell, 22 minutes, 2016

The tale of an adolescent girl with a secret, on the cusp of becoming a young woman. In the wake of a violent and vicious homophobic attack, she is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life. Available as…

Limbo

Matthew McGuigan, 20 minutes, 2019

Brendan's mother Eilis reveals a dark secret on her deathbed, one to which Brendan must find the answer - what happened to her lost child?

Limbo

Gerard Barrett, 90 minutes, 2017

Twenty-four hours in the life of a young Irish mother and child as they battle homelessness while living in emergency accommodation.

The Limit Of

Alan Mulligan, 92 minutes, 2018

James Allen (Laurence O'Fuarain) is a successful, controlling, thirty-something banker living alone and working in Dublin city at the tail-end of the recession. When a family tragedy occurs at the hands of his employer he decides to take action which…

Lint

Lisa O'Sullivan, 3 minutes, 2018

Exploring the strange limbo state we experience in the aftermath of a breakup, Lint follows one person's bizarre attempt at regaining some sense of normality.

Lipservice

Paul Mercier, 18 minutes, 1998

The “oral Irish”, a compulsory state exam in the Irish language is satirised in this short from Paul Mercier. Sean McGinley plays the examiner who encounters the exam’s absurdities, as he tests students whose talent in the language ranges from…

Little Old New York

Sidney Olcott, 110 minutes, 1923

A delightful emigrant comedy about a young Irish girl who comes to America disguised as a boy in order to claim a fortune left to her late brother. Marion Davies shines as Patricia O’Day masquerading impishly as a boy and…

Liverpool Irish Festival – Liverpool, UK

Sidney Olcott, 110 minutes, 1923

October 23rd to November 2nd The annual festival that celebrates the culture and history linking Liverpool and Ireland present 32A and What Richard Did, along with a shorts programme from Indie Cork.

Living Colour

Eamon Little, 80 minutes, 2011

A celebration of a unique community of artists, Living Colour concerns itself with the talents rather than the special needs of the people who attend the Kilkenny Centre for Arts Talent (KCAT). With art offering them a means of communication…

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