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New Irish Shorts: Documentaries
 

uFO


pedal pushers


capoeira for life


88 strings attached


in the blood


christmas with dad


the knife


god and napoleon


water bodies


stolen child

   

UFO
Boyle, Co. Roscommon: a small, ordinary town in the west of Ireland that has an extraordinary claim to fame.
Director Pete Higgins
Producer Elaine Canny

Tom Mathews, Waiting for Goldfish
Filmed around his local Dublin habitats, a quirky look at the character and the cartoonist whose work appears regularly in The Irish Times and many other publications.
Director Paddy Cahill
Producer Paddy Cahill

Ais the Bash
A revealing documentary about Irish mixed martial arts fighter, Aisling Daly. Cameras follow Aisling in the build up to the biggest fight of her career to find out what drives her to step inside a cage to fight other women.
Director David Freyne
Producer Phelim O’Brien

Pedal Pushers
It takes a strong nerve to cycle in Dublin navigating chaotic junctions, reckless drivers and opened car doors. But there’s one group that have this down to an art, with the streets as their office and their playground. This film takes us into the world of the Dublin bicycle couriers.
Director Niamh Kennedy
Producer Niamh Kennedy

Capoeira for Life
Capoeira master Mola talks about his life and passion for Capoeira.
Director Tamas Fulop
Producer Paddy O’Conor

88 Strings Attached
A Galway piano tuner goes on a piano rescue mission to Havana and finds his way into the homes and hearts of the Cuban people.
Director Elizabeth C. Jones
Producer Ellen Cranitch

Break

In The Blood
A short following boxer William Donohue who lives in Ardew halting site in Athy and trains in St Michael’s Boxing club alongside his hero, Olympic boxer John Joe Joyce.
Director Maurice Sweeney
Producer Niamh Maher & Catherine Fitzgerald

The bowling Club
Following four of its members, The Bowling Club investigates the reasons why retired people join this game and what kind of fulfillment and changes it brings to their daily routine.
Director Luca Rocchini
Producer Luca Rocchini

Christmas With Dad
Christmas With Dad follows 23-year-old AJ as his family prepares for the festive season and the arrival of an eighth child. With remarkable access and insight, the film reveals a young man struggling to define his role as a father, haunted by his own childhood, and facing an uncertain future…
Director Conor McCormack
Producer Sarah Tierney

The Knife
The isolating effects of neuropathic pain.
Director Colm Quinn
Producer Andrew Freedman

God and Napoleon
A portrait of James, a deeply religious man and an outsider in his community.
Director Ciaran Deeney
Producer Ciaran Deeney

Water Bodies
A documentary about two places which have little in common except water, the holy river Ganges and a simple place where pensioners swim. One fulfills the expected and the other does not seem to, or at least, not initially...
Director Jennifer Keegan
Producer Clare Connolly & Jonathon Speers

Stolen Child
Stolen Child is the story of Palestinian child prisoners, their incredible ordeal and the positive life force that still exists despite the terrible obstacles they face.
Director Nial O’Sullivan
Producer Brendan Bourke & Eamon Connelly

 
 
   
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