IRISH FICTION 1
Wed 8 July | 12:00| Town Hall Theatre | 98′
This selection explores characters confronting their pasts, their shifting realities, and the fractured bonds that tie them to the world, across a diverse spectrum of genres.
Films in our programme can include mature themes/adult content. Viewer discretion is advised.
Agus Ni Duirt Muid Tada (And We Said Nothing)
A loyal soldier refuses to join her former friend’s violent new regime, instead choosing to protect her secret life.
Director/Writer: Jonny Farrelly
Producers: Mark Coffey, Jenn Keane, Katerina Economides
Bean
Triggered by a baked bean on her best friend’s face, Meadhbh is forced to question their connection – and whether there’s anything left of it at all.
Director/Producer: Hiram Harrington
Writer: Síofra O’Meara
Playing Peter
When Peter agrees to take part in a clandestine plot of industrial sabotage, he is forced to confront himself and the roles he plays in different relationships.
Director/Writer: Michael Barwise
Producers: Seán Mullan, Michael Barwise
Swimmer
A film that delves into trauma and the imagination, revealing how fear shapes the mind’s eye and gives form to the darkest phantasms.
Director/Writer: Helen Warner
Producers: Jon Beer, Mona Khanzaya
Bigfoot Lover
A heartbroken and lonely Cute is struggling to escape self-destructive patterns in her love life when she meets Bigfoot.
Director/Writer: Megan Murphy
Producer: Conor McCormick
Save Me from Heaven
With the help of a kind software engineer, a brave young woman must remember who she is in order to save herself from being deleted by a virtual version of heaven.
Director/Writer: Seán Treacy
Producers: Seán Treacy, Tom Hopkins
Field Queens
In rural Ireland, two teenage girls spend a volatile day with a bus driver’s wife after a drunken mishap the previous night.
Director/Writer: Áine Ryan
Producer: David Butler
Aonar
Hidden away on a floating stage amidst increasing peril, a dancer struggles with loss and loneliness.
Director/Producer/Writer: Maximilian Claussen