RIP TO THE RESCUE!

In the post-apocalyptic Irish midlands an overconfident American jet pilot tries to rescue a beautiful young woman from her domineering Mammy - but 'round here - getting involved with family can be deadly.

Director: Paudie Baggott
Writer: Cian McGarrigle
Producer: Sarah Barr
Starring: Ryan Stanger, Clare Monnelly, Rosemary Henderson
Duration: 14mins 30sec 

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​SAVING GRACE

After Grace's husband dies, their once thriving music venue becomes silent and now only frequented by her best friend Jess and her loyal customer Jim. They are forced out of this rut when they face losing one of the trio.

Director: Siobhán Kavanagh
Writer: Siobhán Kavanagh
Producer: Dawn McAllister
Starring: Maria McDermotteroe, Helen Roche, Pete Cummins
Duration: 13mins

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​​DEVOLVED

Shot during isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic, and directed remotely over Zoom ‘Devolved’ introduces us to Adam, a fastidious and work-proud customer care representative for a healthcare company. Adam is a man who defines himself by his work, and the difference he makes in his customers’ lives, to the point where he has built his entire routine around how best to help them when they need. So what happens when a pandemic rolls around, locks him in his home and strips him of his sole raison d’etre?

Director: Colin Fleming
Writer: Adam Brennan
Producers: Colin Fleming, Adam Brennan, Jack Brennan
Starring: Adam Brennan
Duration: 8mins

​DUCK EGG BLUE

Sinead needs to leave work and catch a plane. Enter Mark, her boss, drunk, emotional with a can of petrol. Followed closely by Abi and Jace, a married couple at war with each other.

Director: Margaret Kane-Rowe
Writer: Margaret Kane-Rowe
Producer: Richard Kearney
Starring: Hayley McCormack, Colin Walsh, Niall Moore, Maureen O'Connell
​Duration: 10mins

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​TWO CATS

In the aftermath of her brother’s death, a young girl tries to scatter his ashes despite the intentions of some suspect mourners.

Director: John Morton
Writer: John Morton
Producer: Alan Slattery
Starring: Aoibhin Murphy, Peter McGann, Amy Dunne, Ed Murphy
Duration: 11min 32sec

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​DON'TS OF CYCLING FOR WOMEN

What not to do when cycling when one finds oneself to be a 'lady'.

Writer/Director/Producer: Elaine Gallagher
Starring: Elaine Gallagher, Emmet Kelly
​Duration: 2mins 10sec

​THE WORK PARTY

A black Comedy with a very un-PC man! Ger invites the new employee Chris over to his apartment one evening for a work party, but Ger's enthusiasm and intense nature start to become too much for Chris to handle.
​ Maybe they aren't 'TWO BIG GORILLAS'.

Writer/Director/Producer: Steve McKenna
Starring: Luke Corcoran, Mark Coffey
​Duration: 21min 49sec

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​​MOTHER

They said there’s no replacement for a mother’s love... Galway Film Centre/RTÉ and Character Films present MOTHER. Hardworking mam Grace has the perfect happy family; a loving husband and two wonderful children. But when her husband arrives home one day with a brand new kitchen appliance, she slowly starts to realize that there might not be room for both of them in this house. Mother is a quirky, surrealist comedy that will lead you to question, just how necessary are you to the ones you love?

Director: Natasha Waugh
Writer: Jonathan Hughes
Producer: Sharon Cronin
Cast: Hilary Rose, Lochlann O'Mearain
​Duration: 9mins 24sec

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​KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN

When 6-year-old Elliot swaps his family's medication around, it causes more than just a few unwanted side effects.

Writer/Director: Cal McGhee
Producers: Cal McGhee, Paul Dunne, Colin Murphy
Starring: Andrea Kelly, Faolan Barry, Liam Gaffney, Brendan Farrell, Suzanne Cooper, Adam Redmond
Duration: 11mins 36sec

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BITCH

Becky, an emerging internet personality, dreams of being famous. However, after a video of her seemingly causing the death of her best-friend goes viral, she is catapulted into the world of infamy, and becomes reviled the world over.

Writer/Director: Daragh Moran
Producer: Mark Keane
Starring: Hilary Bowen-Walsh 
​Duration: 13mins
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LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA

A short mockumentary charting the struggles of 23 year old Grainne as she attempts to find true love during lockdown.

