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Indelibly woven into the rich cultural heritage of the nation, the arts in their entirety make Ireland a better place to live. The Irish film, animation and TV industry forms a central part of the creative industries in Ireland. One only has to look back at the sense of pride throughout the country at Ireland’s Academy Awards® success this year to see how integral film has become to our nation’s cultural identity.
Film offers us audiovisual narratives, not only ones that mirror our lives and tell our past and present stories, but also narratives that look to new and exciting imaginings and futures. But it is not just the contribution of film to our intellectual, social and cultural life that is important; there are huge employment opportunities in the industries — opportunities for talented people in film, television, animation, and creative computer games.
This year we launched our five-year strategy ‘Building on Success’ — detailing our ambitious vision and plans for the role of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) within the thriving Irish film, animation and TV industry. We also welcomed a much-needed increase in funding for 2017 to meet the need to support and develop the next generation of storytellers and filmmakers. However, we remain ambitious for the sector and we will continue to call for restoration of funding to pre-recession levels.
The IFB is proud to continue supporting Irish creative talent in the film, animation and TV industry and we remain focused on ensuring this support reflects our goals in achieving gender equality and diversity in the coming years.
The term of the current Board of the IFB ends in January 2017 and I would like to pay tribute to the tremendous hard work and commitment of the Board over the last four years. It has been my honour to serve as Chair of the Board and to work with the IFB staff and the film industry on many great initiatives.
Dr Annie Doona Chair Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board
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Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) is the national development agency for Irish filmmaking and the Irish film, television and animation industry, investing in talent, creativity and enterprise. The agency supports writers, directors and production companies across these sectors by providing investment loans for the development, production and distribution of film, television and animation projects.
The agency also supports and promotes the Irish screen industries at major international markets and festivals, promotes inward investment, Ireland as a location for international production and provides support for companies filming on location in Ireland. The agency manages Screen Training Ireland, the national training and development resource created specifically for the Irish screen sectors.
Chief Executive James Hickey
Deputy Chief Executive Teresa McGrane
Business & Legal Affairs — Financial Controller Celine Forde
Business & Legal Affairs Co-ordinator Aileen McCauley
Executive Assistant: Business & Legal Affairs Gráinne Kernan
Production, Development & Distribution — Project Managers Mary Callery, Lesley McKimm,
Keith Potter
Production & Distribution Manager Emma Scott
Production & Development Executive Sarah Dillon
Schemes & Applications Co-ordinator Jill McGregor
Executive Assistant: Production & Development Jade Murphy
Marketing — Marketing & Communications Manager Louise Ryan
Marketing Executive Mags O’Sullivan
Chief Executive Introduction 04
Industry Highlights 2016 06
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Irish Features 14
Good Favour 16
Kissing Candice 18
MAZE 20
The Belly of the Whale 22
Song of Granite 24
The Breadwinner 26
Delinquent Season 28
The Drummer and the Keeper 30
Michael Inside 32
The Lodgers 34
The Third Wave 36
Black ’47 38
Halal Daddy 40
Aithrí/Penance 42
The Flag 44
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Feature Co-Productions 46
Mary Shelley 48
Return to Montauk 50
Muse 52
In Production 53
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Animation TV 54
Becca’s Bunch 56
Brewster the Rooster 57
Gilbert & Sadie 58
Harry & Bip 59
I’m a Fish 60
MyaGo 61
The Day Henry Met 61
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Feature Documentaries 62
Elián 64
Outside The Factory 66
Grace Jones:
The Musical Of My Life 68
In the Name of Peace:
John Hume in America 70
Kevin Roche:
The Quiet Architect 71
Condemned to Remember 72
Haunted — One Woman’s Story
of Life and Death in the IRA 73
Butterfly City 74
The Silver Branch 75
Ceausescu & I 76
Strange Occurrences
in a Small Irish Village 77
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Short Films 78
Second To None 80
The Lost Letter 80
St. Patrick’s Day 81
The Welfare of
Tomás Ó Hallissy 81
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Released in 2016 82
Room 84
The Young Offenders 84
Sing Street 85
Viva 85
A Date For Mad Mary 86
Love & Friendship 86
Bobby Sands: 66 Days 87
Mattress Men 87
Last Hijack 88
Mom & Me 88
Crash and Burn 89
Mammal 89
My Name is Emily 90
Traders 90
The Flag 91
Atlantic 91
Dare to be Wild 92
I Am Not A Serial Killer 92
Moscow Never Sleeps 93
The Land of the Enlightened 93
Strange Occurrences in
a Small Irish Village 94
The Price of Desire 94
The Truth Commissioner 95
Strangerland 95
Film Directory 96
About U
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Contents
Irish Film Commission — Inward Production Manager Steven Davenport
Administration
— Executive Assistant Niamh O’Reilly
Training — Training Executive: Business & Enterprise
Helen McMahon
Training Executive: Creativity & Creative Collaboration Gráinne Bennett
Training Executive: Production & Technical Sorcha Loughane
Training Co-ordinator Emer MacAvin
Finance Executive Susanne Cassells
Communications Executive Críona Sexton
Production Catalogue Co-ordinated by Gráinne Curtin and assisted by Jamie Tuohy
Board Members — Dr Annie Doona (Chair), Seamus Deasy, Katie Holly,
Kate O’Toole, John Rice, Maurice Sweeney
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Introduction
And it is not just one or two major films that have
broken through. Yes, IFB films received a record
number of Academy Awards® nominations this year
with Room and Brooklyn taking nine nominations
between them, including a Best Picture nod for
each film. Two of the eight best films at the Oscars
were Irish in 2016 — a phenomenal achievement.
But there are more IFB-funded films hot on their
heels, strongly resonating with Irish audiences.
First-time directors Peter Foott and Darren
Thornton produced two of the most talked-about
Irish films of the year with The Young Offenders
and A Date for Mad Mary respectively. Foott’s
wildly successful comedy grossed €1.2 million
at the Irish box office, with its stars Alex Murphy
and Chris Walley receiving international praise for
their performances. Meanwhile, a star was born in
personnel that make up the teams that make films,
TV animation and TV drama. The continued growth of
the sector depends on this investment. Our strength
is in our creativity and our creativity is in our people.
The IFB launched its Five-Year Strategic Plan
2016-2020 in July 2016, which focuses on vision
and leadership in the screen sector. The strategy
outlines our ambition to promote gender equality and
diversity, build audiences, develop and support screen
production through funding and creative initiatives,
develop and nurture talent and skills through training
and education and promote inward production.
New Irish films coming to the market in 2017
include Stephen Burke’s MAZE filmed in Cork and
starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Barry Ward,
Nora Twomey’s animated feature The Breadwinner
currently in production in Kilkenny, and Lance Daly’s
Black ’47 shooting in Connemara and Wicklow.
There are also a number of directorial debuts coming
through, including Mark O’Rowe’s Delinquent
Season starring Cillian Murphy and Andrew Scott,
and two Catalyst projects The Drummer and the
Keeper from Nick Kelly and Kissing Candice from
Aoife McArdle. We also have a number of strong
creative documentaries in the pipeline including Elián
from Ross McDonnell, Feargal Ward’s Outside The
Factory and Blinder Films’ Grace Jones: The Musical
Of My Life. The IFB continues to fund and develop
creative children’s animated television including
Jam Media’s Becca’s Brunch, Salty Dog’s Brewster
the Rooster and Brown Bag’s Gilbert & Sadie.
Over the last number of years, Ireland has undergone
a surge in inward production and this year saw Irish/
Canadian TV series, Vikings, continuing to film in
Ashford Studios in Wicklow, alongside the arrival
of major TV series Into the Badlands. The cast of
Star Wars Episode VIII arrived in Ireland to shoot
the latest episode in the saga, filming all along the
Wild Atlantic Way. Hollywood stars Mel Gibson
and Sean Penn visited Ireland to film the big-screen
adaptation of The Professor and the Madman,
shooting in iconic locations around Dublin and Mayo.
A new dedicated film studio, Troy Studios, is
opening in Limerick in early 2017 with the IFB and
Screen Training Ireland working on developing
skills and infrastructure in the region. The IFB is
working closely with the IDA and Enterprise Ireland
on developing Ireland as a screen content hub and
we will also be working with RTÉ and TG4 on the
production of films, TV drama and TV animation.
The Irish animation sector is continuing its global
expansion, illustrated by the special focus on
Ireland at Cartoon Forum in 2016, one of the world’s
leading pitching and co-production forums for
animated content, with a large number of new
Irish projects selected to pitch at the event. Irish
companies Brown Bag and Boulder Media are
now internationally owned and producing major
TV animation series for the world market.
The cutural industries received a major boost with
the launch of the Creative Ireland programme by
the Taoiseach and the Minister for Arts, with a
particular focus on developing Ireland as a centre
of excellence for media production. This includes
a series of initiatives putting culture and creativity
at the centre of Irish life and in the mainstream
of Irish policy-making. Part of the programme
includes the launch of the audiovisual sector report
commissioned by the Department of Arts working
in partnership with the IFB, the Department of
Communications and the Department of Jobs. The
report will be published in the second quarter of 2017
and will provide robust statistics and goals for the
audiovisual sector. It will also look at strategies to
promote growth and expansion across the sector.
2016 was a special year for Irish film and TV
animation, ending with four Golden Globe
nominations for Irish talent. It is living proof that
when supported, Irish creative talent flourishes
throughout the world, building on our reputation
for talent and creativity. We want to wish all
those working in Ireland’s creative industries even
greater success in 2017. Through supporting the
sector, we not only support the lifeblood of an
economy creating jobs and exports, but we help
to establish a platform for important and salient
narratives to be played out — together making
Ireland a greater place in which to work and live.
James HickeyChief ExecutiveBord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board
the form of Seána Kerslake as she wowed as the
troubled Mary in Thornton’s much-applauded film.
Two more IFB-funded films, The Lobster and
Love & Friendship, competed at the top of the US
independent box office charts in the summer of 2016.
John Carney’s Sing Street was included in almost
every major international listing of best films for 2016.
Global audiences enjoyed Irish films with worldwide
box office figures reaching to over $150 million.
This success is the culmination of the long-term
investment in Irish creative talent which has been
supported over the years by Bord Scannán na
hÉireann/the Irish Film Board. We must continue
to invest in Irish screenwriters, directors, creative
producers, animators, actors, designers, music
composers and performers and all the other creative
Worldwide audiences, international recognition and strong global box office figures — the Irish film, animation and TV drama industry is experiencing a period of unprecedented success. Over the past year, a host of projects funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) along with projects supported by Ireland’s tax credit have reached global audiences, solidifying Ireland’s reputation as a centre of artistic excellence.
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January —
Saoirse Ronan wins the Best
Actress award for Brooklyn
at the New York Film Critics’
Circle Awards.
Room and Brooklyn receive a
total of seven Academy Award®
nominations. Both films are
nominated for Best Picture and
Best Adapted Screenplay, while
Brie Larson and Saoirse Ronan
are also nominated for the Best
Actress award for their respective
roles in each film. Lenny
Abrahamson also receives a Best
Director nomination for Room.
