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GOD'S CREATURES
DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer
Released: 2023
SYNOPSIS
In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic..... Read More
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BREAKING OUT
DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Michael McCormack
Released: 2021
SYNOPSIS
Fergus O’Farrell was the charismatic voice of Interference, one of the most compelling and influential bands to emerge from the Irish music scene in the 1990s. He was best known for his timeless song “GOLD” which featured in the soundtrack to ONCE, the Oscar-winning film and multi-Tony-award-winning musical. Despite being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at a young age, through it all, Fergus had to keep singing. His unique talent and love for life inspired a generation of songwriters. Oscar-winner Glen Hansard was one of those songwriters and never forgot that voice, and in one of the many incredible moments in Breaking Out, he performs the ultimate... Read More
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HERSELF
DRAMA
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Released: 2021
SYNOPSIS
Herself follows the story of Sandra (Clare Dunne), who on the surface of it, is a young Mum struggling to provide her two young daughters with a warm, safe, happy home to grow up in. Beneath the surface, Sandra has a steely determination to change their lives for the better and when it becomes clear that there are no other options left to her, she decides to build it herself from scratch, drawing together a community of friends to support her. Supporting cast includes Emmy nominated Harriet Walter (Succession, Killing Eve) and Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones). Herself was directed by Phyllida Lloyd... Read More
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CALM WITH HORSES
CRIME DRAMA
Directed by Nick Rowland
Released: 2020
SYNOPSIS
Ex-boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis LADY MACBETH, PEAKY BLINDERS) is the faithful and violent right-hand-man to the drug-dealing Devers clan, ready to dole out beatings at the whim of his best friend, and the family’s unpredictable protégé, Dympna (Barry Keoghan DUNKIRK, AMERICAN ANIMALS). Arm’s struggle to find his place in the world has consequences on his relationship with his ex-girlfriend Ursula (Niamh Algar THE VIRTUES, THE LAST RIGHT) as she strives to find a better life for herself and their young son Jack.... Read More
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THE CHERRY ORCHARD
EVENT CINEMA
Directed by Garry Hynes
Released: 2020
SYNOPSIS
Bringing together one of the world’s great classic plays with one of Ireland’s greatest writers, Druid presents Tom Murphy’s version of Chekhov’s masterpiece. Directed by Garry Hynes, with the acclaimed creative team behind DruidShakespeare, this production will feature a large company of actors, starring Derbhle Crotty and other leading members of the Druid Ensemble. Druid’s production of The Cherry Orchard, a play about land, legacy, and the struggle between tradition and change, will be the first major production of Tom Murphy’s work since his death in 2018.
A BUMP ALONG THE WAY
DRAMA
Directed by Shelly Love
Released: 2019
SYNOPSIS
A Bump Along the Way tells the story of fun-loving, 44-year-old single mum Pamela (Bronagh Gallagher) who becomes pregnant following a boozy one-night-stand with a man half her age, much to the shame of her buttoned-up teenage daughter Allegra (Lola Petticrew). As Pamela deals with her unexpected pregnancy and the growing pains of the disgruntled Allegra, the challenges they both face ultimately bring mother and daughter to a better understanding of themselves and each other.
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THE DIG
DRAMA THRILLER
Directed by Andy & Ryan Tohill
Released: 2019
SYNOPSIS
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan (Moe Dunford) returns home to find Sean (Loran Cranitch), his victim's father, searching for the body on an endless bog. When Callahan asks the local police to remove the man from his land, he soon realises that the police and community want the killer in their midst gone for good. With no memory of the murder and no way of stopping Sean, Callahan decides his only option is to help him dig.
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THE LITTLE STRANGER
DRAMA HORROR
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Released: 2018
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THE LITTLE STRANGER tells the story of Dr Faraday, the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During the long hot summer of 1948, he is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall, where his mother once worked. The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries. But it is now in decline and its inhabitants mother, son and daughter are haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life. When he takes on his new patient, Faraday has no idea how closely, and how disturbingly, the family’s story is about to become entwined with his own.