Writer/Director/Producer: Megan K. Fox
Starring: Fiona Bergin
​Duration: 4mins 57sec

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​A SENSE OF JOY

A cantankerous musician endeavours to break a magical curse by passing on a sense of joy to others; something which doesn't come naturally to him.

Writer/Director/Producer: Roisín Jones
Starring: Morgan C Jones & Dylan Tonge Jones
Duration: 6mins 24sec

​STREETS OF FURY

Max Punchface is only interested in two things - punching and kicking. His life takes a strange twist when he opens a portal to the peaceful world of Sheepland...

Director: Aidan McAteer
​Duration: 5mins

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​BE POSITIVE

Be Positive is a romantic comedy about a sad and unlucky man called Ben. 

Writer: Brian Durcan, T.C. de Witt
Director: Brian Durcan
Producer: Brian Durcan, Emer Gannon
Starring: Rob Reeves, Emer Gannon
Duration: 8mins 56sec

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​THE EARLY HOUSE

Following his father's unusual and sudden death, Glen is on a mission to go after those responsible.

Director: Derek O'Connor
Producer: Emily O'Callaghan
​Duration: 11mins 58sec

​THE LUDICROUSLY SLOW DEATH OF PAUL BASS

A self-professed 'famous' internet influencer faces a fate worse than limited wi-fi coverage when a skin deep cut forces him to confront his own mortality.

Writer/Director: Adam O'Byrne
Producers: Adam O'Byrne, Oisín Nolan, Oisín McFarland Smith
Starring: Oisín Nolan
Duration: 10mins

​CROOKED

A policeman is looking for a mob informant within his team. Spoiler: it’s obviously Frankie.

Writer/Director: Lochlann Dowd
Starring: Mark Lawrence, Dave Layde, Dale Leadon-Bolger, George Bracebridge
Duration: 6mins 18sec

​EVERYTHING LOOKS BETTER IN THE SUNSHINE

Patsy (50) is an anomaly, a friendly and well-liked traffic warden! He meets his friend Wanda (28) and they chat about dating and his lack of it! He goes on with his work and while crossing the road (and simultaneously on Tinder!) he’s hit by a lady on a bike, with a basket full of flowers. She nervously gets up and flees the scene, leaving one flower behind. Wanda picks Patsy up and realizes he now has an incredible sense of smell. 

Directors: Jonathan Farrelly & Mark Smyth
Writers: Jonathan Farrelly & Mark Smyth
Producer: Ronan Cassidy
Starring: Pat McDonnell
Duration: 12mins 37sec

OPERATOR

A self-obsessed call centre worker deals with a personal heartbreak while on shift as the world crumbles around him... due to a zombie apocalypse.

Writer/Director/Producer: Jonathan Hughes
Starring: Lennon Clarke
Duration: 11mins

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​BOXED IN

A short film about broadening your horizons.

Writer: Brian Matthews Murphy
Director: David Keeling
Producer: Brian Matthews Murphy
Starring: Gerry Cannon, Brian Matthews Murphy, Bobby Calloway
Duration: 6mins 55sec

BE MINDFUL

Be Mindful is a comedy about mindfulness. Two characters decide to start mindfulness to improve their life but it will actually make things worse.

Writer/Director: Claire Issartel
Producer: Kino D Dublin
Starring: Silvana Benedetto
Duration: 4mins 55sec

MARY! MARY! MARY!

Strange happenings occur in a Midlands town as a filmmaker and a professor investigate the death of Mary Ward, the first person in the world to die in a car accident in 1869.

Director: Conor Tobin
Writer: Claire Millane, Silvana Benedetto
Producers: Claire Millane, Silvana Benedetto
Starring: Claire Blennerhassett, Claire Millane, Eamonn Elliott, Milo Denison, Silvana Benedetto
​Duration: 8mins 34sec

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LAW & CALL HER

A douchebag and his 'sweet girl' battle it out in "court" when their love connection goes wrong.