Saoirse Ronan is awarded British/
Irish Actress of the Year at the
London Critics’ Circle Awards for
her performance in Brooklyn.
At the Critics’ Choice Movie
Awards in Los Angeles, Brie
Larson and Jacob Tremblay win
the Best Actress and Best Young
Actor awards respectively for
their performances in Room.
Seven Irish films are screened
at the Sundance Film Festival
including Sing Street, Love & Friendship, Viva, The Lobster, Mammal, The Land of the Enlightened and short
film A Coat Made Dark.
Tommy Pallotta and Femke
Wolting’s Last Hijack is released
in Irish cinemas.
February —
Room continues to achieve
awards season success with Brie
Larson winning a Golden Globe,
a BAFTA and a Screen Actors
Guild Best Actress Award while
Emma Donoghue is awarded
Best Screenplay at the Evening
Standard Film Awards.
Brooklyn also receives the BAFTA
for Outstanding British Film as
well as Best Film at the Evening
Standard Film Awards.
Mary Shelley begins principal
photography in Dublin and
Wicklow, while production beings
on Nick Kelly’s The Drummer and the Keeper.
Room is a major hit, taking €1.3
million at the Irish box office.
Irish animated series Puffin Rock, wins Best Animated
Series and Best New Series at
the Kidscreen Awards.
Declan Recks’ The Truth Commissioner and Kim
Farrant’s Strangerland are
released in Irish cinemas.
Screen Training Ireland supports
Irish female talent on the UK’s
most prestigious film mentoring
scheme, Guiding Lights.
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I Am Not A Serial Killer receives
its world premiere at SXSW with
How Was Your Day? winning Best
Narrative Short. Sing Street and
short film Geist are also screened.
Bobby Sands: 66 Days,
Mattress Men and The Land of the Enlightened all have
their world premieres at Hot
Docs Canadian International
Documentary Festival.
The Hallow wins Best Horror
at Empire Awards.
Rachael Moriarty and Peter
Murphy’s thriller Traders
and Rebecca Daly’s dramatic
feature Mammal are released
in Irish cinemas.
Dingle International Film Festival
and Animation Dingle take place.
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April —
You’re Ugly Too wins the
ZeBBie Award for Best Feature
Film Script.
Sing Street is released in the US
to strong box office figures.
Irish film One Million Dubliners
wins the Silver World Medal at the
2016 New York Festival’s World’s
Best TV & Film Awards.
Risteard Ó’Domhnaill’s Atlantic
open in Irish cinemas.
The Wall Street Journal calls
Irish film Viva a “perfect film and
a testament to the portability,
not to mention the universality,
of talent” and it is a critic’s pick
in the New York Times.
Alex Fegan’s Older Than Ireland
is released in US cinemas.
At the Cannes Film Market/
Marché du Film, FC Midnights
secures the North American
and Latin American distribution
rights to Billy O’Brien’s I Am Not A Serial Killer. NonStop
Entertainment picks up the rights
to prison-break story MAZE.
Irish actress Ruth Negga is a major
hit at the Cannes Film Festival,
walking the red carpet for Loving.
The Lobster and Love & Friendship top the US
independent box office.
Production begins on Cartoon
Saloon’s The Breadwinner.
The Fastnet Film Festival kicks
off in Cork, with Irish shorts How Was Your Day? and Geist being
awarded Best Drama and Best
Animation respectively.
Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship
and Mary McGuckian’s Eileen
Gray biopic The Price of Desire
are released in Irish cinemas.
VFX: Script to Screen 2016 —
a visual-effects training
programme by Screen Training
Ireland — begins.
May —
At Audi Dublin International
Film Festival (ADIFF), IFB
presents the world premiere
of After ’16, a collection of
nine shorts commissioned to
mark the centenary of the 1916
Easter Rising.
Jack O’Shea’s A Coat Made Dark is screened at the
Clermont-Ferrand International
Short Film Festival.
IFB and the IDA collaborate to
harness international focus on
Ireland in the run-up to the Oscars,
promoting Ireland as a production
and innovation destination.
Benjamin Cleary wins the
Academy Award® for Best Short
Film for Stutterer and Brie Larson
picks up the Academy Award® for
Best Actress in a Leading Role for
Room.
Viva wins the publicly voted
AUDI-ence award at ADIFF 2016
and takes home Best Irish Film at
the Dublin Film Critics’ Choice
Awards, where writer Mark
O’Halloran also receives the
George Byrne Maverick Award.
Geist is named Best Irish Short
while Atlantic wins Best Irish
Documentary.
Stephen Burke’s MAZE goes
into production in the recently
decommissioned Cork Prison.
Lucasfilm returns to Ireland to film
several sequences for the next
chapter in the Star Wars saga.
Simon Fitzmaurice’s My Name is Emily is released in Irish cinemas.
Room and Brooklyn are the big
winners at the 2016 IFTA Film
& TV Awards with other major
winners including Sing Street and Mom & Me.
My Name is Emily, Love & Friendship and You’re Ugly Too
all feature as part of the Irish
Spotlight line-up at Newport
Beach Film Festival, California.
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July —
IFB launches a five-year strategy,
Building on Success, following a
year of unprecedented critical and
commercial success for Irish film.
Several Irish films win awards at
the Galway Film Fleadh including
The Young Offenders and A Date for Mad Mary for joint Best Irish
Feature, Best International First
Feature for Moon Dogs, Best Irish
First Feature for Sanctuary and
Best Cinematography for It’s Not Yet Dark, which also wins Best
Irish Feature Documentary. Seána
Kerslake (A Date for Mad Mary) is
presented with the Bingham Ray
New Talent Award.
Frameworks shorts Second To None, The Bird and the Whale and The Lost Letter all receive
world premieres at the Galway
Film Fleadh.
A new Audiovisial Co-production
Treaty between Ireland and
Canada comes into force.
Ken Wardrop’s Mom & Me is
released in Irish cinemas.
Entertainment Weekly lists three
IFB-funded films, Viva, The Lobster and Sing Street in their
Top Ten Films of 2016.
June —
After filming along the Wild
Atlantic Way from Cork to
Donegal, the Irish leg of Star Wars: Episode VIII wraps.
The After ’16 shorts screen at the
National Museum of Ireland.
Crash and Burn, Bobby Sands: 66 Days, Mattress Men and The Land of the Enlightened are
screened at Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Two Irish short animations A Coat Made Dark and Geist are selected
for the Grand Competition in the
26th World Festival of Animated
Film – Animafest Zagreb.
The Edinburgh International Film
Festival opens with nine Irish
films in the selection including
Mom & Me, History’s Future,
The Last King, Moon Dogs, Tiger Raid, Viva, My Name is Emily, Mammal and a world premiere
for Lost in France.
Production begins on Irish
animated film The Overcoat, featuring the voice of Cillian
Murphy.
Conor McDermottroe’s Halal Daddy goes into production in
Sligo while Pat Collins’ Song of Granite goes into production
in Galway.
IFB welcomes Dr Annie Doona as
Chair designate after a nomination
by Minister Heather Humphreys.
Room’s Lenny Abrahamson,
Emma Donoghue, Nathan
Nugent and Ed Guiney are invited
to become members of The
Academy of Motion Pictures and
Sciences alongside Brooklyn’s
John Crowley, Cartoon Saloon’s
Nora Twomey, The Shore’s
Orlagh George and Stutterer’s
Benjamin Cleary.
August —
A Terrible Hullabaloo, The Party, A Coat Made Dark,
City of Roses, Geist and How Was Your Day? are all selected
for Encounters Short Film and
Animation Festival in Bristol.
The 10th Guth Gafa International
Documentary Festival opens in
Kells, Co. Meath, with screenings
of Bobby Sands: 66 Days, Crash and Burn and Mom & Me.
Bobby Sands: 66 Days breaks
Irish opening weekend box
office records, going on to take
in over €260,000.
Aoife Kelleher’s Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village and Paddy Breathnach’s
Viva are released in Irish cinemas.
Yorgos Lanthimos begins shooting
The Killing of a Sacred Deer with
Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman.
Aoife McArdle’s Catalyst project
Kissing Candice goes into
production in Louth and Dublin.
An unprecedented eight Irish
films are selected for the Toronto
International Film Festival: The Secret Scripture, Maudie, Unless,
Without Name, Handsome Devil, Brain on Fire, Forever Pure and
short film Second To None.
Maudie and short film A Coat Made Dark screen at Telluride
Film Festival.
Darren Thornton’s A Date for Mad Mary is released in Irish
cinemas with major acclaim for
Seána Kerslake.
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October —
Irish feature film The Lodgers
begins shooting in Wexford while
Frank Berry’s Michael Inside
begins shooting in Cork.
Screen Training Ireland and
Animation Skillnet launch the
VFX and Animation Graduate Traineeship Programme.
The Secret Scripture, I Am Not A Serial Killer, Without Name, A Date for Mad Mary, The Young Offenders and A Dark Song all
feature in the 60th edition of the
BFI London Film Festival.
Minister Humphreys announces
a budget increase of €2 million
for IFB.
Declan Recks’ The Flag and
Colm Quinn’s Mattress Men are
released in Irish cinemas.
Screen Training Ireland,
IFB and Troy Studios host a
special film industry open day
in Limerick including panel
discussions and seminars with
leading industry professionals
attended by over 1,000 people.
IFB supports the Ireland on Screen booth in partnership with
Enterprise Ireland at MIPCOM,
taking place in Cannes.
Billy O’Brien’s I Am Not A Serial Killer wins the prestigious
Audience Award at the Sitges
Official Fantàstic Film Festival.
Without Name receives four
awards at the Brooklyn Horror
Festival including Best Feature,
Best Director for Lorcan
Finnegan, Best Cinematography
for Piers McGrail and Best
Editing for Tony Cranstoun.
November —
December —
I Am Not A Serial Killer
receives three major British
Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
nominations including Best
Screenplay, Best Actor for Max
Records and Best Supporting
Actor for Christopher Lloyd.
An economic analysis of
Ireland’s screen-based creative
industries is commissioned by
Minister Humphreys.
IFB collaborates with Creative BC
on TV pilot The Gulliver Curse.
Room is nominated for two
European Film Awards including
European Film 2016 and European
Screenplay 2016. The Land of the Enlightened is nominated for
European Documentary 2016.
David Freyne’s The Third Wave,
Lance Daly’s Black ’47 and
Morgan Bushe’s The Belly of the Whale all go into production.
Johnny O’Reilly’s Moscow Never Sleeps is released in Irish cinemas.
The inaugural Doc Day takes
place at Cork Film Festival.
The Canada/Ireland Co-
Production Forum takes place
in Dublin, welcoming a host of
Canadian producers from British
Columbia. The event aims to
further develop co-production
opportunities and projects
between Ireland and Canada.
Billy O’Brien’s I Am Not A Serial Killer and Seán Ó Cualáin’s
Crash and Burn are released in
Irish cinemas.
Creative Ireland is launched —
a cross-governmental five-year
(2017-2022) initiative that aims
to improve access to cultural
and creative activity across the
country, with film, TV drama
and animation an integral part
of the programme.
