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Froggie
Brothers Fiachra and Tadgh peaked at the age of seven, when they appeared on national TV singing with their homemade puppet, ‘Froggie’. 25 years later, they’re still singing the same ol’ song when their show is cancelled. The world is pulling the brothers apart. Tadgh plans to marry his rich fiance, while Fiachra secretly lives in the storage bunker containing the contents of their childhood home. Fiachra’s biggest fear is closing in: his brother will abandon him and he will have to take a dreaded 9-5. To make matters worse, Froggie is stolen and a ransom video appears online of their puppet gagged with duct tape and holding up a…
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Dead Man’s Money
When Young Henry’s wealthy uncle starts courting ‘The Widow’ Maureen Tweed, he starts to fear that he’ll be written out of Old Henry’s will. Conspiring with his wife, Pauline and a chauffeur with a chequered past known as Gerry the Wheels, Young Henry puts a plan in motion to make sure that The Widow never sees a penny of the inheritance he thinks is rightfully his. However, when Pauline’s guilt threatens to expose them, fear and distrust start to seed within the trio. Not knowing who can trust whom, their dirty deed leads to a series of events that there is no coming back from, for any of them. Proudly…
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Housewife of the Year
An utterly intriguing documentary about one of Ireland’s most unique cultural events – the competition which saw women from around Ireland compete on primetime TV for the title of ‘Housewife of the Year’ and the prize of a luxury gas cooker. HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR tells the story of Ireland’s treatment of women through the prism of a surreal, live-televised competition, that has to be seen to be believed. The former contestants share their direct experiences of marriage bars, lack of contraception, magdalene laundries, microaggressions, financial vulnerability, boredom and shame. It is a poignant, often hilarious, uplifting story of a resilient generation of women and how they changed a country.…
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Kathleen is Here
What does the future hold when the past is all you’ve got? Kathleen, played by rising star Hazel Doupe (Say Nothing, Calm With Horses, You Are Not My Mother) is 18 and fresh out of foster care. Her departure coincides with the death of her biological mother and so she returns to her hometown to take ownership of her mother’s house. She gets a job and even a friend; but the emptiness of Kathleen’s life cannot be filled by social media and reality shows. Alone and desperate for a mother figure, she sets out on a destructive path to find one. Winner, Bingham Ray New Talent Award at 2024 Galway…
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Fidil Ghorm
A beautiful, contemporary Irish-language movie, FIDIL GHORM is one for all of the family; bringing together traditional Irish music and culture and the innocence and resilience of 10-year-old Molly, who’s on a heartfelt mission to bring her father out of a coma. Believing that winning the All-Ireland Fiddle Competition might wake him, she’s determined to follow in his musical footsteps and invoke the magic in the music. Set in Rathmullen County Donegal, FIDIL GHORM combines a magical film score and the breathtaking scenery of Donegal’s Wild Atlantic Way and Lough Swilly, setting the scene for a story full of emotion, joy and laughter. With a G-rating, this is one for music-lovers of all…
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Christy
17-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. Kicked out of his suburban foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane and his young family. As far as Shane is concerned this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork’s working-class Northside. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his past through his seemingly more corrupting extended family, despite Shane’s efforts to protect him. Shane wants something better for Christy at any cost – even if it means he has to push him away. As the brothers look to reconcile their turbulent past, their family and…
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A Want in Her
When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, Irish filmmaker Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself. A WANT IN HER is an immersive, first person account of the cost of family love, and how difficult it can be to escape. “Raw, searing… a daughter’s shattering testament to her mother’s absence, presence and endurance… passages of cathartic beauty, grace and even humor.” – Variety Screenings are followed by an exclusive Q&A with director Myrid Carten With Myrid Carten Nuala Crew Director Myrid Carten Writer…
