IRISH DOCUMENTARIES 1

Thurs 10 July | 12:00 | Town Hall Theatre  | 67’

Buy Tickets

This powerful collection of documentaries spans debut works and bold voices, exploring memory, identity, and grief. From a former child soldier to a queer artist finding healing in drag, from Black Irish creatives to ancestral stories told through land and ritual, these films reflect the urgent need to tell, remember, and reimagine.
Films in our programme can include mature themes/adult content. Viewer discretion is advised.

Anziety

Ian is on a journey to become a drag artist. Anziety moves between an intimate reflection on Ian’s past and a contemporary portrait of his present. He brings us through his darkest moments, and we end up in a room full of love.

Director: David O’Carroll
Producer: Aimee Lyons

Caoineadh

A lyrical exploration of grief.
A reclamation of voice and ritual.
A remembering.
What if grief is a holy thing?

Director/Producer: Kimberly Gray Ennis

​

Childhood

Jerome is a former child soldier living in Ireland. As his son reaches the age at which Jerome lost his innocence, he pushes to provide the childhood he never had.

Director/Producer: Cian Geoghegan
Writers: Cian Geoghegan, Jerome Kamara

Dragon’s Teeth

A young woman recounts her father’s stories of South Armagh’s military occupation. These intergenerational memories set forth a hauntological exploration of Northern Ireland’s landscapes, and the remnants of its silenced past.

Director/Writer: Lennart Soberon
Producer: Kevin Smets

Art on Art

This documentary follows the careers and paths of respective Black Irish artists. The subjects in this documentary explores are Samuel Pierre, F3miii (pronounced Femi), and the duo Negro Impacto.

Director/Writer: Elizabeth Ibiyemi
Producer: Niall O’Shea