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Access to all Documentary film screenings.

1) Three Generations of Queers

This is an overview of the lives of three queers from different generations in Ireland.

Director: Bernie Masterson
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:56:55
Premiere:
Connacht




2) Plastic Paddy

Dominik Hruby is just your ordinary, run of the mill traditional Irish musician except... he's German and only ever been to Ireland once on holiday.

Director: Tony Kelly
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:13:03




3) Good Fences?

Belfast photographer Frankie Quinn continues his 25 year journey to document the Peacewalls of Belfast.

Director: Tom Callahan
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Runtime:
00:20:28
Premiere:
Irish




4) Where's the Craic?

The town of Sligo on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way has more live music than anywhere else in the country, and that’s saying something. Perhaps it’s something intrinsic in the culture that gives rise to this remarkable gift.

Director: Lauren Hakulinen
Country of Origin: France
Runtime:
01:12:00
Premiere:
Irish




5) FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: Turning Negatives Into Positives

The people of Lesotho — a highland country surrounded by South Africa — face a variety of difficult challenges, yet, a wealth of artists have mastered a talent for resurrection, developing the skill to creatively turn negatives into positives.

Director: lara Lee
Country of Origin: United States
Runtime:
00:24:30




6) Súile na Farraige

‘Suile na Farraige’ (Ocean’s Eyes) is a three-part collaborative documentary series rolled into one, created on the South West Coast of Ireland, that explores the profound and wonderful connection that humans have with the sea.

Director: Finbarr O'Donovan, Stephen Fogarty and Donncha Ó Siochrú
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:27:24
Premiere:
Republic of Ireland




7) Ramboy

On Achill Island, Cian hopes to spend his summer holidays playing football with his friends. For his grandfather Martin, though, this is the right time to introduce him to work on the farm.

Director: Matthias Joulaud, Lucien Roux
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Runtime:
00:30:00




8) Beyond The White

Three villages combined in one timeless space – somewhere beyond the polar circle. The hamlets Tetrino, Chavanga and Kuzomen seem to head toward the fate of so many other villages all over Russia: a slow but inevitable extinction.

Director: Evgeny Kalachikhin
Country of Origin: Germany
Runtime:
01:30:17
Premiere:




9) Out of Place

A meditation on the role music plays in building community, exploring the tensions that emerge when musicians struggle to carve out a space for themselves in their city.

Director: Graham Patterson
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
01:11:00
Premiere:
Mayo




10) Gassi Gassi

The life and problems of Lucy, an iranian dog in Iran.

Director: Solmaz Gholami
Country of Origin: Islamic Republic of Iran
Runtime:
00:11:05




11) Tadhg

Tadhg is 10 years old and his name means 'story-teller' in Irish. His story is one of cold water swimming, the calm of forests and mountains, refugee journeys across the seas, post-punk adventures with his best friend, Grace and wishing he was a seal.

Director: Caoimhe Butterly
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:10:35
Premiere:
Connacht




12) A Stone Place

‘A Stone Place’, is a visual journey showcasing a unique rock that is quarried on the side of the biggest cliffs in Europe and that has created the aesthetic of a small rural town in the west of Ireland.

Director: James Skerritt
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:09:15
Premiere:
Mayo




13) Focail Nua (New Words)

Focail Nua (New Words) is a celebration of the vitality and tolerance of the Irish language, the terms accepted, those discarded and all the regional and traditional complexities in-between that make language relevant.

Director: Andrew Keogh
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:12:18
Premiere:
Mayo




14) Halted

Halted focuses on four ordinary Traveller people and lets them tell their stories in their own ways.

Director: Robert Tyrrell
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:12:41
Premiere:
Mayo




15) Resonant Frequency

Resonant Frequency is a short film about community and radio set in Dublin, Ireland.

Director: Johnny Savage
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:08:20
Premiere:
World



16) Dropping In

On a small island off the west of Ireland a clique of skateboarding children requested a better and safer environment to practice away from the steep hills and narrow gravelly roads.

Director: John P Lyons
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:16:08




17) Personal Space

The connection between physical and personal space is explored through captivating vignettes of intriguing contributors in this poetic short documentary.

Director: Blathnaid Ryan, Moni Obuhoff, Ruairi McNamara
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:12:37




18) Ireland’s Last Matchmaker

Ireland's Last Matchmaker is a meditative and quirky film centred around a larger than life character called Willie Daly, 80, whose occupation is to find the lonely farmers of county Clare a loving partner.

Director: Sam Howard
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Runtime:
00:17:00
Premiere:
Republic of Ireland

Access to all Documentary film screenings.

