IRISH FICTION 3
Fri 10 July | 09:30 | Town Hall Theatre | 98′
Dark comedy, high-stakes suspense, and evocative drama merge in these stories as they explore the absurdities and emotional depths of the human experience.
Films in our programme can include mature themes/adult content. Viewer discretion is advised.
I am a Piece of Shit
A piece-of-shit man finds it difficult to express himself properly, and to live. He makes a final phone call, then goes for a run and a jump into a lake.
Director/Writer: Mícheál Fleming
Producers: Chloe Commins, Mícheál Fleming
Break Clause
House hunting in London has already pushed Barry and Alex to the edge. Then they meet an eccentric landlord at a viewing gone off the rails.
Director: Laura Prendergast
Producers/Writers: Laura Prendergast, Dan Sullivan
Nostalgie
A faded 80s pop star is invited to perform at an event in Northern Ireland. Hoping to recapture his glory days, he instead encounters a disturbing truth that changes everything.
Director: Kathryn Ferguson
Producers: Kath Mattock, Marie Therese Mackle, Marc Robinson
Writer: Stacey Gregg
U Home?x
As Nancy walks home, the true crime podcast she’s listening to transforms her ordinary commute into something far more daunting.
Directors: Edel McCormick, Erin O’Rawe
Producer: Anna Callan
Writer: Martha Dunlea
So You Are Going to Die
A young Belfast man meets his estranged dad to tell him of his terminal Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis, and they are forced to put their differences aside.
Director: Oisin Kearney
Producers: Connor Richmond, Rachel Logan-Fee
Writers: Michael Patrick, Oisin Kearney
Lucky Liam
Taken to a forest to be killed, Lucky Liam sees a chance to survive when a rookie hitman awkwardly interrupts the execution.
Directors: Thomas Hefferon, TJ Hundtofte
Producers: Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Lorcan O’Hanlon, TJ Hundtofte
Writer: TJ Hundtofte
HRTeaze
As Annie, a trans woman aspiring to global pop superstardom, performs a song about her experience accessing HRT, memories of invasive medical scrutiny resurface.
Director: MK Quane
Producers: MK Quane, Dean O’Sullivan
Writer: Annie Sherry
Newtown Boys
In Tramore, County Waterford, a young boy fostered out from a local convent discovers the meaning of adventure when he becomes part of the Rafferty family.
Director: Niamh Bryson
Producer: Emily Power
Writer: Heather O’Sullivan