Ireland experiences great success
at the Golden Globe Awards
with Sing Street nominated
in the Best Motion Picture,
Comedy/Musical category and
Colin Farrell nominated in the
Best Actor in a Motion Picture,
Comedy/Musical category for
The Lobster. Ruth Negga and
Catriona Balfe both receive Best
Actress nominations in their
respective categories of film and
television for their performances
in Loving and Outlander.
Mark O’Rowe’s Delinquent Season begins filming in Dublin
while Bharat Nalluri’s The Man Who Invented Christmas enters
production in Dublin and Wicklow.
Irish films take over $150 million at
the global box office for 2015/16.
Richie Smyth’s The Siege of Jadotville is released in Irish
cinemas.
Animation Ireland is formally
launched, representing Ireland’s
animation sector.
Peter Foott’s The Young Offenders is released in Irish
cinemas, going on to take in over
€1.2 million at the Irish box office.
Screen Training Ireland and
UK-based We Are The Tonic
hold the final session of Find Your Audience; a cutting-edge
Marketing and Distribution
Mentorship.
Production begins in Dublin
and Wicklow on The Professor and the Madman starring Mel
Gibson and Sean Penn, and Tom
Collins’ Aithrí/Penance begins
production in Co. Donegal.
I Am Not A Serial Killer wins
the Silver Méliès at Strasbourg
European Fantastic Film Festival.
Cartoon Forum, one of the
world’s leading pitching and co-
production forums for animated
content puts a special focus on
Ireland, with a large number of
new Irish projects selected to
pitch at the event.
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Good Favour—
A young man, Tom, walks out of an immense forest into the lives of a strictly devout Christian community carving out a remote existence in central Europe. They recognise that he bears the scars of trauma, and he is welcomed by them. As he is initiated into their farming life and scriptural regime, he discovers the community is suffering a crisis of faith following a devastating loss.
When Tom’s actions avert a potential tragedy, the mystery surrounding him grows. Where did he come from? Has God answered the prayers of his people?
Production Companies Savage Productions Tel +353 87 796 5069 john@spfilms.ie, Wrong Men, Final Cut for Real, Viking Film
Financiers IFB, Wallimage, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Danish Film Institute, Netherlands Film Fund Delivery Date Mid 2017
Director Rebecca Daly Producers John Keville, Conor Barry, Benoit Roland, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Monica Hellström, Marleen Slot Script Rebecca Daly, Glenn Montgomery Photography Tibor Dingelstad Editor Tony Cranstoun Production Design Igor Gabriel Music Rutger Reinders Main Cast Vincent Romeo, Clara Ruggard, Lars Brygmann, Victoria Mayer, Alexandre Willaume Running Time 90 minutes
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Kissing Candice—
Kooky but cool Candice meets the guy she has been dreaming of. He is sexy, mysterious, dangerous — and mixes with the wrong crowd.
In a neighbourhood increasingly intimidated by volatile, unpredictable youths, can he help her escape? Or lead her into far greater peril?
Production Company Venom Film Tel +353 1 497 5980 freedman@venom.ie
Financier IFB Delivery Date Mid 2017
This film was produced under the IFB’s CatalystProject
Director/Script Aoife McArdle Producer Andrew Freedman Photography Steve Annis Editor Dan Sherwin Production Design Andy Kelly Main Cast Ann Skelly, Ryan Lincoln, Ryan McParland, Conall Keating, Tony Doyle, Maghnús Foy, James Greene, John Lynch, Caitriona Ennis, Kwaku Fortune, Lalor Roddy Irish Locations Louth, Dublin
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MAZE—
MAZE is based on the true story of the 1983 mass breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from the HMP Maze high-security prison. As Larry Marley, the chief architect of the escape, schemes his way towards this feat, he meets prison warder, Gordon Close.
Initially they are confirmed enemies, born on opposite sides of Northern Ireland’s political divide, but when Larry realises that Gordon may be useful for his escape plan, a slow seduction begins. What follows is a tense and intriguing drama during which an unlikely relationship is forged between two adversaries.
Production Companies Mammoth Films Tel +353 86 349 6706 mammothfilms@gmail.com, Cyprus Avenue Films, Filmgate Films Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ, Film Väst
Distributors Lionsgate (Ireland/UK) Sales Agent Visit Films Tel +1 718 312 8210 info@visitfilms.com Delivery Date Early 2017
Director/Script Stephen Burke Producers Jane Doolan, Brendan J Byrne Photography David Grennan Editor John O’Connor Production Design Owen Power Music Stephen Rennicks Main Cast Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward, Martin McCann Irish Location Cork Running Time 92 minutes
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The Belly of the Whale—
In the dead of a North County Dublin winter, misfit teenager Joey Moody returns home in a foolhardy bid to reopen his family’s crumbling caravan park. When Joey burns down Ronald Tanner’s camper van, he is forced to find the cash to repay him. The desperate pair, bonded together in misfortune, devise a plan to rob the local amusement arcade, the domain of small town politician, Gits Hegarty.
Production Company Fastnet Films Tel +353 86 898 2555 rory@fastnetfilms.com
Financiers IFB, RTÉ, Filmbase Distributor Wildcard Distribution (Ireland) Delivery Date Mid 2017
Director Morgan Bushe Producers Rory Dungan, Morgan Bushe, Kathryn Kennedy Script Morgan Bushe, Greg Flanagan Photography Arthur Mulhern Editor Derek Holland Production Design Michael Moynihan Main Cast Pat Shortt, Lewis MacDougall, Michael Smiley, Art Parkinson, Lauren Kinsella, Neili Conroy, Peter Coonan, Ronan Graham, Cian Callagher Irish Location Dublin Running Time 90 minutes
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Song of Granite—
Song of Granite portrays the life of the great traditional Irish singer, Joe Heaney. The beautiful yet harsh landscape combined with the myths, fables and songs of his Connemara childhood helped shape this complex and gifted character. Enigmatic and fascinating, Heaney’s devotion to his art came at a huge personal cost to the singer and those closest to him.
Production Companies Marcie Films Tel +353 86 855 4393 alan@marciefilms.com Roads Entertainment, Amerique Films, Harvest Films
Financiers IFB, BAI, TG4, SODEC, Telefilm Distributor Soda Pictures (Ireland/UK) Delivery Date Early 2017
Director Pat Collins Producers Alan Maher, Martin Paul-Hus, Jessie Fisk Script Pat Collins, Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde, Sharon Whooley Photography Richard Kendrick Editor Tadhg O’Sullivan Production Design Padraig O Neill Music Delphine Measroch Main Cast Macdara Ó Fatharta, Mícheál Ó’Confhaola, Pól Ó Ceannabháín, Colm Seoighe Irish Locations Galway, Dublin Running Time 100 minutes
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The Breadwinner—
The Breadwinner tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana, who gives up her identity to provide for her family and to try to save her father’s life.
Production Companies Cartoon Saloon Tel +353 56 776 4481 info@cartoonsaloon.ie, Melusine Productions, Aircraft Pictures Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ, Telefilm Canada, Film Fund Luxembourg, Mimi Gitlin Productions, Shaw Rocket Fund, Artemis Rising Foundation,
The Ontario Media Development Corporation, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Movie Central, The Movie Network, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Distributors Studio Canal (Ireland/UK), Elevation Pictures (Canada), GKIDS (USA) Delivery Date Late 2017
Director Nora Twomey Producers Paul Young, Tomm Moore, Andrew Rosen, Stephan Roelants, Anthony Leo Executive Producer Angelina Jolie Pitt Script Anita Doron, Macdara Ó’Fatharta, Editor Darragh Byrne Art Directors Reza Amirriahi, Ciaran Duffy Music Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna Main Cast Saara Chaudry, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif, Liza Hamidi, Kawa Ada, Ali Badshah, Noorin Gulamgaus Running Time 88 minutes
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Delinquent Season—
Married couple Jim and Danielle witness their good friends Yvonne and Chris’ relationship growing factions. Chris is behaving erratically and when he lashes out and hits Yvonne, she realises she can’t put up with it anymore. Spending more time with her friends, Yvonne grows closer to Jim and a passionate affair leads to stronger, heartfelt emotions.
However, their relationship soon deteriorates when Yvonne finds out her husband Chris is dying and, even worse, Jim knew all along. The two couples are forced to re-evaluate their lives and their respective marriages and friendships — but can anything be salvaged from the wreckage?
Production Companies Parallel Films Tel +44 207 580 6888 info@parallelfilms.ie, Cuba Pictures Financiers IFB, BFI, RTÉ, Ingenious Media
Distributor Element Pictures Distribution (Ireland) Sales Agent Protagonist Pictures Tel + 44 2077 3490 00 info@ protagonistpictures.com Delivery Date Mid 2017
Director/Script Mark O’Rowe Producers Alan Moloney, Ruth Coady, Dixie Linder Photography Richard Kendrick Production Design Ray Ball Main Cast Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott, Eva Birthistle, Catherine Walker Irish Location Dublin
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The Drummer and the Keeper—
The Drummer and the Keeper is the story of an unlikely friendship between a 25-year-old rock‘n’roll party animal with bipolar disorder who revels in rejecting society’s rules, and a 17-year-old goalkeeper who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome and yearns to fit in.
Production Company Calico Pictures Tel +353 86 856 4459 katemccis@gmail.com
Financier IFB Delivery Date Early 2017
Director/Script Nick Kelly Producer Kate McColgan Photography Tom Comerford Editor Derek Holland Production Design Louise Matthews Music John Gerard Walsh Main Cast Dermot Murphy, Jacob McCarthy, Peter Coonan, Charlie Kelly, Adrian Hudson, Aoibhinn McGinnity Irish Location Dublin Running Time 92 minutes
This film was produced under the IFB’s CatalystProject
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Michael Inside—
After agreeing to hold a bag of drugs for his friend’s older brother, Michael Healy is sentenced to three months in prison. Unaffiliated on the inside, the impressionable teen is attacked and robbed. As Michael’s life begins to change dramatically, his grandfather Francis gets an intimidating visit from local drug dealers looking for the money Michael has lost. Upon release Michael, now institutionalised into criminality, is forced to put into practice what he has learnt in prison when the dealers pay Francis another visit.
Production Companies Subotica Tel +353 1 662 2226 info@subotica.ie, Write Direction Films
Financiers IFB Delivery Date Early 2017
Director/Script Frank Berry Producers Donna Eperon, Tristan Orpen Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan Photography Tom Comerford Editor Colin Campbell Production Design Emma Lowney Main Cast Lalor Roddy, Dafhyd Flynn Irish Locations Dublin, Cork
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The Lodgers—
Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence which enforces three rules upon the twins — they must be in bed by midnight, they may not permit an outsider past the threshold and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is forfeited.
When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the nearby village, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious Rachel, who in turn begins to break the rules set out by the lodgers. The consequences pull Rachel into a deadly confrontation with her brother and with the curse that haunts them.