Director: Anna Czarska, Vince Breheny
Writer: Vince Breheny
Producer: Anna Czarska
Starring: Christina Mahony, Aidan O'Sullivan
​Duration: 7mins 41 sec

​MY SHORT FILM; A DOCUMENTARY

2 friends have 2 weeks until the deadline to submit their short film.
This is a behind the scenes look & the making of said short film.

Director: Cameron Mason
Writers: Cameron Mason, Jake Kelly
Producers: Cameron Mason, Jake Kelly
Starring: Cameron Mason, Jake Kelly, Killian Nally, Man-E Kerr, Paul Price, Alanna D. Merriman, Sarah Yeates
Duration: 30mins

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​BINGO!

The story of the local Priest Fr. Feely, trying to raise funds to “Save our Spire” goes astray when the cash gets stolen by a hapless couple of ejits…
Mayhem ensues as they are pursued by the bingo caller “Bingo Ball” and his side kick “Boo Boo”.
When Fr. Feely loses the plot and goes off the rails he is comforted by the local Exotic dancer “Boo Betty”…..

Writer/Director/Producer: Zeff Lawless
Starring: Zeff Lawless, Gerry Cannon
​Duration: 17mins 42 sec

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​DROP THE HAND

Comedy drama short film set among the Irish community and building sites of 1980s Reading, Berkshire.

Writer/Director/Producer: Simon O'Neill, Sarah Janalli, Terri Hems Anderson
Starring: Donal Gallery, Lauren Cardiff
​Duration: 23mins 10sec

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​THE SPARK

​What happens when it all goes stale.

Writer/Director/Producer: Alan Buckley
​Starring: Alan Buckley, Amy Potter, Eddie Jackson
Duration: 18mins 34sec

​POGONOPHOBIA

Might sound funny, but there are people out there dealing with this bizarre affliction. CYRIL is one of those unfortunate few. 

Director: Thomas Ryan
Writer: Damian Ryan
Producer: Victor McGowan
Starring: Abe Smyth, Tara Flynn, Jenny Dixon
​Duration: 15mins 26sec

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​HAPPY MEAL

During a meal in celebration of her birthday, a woman reflects on her life and the choices that she's made. Her dinner guest listens attentively as she reaches a decision about her future that surprises them both.

Writer/Director: Cathal Feeney
Starring: Silvana Benedetto, Milo Denison
​Duration: 10mins

​Two brilliant films from RADE

​"The Man in the Chair"
&
"The Girl in the Window"

Two brilliant films from RADE

RADE (recovery through art, drama, education) is a community employment training scheme where participants engage daily in a variety of workshops: Drama, Dance, Film, Creative Writing, Art, Tai Chi, Relapse Prevention, Yoga. 

​Director: Gary Boyd
Writer: Rodney Lee

The Man in the Chair Cast:
Daniel Lynch, Paul O'Loughlin, Marc Mc Donnell, Geraldine Owens, John O'Callahan
Duration: 10mins

The Girl in the Window Cast: 
Seán Kelly, Mark Mc Donnell, Thomas Pepper, Brian Murphy, Mary Killeen
Duration: 11mins 29sec

​CULTURED

When Johnny, an unemployed hipster, stumbles across his latest passion project, he becomes obsessed with baking the perfect loaf of sourdough bread. As he delves deeper and deeper into his bread making he clashes with his girlfriend, Mary, who just wants him to get a real job. When Johnny discovers that his local supermarket is holding a contest for the best loaf of bread in Ireland, he becomes unhinged, taking on the persona of a mad scientist which results in devastating consequences.

Directors: Brian Robinson, Dáire McNab
Writer: Brian Robinson
Producers: Ken Williams, Denis Fitzpatrick, Brian Robinson
Starring: Brian Robinson, Charlene Gleeson
Duration: 14mins 14sec
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ARA SPEAKERS

Slacker Gerard has a hard time doing nothing in a short comedy set in Dublin.

Writer/Director/Producer: Gerard Faherty
Starring: Gerard Faherty, Rey Fortune, Ste Maguire
Duration: 11mins 47sec

​MAIDENS

In the 40s, Eamon De Valera outlined a vision of Ireland. He envisaged maidens dancing at every crossroad. This is the untold story of those maidens.

Writer/Director/Producer: Conor Tobin
Starring: Saoirse Doyle, Cristina Ryan, Tom Creevy
​Duration: 3mins 31sec