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DUBLIN OLDSCHOOL
DRAMA
Directed by Dave Tynan
Released: 2018
SYNOPSIS
DUBLIN OLDSCHOOL tells the story of Jason, a wannabe DJ, on a drug-fuelled trip through the streets of Dublin as he stumbles from one session to another. Somewhere between the DJs, decks, and drug busts he stumbles across a familiar face from the past, his brother Daniel. Daniel, an educated heroin addict, is living on the streets. The brothers haven’t seen or spoken to each other in years but over a lost weekend they reconnect and reminisce over raves, tunes and their troubled past. Two brothers living very different lives might have more in common than they think.
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ROSIE
DRAMA
Directed by Paddy Breathnach
Released: 2018
SYNOPSIS
Award-winning Irish novelist Roddy Doyle brings his signature brand of warmth and authenticity to a modern story of a Dublin family who has found themselves with nowhere left to go. Hailed as the most important Irish film of the year, ROSIE follows a young mother as she searches to find a room for the night for her family – a tense race against time as the hours count down and their options run out.Set over 36 hours, ROSIE tracks a normal family faced with impossible choices and exposes just how easy it is to slip through the cracks. Directed by Paddy Breathnach and starring Sarah Greene (Black 47, Penny Dreadful) and Moe Dunford (Vikings, Handsome Devil), ROSIE is a cinematic tour de force about love, family and how you protect your children when you have nowhere to call home.
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I, DOLORES
DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Maurice Sweeney
Released: 2018
SYNOPSIS
A cinematic yet intimate and complex portrait of Dolours Price, militant IRA activist, hunger striker and dissident Republican who, two years before she died, gave a filmed interview on the condition that it would not be broadcast in her lifetime. Now for the first time her story can be told in full and entirely in her own words.
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THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
DRAMA THRILLER
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Released: 2017
SYNOPSIS
Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) and their two exemplary children, 12-year-old Bob (Sunny Suljian) and 14-year-old Kim (Raffey Cassidy). Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin (Barry Keoghan), a fatherless teen who Steven has covertly taken under his wing. As Martin begins insinuating himself into the family’s life in ever-more unsettling displays, the full scope of his intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a long forgotten transgression that will shatter the Murphy family's domestic bliss.
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THE DELINQUENT SEASON
DRAMA
Directed by Mark O'Rowe
Released: 2017
SYNOPSIS
Two middle-class Dublin couples find their seemingly idyllic lives and marriages unravelling at the seams after an altercation causes cracks to appear in both relationships.
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MAKING THE GRADE
DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Ken Wardrop
Released: 2017
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MAKING THE GRADE invites us into the world of the piano lesson. Every year teachers and students throughout Ireland prepare for graded musical exams. These exams can be pleasing for some but daunting for others. Each student has their own particular goal but reaching Grade Eight is considered a pinnacle. This endearing and uplifting documentary explores the bond between piano teachers and their pupils as they struggle through these grades. This is a story of the transformative power of music and the pride and happiness it provides both the students and teachers. It may inspire us all to keep making the grade.
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THE LOBSTER
COMEDY DRAMA
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Released: 2015
SYNOPSIS
A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man (Colin Farrell) escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules. THE LOBSTER also stars Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman and Ben Winshaw.
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THE GUARD
COMEDY DRAMA
Directed by John Michael McDonagh
Released: 2011
SYNOPSIS
A no-nonsense FBI agent has to deal with an irreverent Irish cop when he travels to a small town in Ireland to investigate a drug trafficking case.
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HIS & HERS
DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Ken Wardrop
Released: 2009
SYNOPSIS
A documentary which chronicals a ninety-year love story, through the collective voice of seventy ladies.
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HAPPENING
DRAMA THRILLER
Directed by Audrey Diwan
Released: 2022 on behalf of Picturehouse Entertainment
SYNOPSIS
France, 1963, Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her pregnancy progressing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.
Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival and now BAFTA nominated, Happening is the acclaimed new film from Audrey Diwan... Read More
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VICKY
DOCUMENTARY
Directed by Sasha King
Released: 2022
SYNOPSIS
In 2018 on the steps of the High Court in Dublin, Vicky Phelan gave a now infamous address where she exposed one of the worst women’s health scandals in Irish History, the CervicalCheck debacle. VICKY is a profound and intimate journey into not only her fight to expose the truth of what happened for all women but also her own personal fight to stay alive.... Read More
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