Production Company Tailored Films Tel +353 1 524 2511 ruth@tailoredfilms.ie Financiers IFB, Epic Pictures Group
Sales Agent Epic Pictures Group Tel +1 323 207 4170 patrick@epic-pictures.com Delivery Date Early 2017
Director Brian O’Malley Producers Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde Script David Turpin Photography Richard Kendrick Editor Tony Kearns Production Design Joe Fallover Music David Turpin, Stephen Shannon Main Cast Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Eugene Simon, David Bradley Irish Locations Wexford, Donegal Running Time 100 minutes
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The Third Wave—
For six years, Europe was plagued by a devastating virus that transformed humans into zombie-like monsters. As mankind struggled to control the pandemic, the great hope of a cure was found. Now, an unforeseen enemy surfaces in its wake: the past. The cured are haunted with the memories of their actions while infected. As some try to readjust to a world that still fears them, the growing unrest threatens to plunge the world back into chaos.
Production Companies Tilted Pictures Tel +353 86 834 7310 rachael@tiltedpictures.ie, Boulder And Cad, Bac Films Production Financiers IFB, Northern Ireland Screen, Bac Films Distribution, BAI, Yellow Moon
Sales Agent Bac Films Distribution (Worldwide) Tel +33 180 491 000 sales@bacfilms.fr, CAA, WME (North America) Delivery Date Mid 2017
Director/Script David Freyne Producers Rory Dungan, Rachael O’Kane Photography Piers McGrail Editor Chris Gill Production Design Conor Dennison Music And So I Watch You From Afar Main Cast Ellen Page, Sam Keeley, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Paula Malcolmson Irish Locations Dublin, Wicklow Running Time 95 minutes
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Black ’47—
An Irish soldier returns from fighting in the British army to find his family and his country devastated by the Great Famine of 1847. When he sets on a destructive path to avenge his kin, a veteran British soldier is sent to stop him before he can stoke the flames of revolution. However, personal bonds forged by the soldiers’ time fighting together cause both men to question their motives.
Production Company Fastnet Films Tel +353 639 4000 enquiries@fastnetfilms.com Financiers IFB, Luxembourg Film Fund, BAI, TV3, Eurimages, Primemeridian, Umedia
Distributor Wildcard Distribution (Ireland) Sales Agent Altitude Film Sales Tel +44 20 7478 7612 info@altitudefilment.com Delivery Date Late 2017
Director Lance Daly Producers Macdara Kelleher, Jonathan Loughran, Tim O’Hair, Arcadiy Golubovich Script PJ Dillon, Pierce Ryan with additonal material by Eugene O’Brien and Lance Daly Photography Declan Quinn Editor Julian Ulrichs, John Walters Production Design Waldermar Kalinowski Main Cast Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox, Barry Keoghan, Moe Dunford, Sarah Greene Irish Locations Galway, Wicklow, Kildare Running Time 100 minutes
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Halal Daddy—
Raghdan Aziz’s new home in the west of Ireland seems to be the perfect getaway from his controlling Bradford-based Muslim father, Amir. However, when Amir lands on his doorstep with a birthday present of the keys to a former abattoir turned halal meat factory, his son has no choice but to become a reluctant entrepreneur.
Production Companies Deadpan Pictures Tel +353 1 616 9774 ailish@deadpanpictures.ie, Florin Films, Benrae Florin Film, Rommel Films Financiers IFB, Global Screen, Telepool, Eurimages, Koch Media, Rommel Films, Alaistair Carruthers, Optical Arts Digital & Film, DFFF
Distributors Element Pictures Distribution (Ireland/UK), Koch Media, Telepool (Germany) Sales Agent Global Screen Tel +49 89 2441 2955 90 julia.weber@globalscreen.de Delivery Date Early 2017
Director Conor McDermottroe Producers Hermann Florin, Ailish McElmeel Script Conor McDermottroe, Mark O’Halloran Photography Mel Griffith Editor Constantin von Seld, Alexander Dittner Production Design Conor Dennison Music Matthias Weber Main Cast Nikesh Patel, Sarah Bolger, Art Malik, Colm Meaney Irish Location Sligo Running Time 90 minutes
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Aithrí/Penance—
Unequivocal about the need for violence to force Britain out of Ireland, Father Eoin O’Donnell seals the fate of the young and impressionable Antaine by convincing him to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty years later, the reappearance of the now-experienced gunman Antaine in a divided Derry throws Father O’Donnell into turmoil. Once allies, the pair are now placed on opposite sides of the same agenda.
Agus é ar an intinn go bhfuil gá le foréigean chun lucht na Breataine a dhíbir as Éirinn, tá an tAthair Eoin Ó Dónaill freagrach as cinniúint Antaine, fear óg soghonta, tar éis dó é a spreagadh chun troda in Éirí Amach 1916. Caoga bliain ar aghaidh agus tá Antaine anois cleachtaithe le gunnadóireacht. Nuair a thagann sé chun tosaigh arís i gcathair scoilte Dhoire cuireann sé an tAthair Ó Donaill trína chéile. Bhí siad d’aontaobh tráth, ach anois tá siad ar dhá thaobh an scéil.
Production Companies/ Comhlachtaí Léiriúcháin De Facto Films Tel +353 87 689 4941 defactofilms@gmail.com, Zanzibar Films Financiers/Airgeadaithe IFB,
TG4, BAI, Northern Ireland Screen, Irish Language Broadcast Fund Delivery Date/Dáta Seachadta Early 2017/ Go luath i 2017
Director/Stiúrthóir Tom Collins Producers/Léiritheoirí Tom Collins, Edwina Forkin Script Tom Collins, Greg Ó Braonáin Photography/Ceamara Ciaran Tanham Editor/Eagarthóir Dermot Diskin Production Design/Dearadh Léiriúcháin Nigel Pollock Main Cast/Príomh-aisteoirí Peter Coonan, Terry Byrne, Barry McGovern, Gerry McSorley, Diona Doherty, Dara Deveney, Padraig Parkinson Irish Locations/Suíomhanna Éireannacha Donegal, Derry/Tír Chonaill, Doire Running Time/Fad 84 minutes/nóiméad
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The Flag—
Harry Hambridge is down on his luck and living in London. In one day, he loses his job, his father and his beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On returning home to bury his father, he finds a statement from his grandfather, claiming that it was he who raised the flag over the GPO during the 1916 Easter Rising, and that the flag now hangs upside-down in an army barracks in England. Too long used to the mockery of his life, he sets out with his motley crew to take back the flag and maybe find his passion for life along the way.
Production Company Treasure Entertainment Tel +353 1 475 8820 info@treasure.ie
Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI Distributor Element Pictures Distribution (Ireland) Delivery Date Delivered
Director Declan Recks Producers Robert Walpole, Rebecca O’Flanagan Script Eugene O’Brien Photography Cathal Watters Editor Dermot Diskin Production Design Mark Kelly Music Stephen McKeon Main Cast Pat Shortt, Moe Dunford, Simone Kirby, Ruth Bradley, Brian Gleeson, Peter Campion Irish Location Dublin Running Time 85 minutes
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Teenager Mary dreams of writing, but has yet to find inspiration. When she meets poet Percy Shelley, it is love at first sight. But Percy has his secrets, he is married with a child. Setting up home together, Mary soon becomes pregnant with Percy’s child, a daughter who tragically dies. Ostracised by polite society and grieving for their child, they escape from London and Percy introduces Mary to Lord Byron at his house in Lake Geneva. On a stormy night, Byron suggests they all write a ghost story. Mary gives birth to Frankenstein’s Monster. It is brilliant, but women don’t write books, and publishers won’t print them. And so Mary fights for her creature and her identity, all at the age of eighteen.
Mary Shelley—
Director Haifaa Al-Mansour Producers Alan Moloney, Ruth Coady, Amy Baer Script Emma Jensen, Haifaa Al Mansour, Conor McPherson Photography David Ungaro Production Design Paki Smith Editors Alex Mackie, Nathan Nugent Main Cast Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth, Bel Powley, Tom Sturridge, Stephen Dillane Irish Locations Dublin, Wicklow
Production Companies Parallel Films Tel +44 207 580 6888 info@parallelfilms.ie, Gidden Media, Juliette Films
Financiers IFB, BFI, Hanway, Luxembourg Film Fund, Ingenious Media, Sobini Films Sales Agent HanWay Films Tel +44 020 7290 0750 mb@hanwayfilms.com Delivery Date Early 2017
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Renowned German writer Max Zorn travels to New York for the launch of his latest novel. His partner Clara has been there for a few months in preparation for the event.
However, Max is also yearning for another woman from his past, Rebecca. When he manages to find her again, they travel together to Montauk, the place that encapsulates their love.
As Max’s increasingly autobiographical novel unfolds, he will have to accept that the past cannot be rewritten. They can return to the place of their romance, but can their love be rekindled?
Return to Montauk—
Director Volker Schloendorff Producers Volker Schloendorff, Regina Ziegler, Francis Boesplfug, Conor Barry, John Keville, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor Script Colm Tóibín, Volker Schloendorff Photography Jérôme Alméras Editor Hervé Schneid Production Design Sebastian Soukup Music Thomas Bartlett, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Cian Boylan Main Cast Stellan Skarsgard, Nina Hoss, Susanne Wolff, Isi Laborde, Niels Arestrup, Bronagh Gallagher, Malcolm Adams Running Time 90 minutes
Production Companies Savage Productions Tel +353 86 368 2654 conor@spfilms.ie, Ziegler Films, Volksfilm, Pyramide Productions, Film and Music Entertainment, Barefoot Films, Senator Film Produktion, Starhaus Filmproduktion
Financiers IFB, Eurimages, Filmforderungsanstalt FFA, DFFF Deutscher Filmforderfonds, Medienboard Berlin-Brandeburg, Centre National du Cinema et de l’image animee Sales Agent Gaumont Tel +33 1 464 320 00 international@gaumont.fr Delivery Date Early 2017
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer—Director Yorgos Lanthimos Cast Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Camp Production Companies Element Pictures, Limp Film
Samuel Salomon, a literature professor, has been off work for almost a year after the tragic death of his girlfriend. He has been suffering from a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered by a strange ritual. Suddenly, the woman who appears every night in his dreams is found dead in exactly the same circumstances. Samuel sneaks into the crime scene where he meets Rachel who has also dreamed about the murder.
Together, they will do whatever they can to discover the identity of the mystery woman, entering a terrifying world controlled by the figures who have inspired artists throughout time: The Muses.
