GIRLS & BOYS

Sat 12 July | 15:00 | Pálás Screen 1

2025 | Ireland | 81’

On Halloween night in Dublin, rugby player Jace meets aspiring filmmaker Charlie at a college party. They both attend Trinity but come from different worlds. Charlie is trans, many of her friends are queer and involved in the arts, while Jace mostly hangs out with other straight guys from his team or business course. Despite their differences, they strike up a connection. After the party is abruptly broken up by the Guards, they continue getting to know each other while wandering around nighttime Dublin, reminiscing and sharing their dreams and concerns for life after college. When a startling connection from their shared past is revealed, Jace is forced to reckon with long-buried actions, and the social identity he’s taken for granted.

Post-show discussion will follow

Director/Writer: Donncha Gilmore
Producer: Gearóid Gilmore
Cast: Liath Hannon, Adam Lunnon-Collery, Francis O’Mahony, Oisín Flynn, Joe McGucken, Justin Ensor