Irish Animation
The National Talent Academy for Animation is proud to present the premiere of seven new Irish short films funded under the NTAA First Credit Short Film Scheme and the NTAA Short Film Fund 2025. The NTAA is an initiative of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and is managed by Animation Ireland.
Sun 12 July | 12:00| Town Hall Theatre | 89′
A showcase of the vast array of talent within the Irish animation sector. Spanning a range of styles, techniques, and themes, these films demonstrate the limitless possibilities of the art form.
Films in our programme can include mature themes/adult content. Viewer discretion is advised.
Lullaby
A young girl and her cat come to confront grief as a haunting lullaby lures them into the depths of a night-time mansion.
Director/Writer: Helena Melin
Producer: Cal McLoughlin
Animator: Beth Witchalls
Kova’s Courage
In a treacherous Arctic landscape, two Inuit teenagers orbit each other on small, floating icebergs, their love for each other just beyond reach.
Directors: Anika O’Hagan-Ploug, Aisling Wallace
Producer: David Butler
Writer: Denis McArdle
Animator: Anthea Ring
Happy Hauntings
Spirits must pay up with screams to keep their haunting privileges, and Ghost is in arrears.
Director/Writer/Animator: Ruth Harbison
Producer: Sabine Jansone
Bótharín
With his beloved sister on her deathbed, an old Donegal man pieces together an uncertain truth which leads him to question their entire relationship.
Director/Writer: Niall MacGiollaChomhgaill
Producer: Moya McHugh
Animator: Tasha Howe
Na Daoine Eile (The Other People)
Sent to the Connemara Gaeltacht against his will, Liam tries to escape, only to find himself trapped in an old fairy fort.
Director/Writer: Ciara Walsh
Producer: Naoise Walsh
To a Flame
A couple feels their relationship break down when one of them becomes devoted to a paranormal fire that demands to be fed.
Director/Writer: Ro Martin
Producer: Joshua Brown
Abhaile
Dogs’ Country is different, filled with new animals, sights, and sounds. Surrounded by those who look and speak differently from her, Kitten struggles to adapt to her new surroundings.
Director/Writer/Animator: Olga Zhernovkova
Producer: Joanne Hennessy
Anam
As Fionn patiently awaits his inevitable end on a lonely island, an innocent voice disrupts his peace and leads him back to the beginning.
Directors: Muireann Mulvihill, Ailbhe Fearon
Producer: Ailbhe Fearon
Writers: Muireann Mulvihill, Ailbhe Fearon, Seán Breathnach
Animators: Muireann Mulvihill, Tessa Barry-Gallagher
Personality Hire
An animated music video, following a fish in search of his office crush through an endless labyrinth of rooms in their workplace.
Director/Writer/Animator: Róisín Kelly
Producer: Camille Peat
Voideden
With a natural connection disconnected, a ceaseless desire to fill the void left in the wake of progress consumes all.
Director/Writer: Alan Holly
Producers: Carla Vulpiani, Alan Holly, David Doutel, Vasco Sá
Gullermo
A stop motion mixed-media love letter to the seagull who visited my balcony over the lonely years of chronic illness.
Director/Writer: Donnacha Clarke
Waiting Room
This experimental, autobiographical short film explores stages of ‘pre-emptive grief’, which are faced when growing up with a terminally ill parent as their condition worsens.
Director/Writer/Animator: Amber Amelia Kelly
With/Out the Window
A meditative journey through a shifting domestic space, and the recurring memories it harbours.
Director: Eimear Young
Ai Solves Climate Disaster
Planet Earth’s collective Ai systems, oligarchs, billionaires and autocrats team up to solve the Climate Disaster. As ever, NOTHING can go wrong!!!
Director/Producer/Writer/Animator: David Quin
Me, Myself and Mary
The true story of best-selling author Séamas O’Reilly, who – as a student at college – got his days mixed up and ended up alone in work with Mary McAleese whilst high on drugs.
Director/Producer: John Michell
Writer: Séamas O’Reilly
Animator: Daniel Semanas