Muse—
Director Jaume Balagueró Producers John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy, Adrià Monés, Carlos Fernandez, Laura Fernandez, Jean-Yves Roubin, Manuel Chiche Script Jaume Balagueró, Fernando Navarro Photography Pablo Rosso Editor Guillermo de la Cal Production Design André Fonsny Main Cast Elliot Cowan, Ana Ularu, Franka Potente, Christopher Lloyd, Manuela Vellés Irish Location Dublin Running Time 100 minutes
Production Companies Fantastic Films Tel +353 86 677 4862 brendan@fantasticfilms.ie, Filmax, Frakas Productions, Joker Films
Financiers IFB, Eurimages, Wallimages, Jokers, ICAA, ICEC, TVE, TV3 Spain, Movistar+, Benelux Sales Agent Filmax International Tel +34 933 368 555 a.mones@filmax.com Delivery Date Late 2017
The Professor and the Madman—
The Man Who Invented Christmas—
Director Farhad SafiniaCast Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer Production Companies Fastnet Films, Icon Productions
Director Bharat Nalluri Cast Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan PryceProduction Companies Parallel Films, Mazur/Kaplan, Mystic Point, The Mob Film Company, Rhombus Media
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From her quirky dress sense to her hobbies, Becca is a bird that chirps to her own tune. Her can-do attitude allows her big ideas to take flight on the most fantastical adventures with her three best friends. Becca’s infectious enthusiasm encourages her besties to seek out adventure and boldly go where no bird, worm, squirrel or fox have gone before.
Becca’s Bunch—
Directors Conor Finnegan, Alan Shannon Producer Mark Cumberton Script Ross Dungan, Anto Howard, Mick O’Hara, Ciaran Morrison, Sian Quill, Amy Stephenson, Shane Langan Editor Tiago Gil Batista Art Director James Taylor Music Richie Egan Main Cast Susie Power, Noa Fe Williams, Dylan Martin, Ben Stone-Zelman Running Time 52 x 11 minutes
Production Companies JAM Media Tel +353 1 405 3484 info@jammedia.com, Factory Financiers IFB, Nickelodeon, Creative Europe, ABC, CBC, France 5, RTÉ
Distributor JAM Media, Tel +353 1 405 3484 info@jammedia.com Delivery Date Early 2018
Brewster the Rooster and his best pal Maggie are both super inquisitive. They wear tap shoes but it’s their inimitable style of imagining possible answers to questions that makes them such a good team!
Whenever one of them ponders a question like “If fish live in water, what do they drink?”, Brewster and Maggie hold hands, do a little tap dance and open their imaginations. Through creative thinking, they come up with many possible solutions, always building on each other’s ideas. They will take young viewers on a journey of discovery, and delve into a colourful and exciting world to find out the answers to those curious questions.
Brewster the Rooster—
Director Clifford Parrott Producer Deirdre Barry Script Clifford Parrott, Emma Hogan, Danny Stack, Debbie McDonald Art Director Rachel Wilson Music Paul Enright Running Time 26 x 7 minutes
Production Company Salty Dog Pictures Tel +353 86 382 2202 deirdre@saltydogpictures.net Financiers IFB, RTÉjr, BAI
Distributor Monster Entertainment Tel +353 1 611 4934 andrew@ monsterentertainment.tv Delivery Date Early 2017
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Sadie is a typical fourteen-year-old girl whose life becomes anything but typical when she finds out that she’s actually a wizard. Okay, technically, a wizard-in-training. Sadie is, in fact, a rarity — it’s almost unheard of in the wizarding world for someone so young to possess such a natural gift for magic. To that end, a magical mentor has been sent to guide and train her, in the form of Gilbert — a very old and very grumpy rabbit.
Gilbert & Sadie is an animated supernatural sitcom about the ultimate odd couple. Gilbert plays by the rules, while Sadie is all instinct, but in each other they’ve found the perfect magical match.
Gilbert & Sadie—
Director Bronagh O’Hanlon Producers Theresa Mayer, Olivier Lelardoux Art Director Derm Donohoe Script Editor Rebecca Hobbs Running Time 52 x 11 minutes
Production Companies Brown Bag Films Tel +353 1 487 2141 Jennie.Stacey@brownbagfilms.com, Cyber Group Studios
Distributor Cyber Group Studios Tel +33 1 555 63 232 rmathieu@cybergroupstudios.com Delivery Date Early 2018
Fun and friendship are central to the world of Harry and Bip, two energetic penguins who are never short of an adventure. Join them as they build a BBQ on the ice, have a dance-off with some seagulls and sleepwalk across the ocean. Meet the other local residents who appear from time to time — a sleepy walrus or two, a horde of seagull tourists and of course slippery fish all get caught up in our heroes’ schemes.
Harry & Bip—
Director Leevi Lemmetty Producer Tamsin Lyons Script Leevi Lemmetty, Dave Rudden Editor Klaus Heinecke, Miikka Leskinen Production Design Simon Pétillon, Leevi Lemmetty Music Mark Thomas Running Time 15 x 2 minutes
Production Companies Ink and Light Tel +353 86 732 1331 tamsin@ink-and-light.com, Muste ja Valo
Financiers IFB, Finnish Film Foundation, RTÉjr, YLE Distributor Monster Entertainment Tel +353 1 611 4934 andrew@monsterentertainment.tv Delivery Date Early 2017
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I’m a Fish features a variety of sea creatures who invite us into their underwater world. They tell us all sorts of fun and interesting facts about where they live, what they do and how they survive in such a deep, dark, dangerous place!
I’m a Fish—
Directors Paul Madden, Thomas Gray Producer Deirdre Barry Script Danny Stack, Kristina Yee, Emma Hogan, Richard Morss Music Stephen O’Brien Running Time 52 x 2 minutes
Production Companies Salty Dog Pictures Tel +353 86 382 2202 deirdre@saltydogpictures.net, Monster EntertainmentFinanciers IFB, RTÉ Distributor Monster Entertainment Tel +353 1 611 4934 andrew@monsterentertainment.tvDelivery Date Mid 2017
MyaGo is a preschool animated show about a young girl whose enthusiasm infects everyone around her. With her fearless sense of adventure, she tries things for the first time with a ‘go get it’ attitude. MyaGo Paris, MyaGo Shop, MyaGo Rock Band — each title instantly captures the tasks, big and small, that MyaGo happily engages with and resourcefully figures out. She lives in the very busy town of Everyday with her closest friends Suzie Play, Emily Share and the hilarious Tommy Stop.
Henry is a four-year-old boy who always wants to learn and find out more. So in each episode he has a friendly chat with whatever he meets.
— Hello whale, How do you stay under water for so long?
— Hello moon, Why do you only come out at night?
— Hello car, What makes you go so fast?
No matter what Henry meets, they’re always delighted to talk, laugh and share their amazing world with him. He finds out so many amazing things about his new friends.
MyaGo—
The Day Henry Met—
Director/Animation Design Alan Foley Producers Dave Burke, Oscar Albert Running Time 104 x 6 minutes
Director/Script/Editor/Production Design Gilly Producer Susan Broe Music Gilly, Daniel O’Gorman Main Cast Darragh Malone, Oliver Callan, Lisa Garvey Running Time 26 x 5 minutes
Production Companies Piranha Bar Tel +353 1 605 3739 dave@piranhabar.ie, Motion Pictures
Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI, TV3, Televisió de Catalunya, TVE Distributor Motion Pictures Tel +34 93 200 25 00 jpatino@motionpic.com Delivery Date Late 2018
Production Companies Wiggleywoo Tel +353 86 811 8847 susan@wiggleywoo.com Financiers IFB, RTÉ, BAI, Nick Jr
Distributor Monster Entertainment Tel +353 1 611 4934 andrew@monsterentertainment.tv Delivery Date Early 2017
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Elián—
On Thanksgiving Day in 1999, a Cuban boy named Elián González was found floating on an inner tube in the Florida Straits. That day set in motion a bitter custody battle between his Cuban father and Miami-based relatives that embodied and fed into simmering tensions between the US and Cuba. With unprecedented access to Elián, his family and key players in the saga, along with a wealth of unedited, raw news coverage, Elián uses one boy’s remarkable journey to plot the path to rapprochement between Cuba and the US.
Production Companies Fine Point Films Tel +44 28 9031 5930 tbirney@finepointfilms.com, Jigsaw Productions
Financiers IFB, CNN, Content Media, Northern Ireland Screen Sales Agent Content Media Tel +1 310 576 1059 la@contentmediacorp.com Delivery Date Early 2017
Directors Ross McDonnell, Tim Golden Producer Trevor Birney Executive Producer Alex Gibney Script Tim Golden Photography Ross McDonnell Editors Michael J. Palmer, Hannah Vanderlan Music McKenzie Stubbert
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Thomas Reid farms cattle alone in north Kildare. Threadbare clothes and tough, weathered hands reveal a life of land and toil. His next-door neighbour is the world’s largest producer of computer microchips, and rumours of expansion abound.
The reclusive, quiet-spoken farmer finds himself facing impending change as his house and lands are subjected to an unprecedented Compulsory Purchase Order, threatening Thomas and his very way of life.
What begins as a story of one man’s struggle to hold on to his way of life and land, transforms into a universal exploration of a battle between principle and power.
Outside The Factory—
Production Company FSE Films Tel +353 87 288 6764 lukemcmanus@gmail.com
Financier IFB Delivery Date Mid 2017
Director/Photography Feargal Ward Producer Luke McManus Editor Tadhg O’Sullivan Irish Location Kildare
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Grace Jones: The Musical Of My Life—
Grace Jones: The Musical Of My Life takes the viewer on an intimate and electrifying journey that moves between four cinematic layers — performance, family, artist and gypsy — to explore the fascinating world of pop cultural phenomenon, Grace Jones.
Bound together by musical performance sequences and a voice-over from Grace herself, the film shows us the figure we’ve come to know — wild, androgynous, larger than life — as well as discovering her as a daughter, mother, sister and grandmother. A woman characterised by such contradictions, Grace Jones reminds us of what it is to dare to be truly alive.
Director/Script Sophie Fiennes Producers Katie Holly, Sophie Fiennes, Shani Hinton, Jim Wilson Photography Remko Schnorr Editor Ethel Shepherd Music Grace Jones Irish Location Dublin Running Time 100 minutes
Production Companies Blinder Films Tel +353 1 677 8540 katie@blinderfilms.com, Amoeba Films, Sligoville
Financiers IFB, BFI, BBC Films, ZDF/Arte, Roads Entertainment Distributor Picturehouse (UK/Ireland) Delivery Date Early 2017
Photo credit: Jean-Paul Goude
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Through the relationships he cultivated with The White House and US Congress, John Hume created the framework for peace in Northern Ireland. Narrated by Liam Neeson, the documentary includes wide-ranging interviews with US Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, UK Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair, as well as many US Senators, US Congressmen and Irish leaders.
In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America—
Director/Producer/Script Maurice Fitzpatrick Photography Basil Al-Rawi Editor David Fox Music Bill Whelan Irish Locations Dublin, Derry, Antrim, Cork, Donegal Running Time 80 minutes
Production Company Creeney Films Tel +353 87 776 5625 creeney@gmail.com
Financiers IFB, BAI, RTÉ, DFAT Delivery Date Early 2017
This documentary portrays the life and work of highly influential architect Kevin Roche, still working at 94. What drives a modest man, with no interest in fame, to refuse retirement and continually look to the future regardless of age? Kevin Roche’s stated philosophy is that “the responsibility of the modern architect is to create a community for a modern society”, and it is through Roche’s work that we examine the relationship between architects, their clients and the public they ultimately serve.
Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect—
Director/Script Mark Noonan Producers John Flahive, Nicky Gogan Photography Kate McCullough Editor Jordan Montminy Music David Geraghty Irish Location Dublin Running Time 80 minutes
Production Companies Wavelength Pictures Tel +44 7968 7727 92 wavelengthpicturesirl@gmail.com, Still Films
Financiers IFB, Ford Foundation, Graham Foundation Sales Agent Wavelength Pictures Tel +44 7968 7727 92 john.flahive@wavelengthpictures.co.uk Delivery Date Early 2017
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The follow-up film to Close to Evil sees Irish Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental embark on another epic journey. In Eastern Europe, he confronts the ‘crisis of shame’ that prevents an honest reckoning with the scale of local ‘collusion’ with the Nazi extermination project. In Bosnia, Tomi embraces Muslim survivors of a genocide, who still search for the bones of their loved ones. Along the way he puts himself into the shoes of the ‘new Jews’ and discovers a strong common bond with refugees fleeing the hell that is Syria.
This film brings us deep inside the IRA and charts one woman’s journey from passionate idealist to disillusioned cynic, haunted by the memories of the terrible things she did for a cause she had once so strongly believed in. But this is more than the story of grotesque acts of violence. It is the intimate and complex portrait of a revolutionary born to the cause of violent republicanism.
It is an Irish story but it is also a universal tale of the journey taken by activists around the world throughout time. The radicalisation of young men and women in support of acts of outrageous violence has never been more relevant.
Condemned to Remember—
Director/Producer Gerry Gregg Script Tomi Reichental, Gerry Gregg Photography Seamus Deasy Editor Juangus Dinsmore Music Dean Valentine Irish Location Dublin Running Time 90 minutes Director Maurice Sweeney Producers Ed Moloney,
Nuala Cunningham Script Ed Moloney, Maurice Sweeney Photography Kate McCullough Editor Mick Mahon Production Design Padraig O’Neill Irish Locations Dublin, Wicklow Running Time 80 minutes
Production Company Praxis Pictures Tel +1 210 8088 praxispictures@gmail.com
Financiers IFB, RTÉ Delivery Date Early 2017
Production Company New Decade TV Tel +353 1 497 5699 Nuala@newdecade.ie
Financier IFB, BAI, RTÉ Delivery Date Early 2017
Haunted — One Woman’s Story of Life and Death in the IRA—
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One man’s journey through life and his search to reconnect with nature and culture as primary sources from which we gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and our surroundings.
While centred on one man’s life in a small farming community in the Burren, Co. Clare, the film explores much deeper themes – in the modern world, how have we severed our connection with rural life and nature? What have we lost? Have we become empowered or disempowered, free or enslaved? What happens to us when we lose our sense of wonder?
The Silver Branch—
Directors Katrina Costello Producer John Brown, Ken O’Sullivan Photography Katrina Costello, Ken O’Sullivan Editors Katrina Costello, Emer Reynolds Irish Location Clare Running Time 70 minutes
Production Company Sea Fever Productions Tel +353 86 826 8172 ken@seafever.ie
Financiers IFB, BAI, Irish TV Distributor Eclipse Pictures (Ireland) Delivery Date Early 2017
The Lithuanian city of Visaginas is only forty years old but already faces an uncertain future. The Soviet nuclear power plant it was created to service is closing down. This Russian-speaking city has no other industry. People came from all over the former USSR to work in this supposed utopia. Integration with the rest of Lithuania has proven difficult and the butterfly-shaped city now faces irrevocable change.
Butterfly City—
Director/Script Olga Cernovaite Producers Jeremiah Cullinane, Thierry Detaille, Ulrik Gutkin Photography Samvel Gandžumian Editor Adelina Bichis Running Time 85 minutes
Production Companies Planet Korda Pictures Tel +353 87 632 0198 jeremiah@planetkorda.com, Agent Double, CFC Short & Doc Financiers IFB, Creative Europe, MDR, EO, YLE, TG4, ERR, RTS, Lietuvos Rytas, Al-Jazeera Balkans
Distributors Reflexion Films (Russia), Studio Nominum (Lithuania) Sales Agent Visible Film Tel +32 2 880 7152 thierry.detaille @visiblefilm.com Delivery Date Early 2017
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Realising that her memories were increasingly at odds with the “Good versus Evil” narrative of the Cold War, a Romanian-Irish director, Irina Maldea, seeks to rescue her childhood memories and build a legacy for her Irish daughter.
Interweaving her personal story with the big picture, she analyses US political attitudes towards the Ceausescu regime and its effect on the country of her birth.
Ceausescu & I—
Director/Editor Irina Maldea Producers Brendan Culleton, Barbara Caspar Script Irina Maldea, Brendan Culleton Photography Múria Roldos, Ruari O’Brien, Toni Cartu, Sorin Chivulescu, Andrei Ghenoside Music Roland Hackl, Alexander Balanescu, Tom Lawrence Irish Location Wicklow Running Time 94 minutes
Production Companies Akajava Films Tel +353 87 679 1447 Brendan@akajava.com, Fragile Features
Financiers IFB, BAI, TG4, Arts Council of Ireland, Eurimages, YLE, Cine Art, das Land Steiermark, Creative Europe Delivery Date Early 2017
An apparition of the Virgin Mary. A multimillion euro restoration project. A plane full of American pilgrims en route. Thousands of faithful seeking a miracle. Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village explores the big question of faith in a small Irish village.
Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village—
Director Aoife Kelleher Producers Rachel Lysaght, Lindsay Campbell Script Rachel Lysaght Photography Cathal Watters Editor Adelina Bichis Music Hugh Rodgers Irish Location Mayo Running Time 85 minutes
Production Company Underground Films Tel +353 1 516 1178 info@undergroundfilms.ieDelivery Date Delivered
One of the most engrossing documentaries of the year thus far. — Film Ireland
Captivating… an illuminating, thought-provoking film. — RTÉ Entertainment
Intriguing… Aoife Kelleher has a knack for locating stories that Irish people want to hear. — Irish Times
Hot Press Irish Independent RTÉ Entertainment Irish Examiner
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The tale of a young boy whose love for Christmas is not dampened by his mean-spirited neighbour, who doesn’t want the holiday to come at all.
A sensitive but slightly oddball student enters the life of her unsuspecting teacher and wreaks havoc. Set against a visit by two American
anthropologists to Dún Chaoin, the film sits at the interface of what they perceive as the terminal decline of language and customs of the past and the perspective of the local community who largely misconstrue their intentions.
The Lost Letter—
St. Patrick’s Day—
Director Kealan O’Rourke Producers Brian Willis, Stephen Smith Script Will Collins, Kealan O’Rourke Animation Trickshot Films Music Niall Byrne Main Cast Kate Winslet Running Time 8 minutes
Director/Script Gary Shore Producers Gary Shore, Louise Shore, Jonathan Loughran Photography David Grennan Editor Edward Line Main Cast Ruth Bradley, Peter Campion, Isolt McCaffrey Running Time 15 minutes
Director/Script/Editor Duncan Campbell Producers Patrick Campbell, Kelly Campbell Photography Rina Yang Main Cast John O’Sullivan, David Murray, Frank Bourke Running Time 30 minutesBest Animation Sequence
Galway Film Fleadh 2016 Official Selections Savannah Film Festival 2016 Foyle Film Festival 2016
These films were co-financed by the IFB and RTÉ.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2016
Don Quijote Award for Best Animated Short Film Galway Film Fleadh 2016 James Horgan Best Animation Award Galway Film Fleadh 2016 Official Selections Toronto International Film Festival Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival Savannah Film Festival St. Louis International Film Festival
Production Company Dream Logic
Tel +353 86 814 7573 willisbrian@mac.com
Production Company ArtCastle Tel +1 424 376 3936 louiseshore46@gmail.com
Financiers IFB, XYZ Films, Distant Corners
Production Companies Nakba FilmWorks, Fastnet Films Tel +353 1 639 4000 aoife@fastnetfilms.com
Financiers IFB, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Van Abbemuseum, Western Front, Creative Scotland, IFI Irish Film Archive
The Welfare Of Tomás Ó Hallissy—A black comedy in stop motion about the
world’s second oldest man who learns that ambition can be a killer.