1) Three Generations of Queers

This is an overview of the lives of three queers from different generations in Ireland.

Director: Bernie Masterson
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:56:55
Premiere:
Connacht




2) Plastic Paddy

Dominik Hruby is just your ordinary, run of the mill traditional Irish musician except... he's German and only ever been to Ireland once on holiday.

Director: Tony Kelly
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:13:03




3) Good Fences?

Belfast photographer Frankie Quinn continues his 25 year journey to document the Peacewalls of Belfast.

Director: Tom Callahan
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Runtime:
00:20:28
Premiere:
Irish




4) Where's the Craic?

The town of Sligo on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way has more live music than anywhere else in the country, and that’s saying something. Perhaps it’s something intrinsic in the culture that gives rise to this remarkable gift.

Director: Lauren Hakulinen
Country of Origin: France
Runtime:
01:12:00
Premiere:
Irish




5) FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: Turning Negatives Into Positives

The people of Lesotho — a highland country surrounded by South Africa — face a variety of difficult challenges, yet, a wealth of artists have mastered a talent for resurrection, developing the skill to creatively turn negatives into positives.

Director: lara Lee
Country of Origin: United States
Runtime:
00:24:30




6) Súile na Farraige

‘Suile na Farraige’ (Ocean’s Eyes) is a three-part collaborative documentary series rolled into one, created on the South West Coast of Ireland, that explores the profound and wonderful connection that humans have with the sea.

Director: Finbarr O'Donovan, Stephen Fogarty and Donncha Ó Siochrú
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:27:24
Premiere:
Republic of Ireland




7) Ramboy

On Achill Island, Cian hopes to spend his summer holidays playing football with his friends. For his grandfather Martin, though, this is the right time to introduce him to work on the farm.

Director: Matthias Joulaud, Lucien Roux
Country of Origin: Switzerland
Runtime:
00:30:00




8) Beyond The White

Three villages combined in one timeless space – somewhere beyond the polar circle. The hamlets Tetrino, Chavanga and Kuzomen seem to head toward the fate of so many other villages all over Russia: a slow but inevitable extinction.

Director: Evgeny Kalachikhin
Country of Origin: Germany
Runtime:
01:30:17
Premiere:




9) Out of Place

A meditation on the role music plays in building community, exploring the tensions that emerge when musicians struggle to carve out a space for themselves in their city.

Director: Graham Patterson
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
01:11:00
Premiere:
Mayo




10) Gassi Gassi

The life and problems of Lucy, an iranian dog in Iran.

Director: Solmaz Gholami
Country of Origin: Islamic Republic of Iran
Runtime:
00:11:05




11) Tadhg

Tadhg is 10 years old and his name means 'story-teller' in Irish. His story is one of cold water swimming, the calm of forests and mountains, refugee journeys across the seas, post-punk adventures with his best friend, Grace and wishing he was a seal.

Director: Caoimhe Butterly
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:10:35
Premiere:
Connacht




12) A Stone Place

‘A Stone Place’, is a visual journey showcasing a unique rock that is quarried on the side of the biggest cliffs in Europe and that has created the aesthetic of a small rural town in the west of Ireland.

Director: James Skerritt
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:09:15
Premiere:
Mayo




13) Focail Nua (New Words)

Focail Nua (New Words) is a celebration of the vitality and tolerance of the Irish language, the terms accepted, those discarded and all the regional and traditional complexities in-between that make language relevant.

Director: Andrew Keogh
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:12:18
Premiere:
Mayo




14) Halted

Halted focuses on four ordinary Traveller people and lets them tell their stories in their own ways.

Director: Robert Tyrrell
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:12:41
Premiere:
Mayo




15) Resonant Frequency

Resonant Frequency is a short film about community and radio set in Dublin, Ireland.

Director: Johnny Savage
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:08:20
Premiere:
World



16) Dropping In

On a small island off the west of Ireland a clique of skateboarding children requested a better and safer environment to practice away from the steep hills and narrow gravelly roads.

Director: John P Lyons
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:16:08




17) Personal Space

The connection between physical and personal space is explored through captivating vignettes of intriguing contributors in this poetic short documentary.

Director: Blathnaid Ryan, Moni Obuhoff, Ruairi McNamara
Country of Origin: Ireland
Runtime:
00:12:37




18) Ireland’s Last Matchmaker

Ireland's Last Matchmaker is a meditative and quirky film centred around a larger than life character called Willie Daly, 80, whose occupation is to find the lonely farmers of county Clare a loving partner.

Director: Sam Howard
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Runtime:
00:17:00
Premiere:
Republic of Ireland

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