Second To None—
Director/Script/Photography/Editor Vincent Gallagher Producer Damian Farrell Character Design and Fabrication Pierre Butler Animation Jason Watts Production Design Aoife Noonan Music St. Francis Hotel Main Cast Morgan C. Jones Running Time 7 minutes
Production Company Caboom
Tel +353 1 672 7077 info@caboom.ie
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32A 2007 Director/Script Marian Quinn Producers Tommy Weir, Roshanak Behesht Nedjad Production Company Janey Pictures
48 Angels 2006 Director Marion Comer Writers Marion Comer, Craig Holland Producers John McDonnell, Robert Medema, Marion Comer Production Company Reflected Light Pictures
AAbout Adam 1999 Director Gerard Stembridge Producers Anna Devlin, Marina Hughes Script Gerard Stembridge Production Company Venus Film & Television
Absolution 2015 Director Petri Kotwica Script Johanna Hartikainen, Petri Kotwica Producers Minna Virtanen, Jackie Larkin, Lesley McKimm Production Companies Vertigo Production Finland, Newgrange Pictures
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Actors, The 2003 Director/Script Conor McPherson Story by Neil Jordan Producers Neil Jordan, Redmond Morris, Stephen Woolley Production Company Company of Wolves
Adam & Paul 2004 Director Lenny Abrahamson Producer Jonny Speers Executive Producers Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney Script Mark O’Halloran Production Company Porridge Pictures
A Dark Song 2016 Director/Script Liam Gavin Producers David Collins, Tim Dennison, Cormac Fox Production Company Samson Films
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Agnes Browne 1999 Director Anjelica Huston Producers Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin, Greg Smith, Anjelica Huston Script Brendan O’Carroll, John Goldsmith Production Company Hell’s Kitchen
Ailsa 1993 Director Paddy Breathnach Producer Ed Guiney Script Joe O’Connor Production Company Temple Films
A Kiss for Jed 2010 Director Maurice Linnane Producer Tim Palmer Script Barry Devlin, Maurice Linnane Production Company Ignition Film Productions
Alarm 2008 Director/Script Gerard Stembridge Producers Anna Devlin, Marina Hughes Production Company Venus Productions
Albert Nobbs 2011 Director Rodrigo Garcia Producers Alan Moloney, Glenn Close, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn Script John Banville, Glenn Close, Gabriella Prekop Production Company Parallel Film Productions
All Good Children 2010 Director Alicia Duffy Producers Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Jonathan Cavendish, Tom Dercourt, Patrick Quinet Production Company Element Pictures
All Is By My Side 2013 Director/Script John Ridley Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Nigel Thomas, Charlotte Walls, Sean McKittrick, Jeff Cullota Production Companies Subotica, Watchtower Film Productions, Darko Entertainment, Matador Pictures
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All Things Bright and Beautiful 1993 Director Barry Devlin Producer Katy McGuinness Script Barry Devlin Production Company The Good Film Co
A Love Divided 1998 Director Syd Macartney Producers Tim Palmer, Alan Moloney, Gerry Gregg Script Stuart Hepburn Production Company Parallel Films
A Man of No Importance 1993 Director Suri Krishnama Producer Jonathan Cavendish Script Barry Devlin Production Company Little Bird
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A Shine of Rainbows 2009 Director Vic Sarin Producers Tina Phelme, Kim Roberts, James Flynn Script Danis Foon, Catherine Spear, Vic Sarin Production Companies Octagon Films, Sepia Films
As If I Am Not There 2010 Director/Script Juanita Wilson Producers Nathalie Lichtenthaler, James Flynn Production Company Octagon Films
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BBabygirl 2011 Director/Script Macdara Vallely Producers David Collins, Paul Miller, Gigi Dement Production Companies Samson Films, Escape Pictures
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Black Ice 2013 Director Johnny Gogan Producers Johnny Gogan, Nicky Gogan, Trevor Curran Script Brian Leyden, Johnny Gogan Production Company Bandit Films
Blind Flight 2004 Director John Furse Producers Sally Hibbin, David Collins, Eddie Dick Script Brian Keenan, John Furse Production Company Samson Films
Bloody Sunday 2001 Director/Script Paul Greengrass Producers Mark Redhead, Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin Production Company Hell’s Kitchen
Bloom 2004 Director/Script Sean Walsh Producers Sean Walsh, Gerry Murphy, Mark Byrne Production Company Odyssey Pictures
Bogwoman 1997 Director/Script Tom Collins Producers Martha O’Neill, Tom Collins Production Company De Facto Film & Video
Borstal Boy 2000 Director Peter Sheridan Producers Pat Moylan, Arthur Lappin, Jim Sheridan Script Peter Sheridan, Nye Heron Production Company Hell’s Kitchen
Boxed 2003 Director/Script Marion Comer Producers Laurence Penn, Lene Bausager, Douglas Graham Production Companies Fireproof Films, Ugly Duckling Films
Boxer, The 1998 Producer/Director Jim Sheridan Producer Arthur Lappin Script Terry George Production Company Hell’s Kitchen
Boy Eats Girl 2005 Director Stephen Bradley Producers Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe Script Derek Landy Production Company Element Pictures
Boy from Mercury, The 1996 Director/Script Martin Duffy Producer Marina Hughes Production Company Mercurian Films
Brain on Fire 2016 Director/Script Gerard Barrett Producers AJ Dix, Beth Kono, Rob Merilees, Lindsay McAdam, Charlize Theron, Gerard Barrett Production Company Blank Page
Brand New-U 2014 Director/Script Simon Pummell Producers Janine Marmot, John Keville, Conor Barry, Reinier Selen Production Companies SP Films, Hot Property Films, Rinkel Films
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Broken Harvest 1993 Director Maurice O’Callaghan Producer Jerry O’Callaghan Script Kate O’Callaghan, Maurice O’Callaghan Production Company Destiny Films
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CCall Girl 2012 Director Mikael Marcimain Script Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten Producers Mimmi Spang, Lesley McKimm Production Companies Newgrange Pictures, Garage Film, Friland Porduksjon, Yellow Film
Calvary 2013 Director/Script John Michael McDonagh Producers James Flynn, Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo Production Companies Octagon Films, Reprisal Films
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Capital Letters 2005 Director/Script Ciaran O’Connor Producers Nuala Cunningham, Ciaran O’Connor, Linda Cardiff Production Company New Decade Films
Chaos 2001 Director/Script Geraldine Creed Producer Brendan McCarthy Production Company Blue Light Productions
Charlie Casanova 2012 Director/Script/Producer Terry McMahon Production Company Source Productions
Cherrybomb 2009 Director Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn Producers Michael Casey, Mark Huffam, Brian Kirk Script Daragh Carville Production Companies Octagon Films, Green Park Films, Generator Entertainment
Cherry Tree 2015 Director David Keating Script Brendan McCarthy Producers John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy, Jan Doense, Herman Slagter Production Companies Fantastic Films, House of Netherhorror
Circle of Friends 1993 Director Pat O’Connor Producers Frank Price, Arlene Sellers, Alex Winitsky Script Andrew Davies Production Company Good Girls
Circus Fantasticus 2010 Director/Script Janez Burger Producers Morgan Bushe, Jozko Rutar Petri Rossi Production Companies Fastnet Films, Staragara Productions
Citadel 2012 Director/Script Ciaran Foy Producers Katie Holly, Brian Coffey Production Companies Blinder Films, Sigma Films
Come on Eileen 2011 Director/Script Finola Geraghty Producers Finola Geraghty, Katie Holly, Kieran J Walsh Production Companies Blinder Films, Foal Film Productions
Conamara 2000 Director Eoin Moore Producer Ingrid Holzapfel Script Greg Brennan Production Company Boje Buck Produktion
Controra 2013 Director/Script Rossella de Venuto Producers Dominic Wright, Jacqueline Kerrin, Maurizio Antonini, Valentina Gardani Production Companies Ripple World Pictures, Interlinea
Country 2000 Director/Script Kevin Liddy Producer Jack Armstrong Production Company Indi Films
Cowboys & Angels 2004 Director/Script David Gleeson Producer Nathalie Lichtenthaeler Production Company Wide Eye Films
Cracks 2009 Director Jordan Scott Producers Julie Payne, Kwesi Dickson, Rosalie Swedlin, Andrew Lowe, Christine Vachon Script Caroline Ip, Ben Court, Jordan Scott Production Companies Element Pictures, Future Films, Antenna 3 Films, Scott Free
Crooked Mile, The 2001 Director/Script Stephen Kane Producers Triona Campbell, Avril Ryan Production Company Campbell Ryan Productions
Crushproof 1997 Director Paul Tickell Producers Nicholas O’Neill, Kees Kassander Script James Mathers Production Company Liquid Films
DDaisy Chain, The 2008 Director Aisling Walsh Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Dominic Wright Script Lauren Mackenzie Production Company Subotica Entertainment
Dancing at Lughnasa 1998 Director Pat O’Connor Producer Noel Pearson Script Frank McGuinness Production Company Ferndale Films
Dare to Be Wild 2014 Director/Script Vivienne deCourcy Producers Rebecca O’Flanagan, Rob Walpole Production Companies Treasure Entertainment, Crow’s Nest
Dark Touch 2013 Director/Script Marina de Van Producers Ed Guiney, Martina Niland, Patrick Sobelman, Jean-Luc Ormieres, Marc Bordure Production Company Element Pictures, Ex Nihlo/Agat Films, Filmgate Films
Dead Bodies 2003 Director Robert Quinn Producers David McLoughlin, Clare Scully Script Derek Landy Production Company Distinguished Features
Dead Long Enough 2006 Director Tom Collins Producer Paul Donovan Script James Hawes, Tom Collins Production Company Grand Pictures
Dead Meat 2004 Director/Script Conor McMahon Producers Ed King, Michael Griffin Production Company 3 Way Productions
Death of a Superhero 2011 Director Ian Fitzgibbon Producers Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke, Philipp Kreuzer Script Anthony McCarten Production Companies Grand Pictures, Bavaria Pictures
Disappearance of Finbar, The 1994/95 Director Sue Clayton Producers David Collins, Bertil Ohlsson, Martin Bruce Clayton Script Dermot Bolger Production Company Samson Films
Disco Pigs 2000 Director Kirsten Sheridan Producer Ed Guiney Script Enda Walsh Production Company Temple Films
Dollhouse 2011 Director/Script Kirsten Sheridan Producer John Wallace Production Company The Factory
Dorothy Mills 2008 Director Agnes Merlet Producers Marc Missonnier, Eric Jehelman, James Flynn Script Agnes Merlet, Juliette Sales Production Companies Fidélité Films, Octagon Films
DOT.COM 2007 Director Luís Galvão Teles Producers Luís Galvão Teles, Francois Gonot, Edwina Forkin Production Companies Fado Filmes, Ipso Facto, Alta Producción, Zanzibar Films, VideoFilmes
Drinking Crude 1997 Writer/Director Owen McPolin Producers Kim Tapsell, Gerry Johnston Production Company Sweetskin
EEamon 2009 Director/Script Margaret Corkery Producer Seamus Byrne Production Company Zanita Films
Earthbound 2011 Director/Script Alan Brennan Producers Heidi Madsen, Jacqueline Kerrin, Dominic Wright Production Companies Ripple World Pictures, Paper Dreams
Eclipse, The 2009 Director Conor McPherson Producer Rob Walpole Script Conor McPherson, Billy Roche Production Company Treasure Entertainment
Eden 2008 Director Declan Recks Producer David Collins Script Eugene O’Brien Production Company Samson Films
Englishman, The 2008 Director Ian Sellers Producers Teresa Mulqueen, David Collins Script Ian Sellers, Brendan Grant Production Company Samson Films
Escapist, The 2007 Director Rupert Wyatt Producers Adrian Sturges, Alan Moloney Script Rupert Wyatt, Daniel Hardy Production Company Parallel Film Productions
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FFading Light, The 2010 Director/Script Ivan Kavanagh Producer Anne Marie Naughton Production Company Park Films
Fifth Province, The 1997 Director Frank Stapleton Producers Catherine Tiernan, Nina Fitzpatrick, Frank Stapleton Production Company Ocean Films
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Finding Joy 2012 Director/Script Neil Dowling Producers Neil Dowling, Ross Whitaker Production Company True Films
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Five Minutes of Heaven 2009 Director Oliver Hirschbiegel Producers Eoin O’Callaghan, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe Script Guy Hibbert Production Companies Element Pictures, Big Fish Films, Ruby Films
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Food Guide to Love, The 2013 Directors Dominic Harari, Teresa de Pelegri Script Dominic Harari, Teresa de Pelegri, Eugene O’Brien Producers Mary Callery, Ruth Coady, Mariela Besuievsky Production Companies Parallel Film Productions, Tornasol Films
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Freeze Frame 2004 Director/Script John Simpson Producers Michael Casey, Martha O’Neill Production Companies Parallel World Productions, Wildfire Films
Front Line, The 2006 Director/Writer David Gleeson Producers Natalie Lichtenhaler, James Flynn Production Company Wide Eye Films
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General, The 1998 Writer/Producer/Director John Boorman Production Company Merlin Films
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Halo Effect, The 2004 Director/Script Lance Daly Producers Macdara Kelleher, Hughie Kelly Executive Producers John Kelleher, Les Kelly Production Company Fastnet Films
Handsome Devil 2016 Director/Script John Butler Producers Rebecca O’Flanagan, Rob Walpole Production Company Treasure Entertainment
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Haywire 2012 Director Steven Soderbergh Script Lem Dobbs Producers Gregory Jacobs, Alan Maloney Production Companies Parallel Film Productions, Relativity Media
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I Used to Live Here 2015 Director/Script Frank Berry Producer Frank Berry, Donna Eperon Production Company Write Direction Films
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Johnny Was 2006 Director Mark Hammond Script Brendan Foley Producers Patrick Fitzsymons, Tom Maguire, Paul Largan, Lars Hermann, Ira Besserman, Brendan Foley Production Company Borderline Productions
Jump 2012 Director Kieron J. Walsh Script Kieron J. Walsh, Steve Brooks Producer Brendan J. Byrne Production Companies Blinder Films, Hotshot Films
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Kill Daddy, Goodnight (Das Vaterspiel) 2008 Director/Script Michael Glawogger Producers Christine Ruppert, Lesley McKimm Production Companies Tatfilm, Newgrange Films
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Kings 2007 Director/Script Tom Collins Producer Jackie Larkin Production Company Newgrange Pictures
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Korea 1993 Director Cathal Black Producer Darryl Collins Script Joe O’Byrne Production Companies Black Star Films, Cathal Black Films
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Le Dernier Mot 1999 Director Sebastien Grall Producers John Kelleher, Fabienne Servan-Schreiber Script Anne Valton, Marina Ní Dhubhain Production Company Fastnet Films
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Life’s a Breeze 2012 Director/Script Lance Daly Producer Macdara Kelleher Production Companies Fastnet Films, Anagram
Lobster, The 2015 Director Yorgos Lanthimos Script Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou Producers Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey, Yorgos Lanthimos Production Companies Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Limp, Lemming Film, Haut et Court, Faliro House
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Lotus Eaters 2011 Director Alexandra McGuinness Producers Morgan Bushe, Mark Lee Script Alexandra McGuinness, Brendan Grant Production Companies Fastnet Films, McGuinnesslee
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Love Eternal 2012 Director/Script Brendan Muldowney Producers Conor Barry, Morgan Bushe, Macdara Kelleher Production Companies Fastnet Films, Red Lion S.a.r.l, Rinkel Film BV, T.O Entertainment
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Mammal 2015 Director Rebecca Daly Script Rebecca Daly, Glenn Montgomery Producers Macdara Kelleher, Conor Barry, John Kelleher, Reiner Selen, Gilles Chanial Production Companies Fastnet Films, Calach Films, Rinkel Films
Man About Dog 2004 Director Paddy Breathnach Producers Robert Walpole, Simon Channing Williams Script Pearse Elliott Production Companies Treasure Entertainment, Potboiler Productions
Mapmaker 2001 Director/Script Johnny Gogan Producer Paul Donovan Production Company Grand Pictures
Maudie 2016 Director Aisling Walsh Script Sherry White Producers Susan Mullen, Mary Sexton, Mary Young Leckie, Heather Haldane, Bob Cooper Production Company Parallel Film Productions
Mickybo & Me 2005 Director/Script Terry Loane Producers Mark Huffam, Mike McGeagh Production Companies Octagon Films, New Moon Pictures
Middletown 2006 Director Brian Kirk Script Daragh Carville Producers Michael Casey, Mark Byrne, Martha O’Neill Production Company Green Park Films
Mighty Celt, The 2005 Director/Script Pearse Elliott Producers Robert Walpole, Paddy McDonald, Paddy Breathnach, Michael Casey Production Companies Treasure Entertainment, Green Park Films
Milo 2012 Director/Script Berend Boorsman, Roel Boorsman Producers Martina Niland, San Fu Maltha Production Companies Samson Films, Fu Works
Miracle, The 2012 Director Simon Staho Script Simon Staho, Peter Birro Producers Jonas Frederiksen, Peter Garde, Tristen Orpen Lynch Production Companies Subotica Entertainment, Zentropa Entertainment, XX Film
Miss Julie 2014 Director/Script Liv Ullman Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan, Teun Hilte, Oliver Dungey, Synnove Horsdal Production Companies Subotica Entertainment, The Apocalypse Films Co, Maipo Films, Senorita Films
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Mister John 2013 Directors/Script Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor Producers David Collins, Fran Borgia, Joe Lawlor Production Companies Samson Films, Akanga Film Asia, Desperate Optimists
Moondance 1993 Director Dagmar Hirtz Producers James Mitchell, Jonathan Cavendish Script Burt Weinshanker Production Company Little Bird
Moon Dogs 2016 Director Philip John Script Raymond Friel, Derek Boyle Producers Kathy Speirs, Suzanne Reid, Jacqueline Kerrin, Dominic Wright Production Company Ripple World Pictures
Moscow Never Sleeps 2014 Director/Script Johnny O’Reilly Producers Katie Holly, Johnny O’Reilly, Andrey Zakharov Production Companies Blinder Films, Snapshot Films
Most Fertile Man in Ireland, The 2000 Director Dudi Appleton Producer David Collins Script Jim Keeble Production Company Samson Films
The Moth Diaries 2011 Director/Script Mary Harron Producers David Collins, Sandra Cunningham, Karine Martine Production Companies Samson Films, Strada Films, Mediamax
My Brothers 2010 Director Paul Fraser Producers Rebecca O’Flanagan, Rob Walpole Script William Collins Production Company Rubicon Films
My Friend Joe 1994/95 Director Chris Bould Producers Michael O’Connell, Gerhard Schmidt Script David Howard, Declan Hughes Production Company ProMedia
My Name is Emily 2015 Director/Script Simon Fitzmaurice Producers Lesley McKimm, Kathryn Kennedy Production Companies Newgrange Pictures, Kennedy Films, Garagefilm, Paradox
Mystics 2003 Director David Blair Producers Mark O’Sullivan, Michael Ryan, Nigel Warren Green Script Wesley Burrowes Production Company MR Films
NNails 2016 Director Dennis Bartok Script Dennis Bartok, Tom Abrams Producers Brendan McCarthy, John McDonnell Production Company Fantastic Films
Night Train 1998 Director John Lynch Producer Tristan Orpen Lynch Script Aodhan Madden Production Company Subotica Entertainment
Niko and the Way to the Stars 2008 Directors Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen Script Hannu Tuomainen, Marteinn Thorisson, Mark Hodkinson Production Companies Magma Films, Animaker, Ulysses Films, Afilm
Nora 1999 Director Pat Murphy Producers James Flynn, Tracey Seaward Script Pat Murphy, Gerard Stembridge Production Companies Volta, Metropolitan Films
Not Afraid, Not Afraid 2001 Director Annette Carducci Producers Morgan O’Sullivan, James Flynn, Howard Gibbins Script Annette Carducci, Barry Devlin Production Company World 2000
Nothing Personal 1994/95 Director Thaddeus O’Sullivan Producers Tracey Seaward, Jonathan Cavendish Script Danny Mornin Production Company Little Bird
Nothing Personal 2009 Director/Script Urszula Antoniak Producers Reinier Selen, Edwin van Meurs, Morgan Bushe Production Companies Fastnet Films, Rinkel Film, Family Affair Films
November Afternoon 1996 Directors John Carney, Tom Hall Producer Pat O’Donoghue Script John Carney, Tom Hall Production Company High Hat Productions
OOmagh 2004 Director Pete Travis Producers Ed Guiney, Paul Greengrass Script Guy Hibbert, Paul Greengrass Production Company Hells Kitchen International
Once 2007 Director/Script John Carney Producers Martina Niland, David Collins Production Company Samson Films
Ondine 2009 Director/Script Neil Jordan Producers Neil Jordan, James Flynn, Ben Browning Production Company Octagon Films
One Hundred Mornings 2009 Director/Script Conor Horgan Producer Katie Holly Production Company Blinder Films
On the Nose 2000 Director David Caffrey Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Scott Kennedy Script Tony Philpott Production Company Subotica Entertainment
Ordinary Decent Criminal 1999 Director Thaddeus O’Sullivan Producer Jonathan Cavendish Script Gerry Stembridge Production Company Little Bird
Other Side of Sleep, The 2011 Director Rebecca Daly Producer Morgan Bushe Script Glenn Montgomery, Rebecca Daly Production Companies Fastnet Films, Rinkel Film & TV Productions, KMH Film Productions
Our Wonderful Home 2008 Director/Script Ivan Kavanagh Producers Dominic Wright, Jacqueline Kerrin Production Company Ripple World Pictures
Outcast 2010 Director/Script Colm McCarthy Producers John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy Production Companies Fantastic Films, Makar Films
Out of Here 2014 Director/Script Donal Foreman Producer Emmet Fleming Production Company Stalker Films
PPark 1999 Directors/Producers John Carney, Tom Hall Script John Carney Production Company High Hat Productions
Parked 2011 Director Darragh Byrne Producers Jacqueline Kerrin, Dominic Wright, Aleksi Bardy Script Ciaran Creagh Production Companies Ripple World Pictures, Helsinki Filmi
Patrick’s Day 2014 Director/Script Terry McMahon Producers Tim Palmer, Rachel Lysaght Production Company Ignition Film Productions
Pavee Lackeen 2005 Director Perry Ogden Producers Perry Ogden, Martina Niland, John Rocha Script Perry Ogden, Mark Venner Production Company An Lár Films
Peaches 2000 Director/Script Nick Grosso Producer Ronan Glennane Production Company Stone Ridge Films
Perfect Sense 2011 Director David Mackenzie Producers Gillian Berrie, Tristan Orpen Lynch, Malte Grunert Sisse, Graum Jørgensen Script Kim Fupz Aakeson Production Companies Subotica Entertainment, Sigma Films
Perrier’s Bounty 2009 Director Ian Fitzgibbon Producers Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen Script Mark O’Rowe Production Company Parallel Film Productions
Pete’s Meteor 1998 Director/Script Joe O’Byrne Producers Liam O’Neill, John Lyons Production Company Paradox Pictures
Pier, The 2012 Director/Script/Producer Gerard Hurley Production Company Black Equus Production
Pilgrimage 2016 Director Brendan Muldowney Script Jamie Hannigan Producers Conor Barry, John Keville, Benoit Roland Production Company Savage Productions
Pilgrim Hill 2013 Director/Script/Producer Gerard Barrett Production Company Nine Entertainment Studios
Price of Desire, The 2014 Director/Script Mary McGuckian Producers Jean-Jacques Neira, Hubert Toint, Mary McGuckian Production Companies EG Film Productions, Saga Film
Princess (Prinsessa) 2009 Director/Script Teresa Fabik Producers Sandra Harms, Morgan Bushe Production Companies Fastnet Films, Breidablick Film Production
Puckoon 2001 Director/Script Terence Ryan Producers Ken Tuohy, Terence Ryan Production Company Distinguished Features
Puffball 2007 Director Nicolas Roeg Producers Michael Garland, Julie Baines, Ben Woolford, Martin Paulhus Executive Producer Paul Donovan Script Dan Weldon Production Company Grand Pictures
Pursuit 2015 Director/Script Paul Mercier Producer Anne Gately Production Company An Pointe Productions
QQueen and Country 2014 Director/Script John Boorman Producer Kieran Corrigan Production Company Merlin Films Productions
RRace, The 2009 Director André Nebe Producers Michael Garland, Martin Hagemann Script Rowan O’Neill Production Companies Grand Pictures, Zero West Film Produktion
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Rafters, The 2011 Director/Script John Carney Producers Martina Niland, Macdara Kelleher Production Company Warehouse Pictures
Rewind 2010 Director PJ Dillon Producers Alex Jones, John Wallace Script PJ Dillon, Ronan Carr Production Company Carbon Films
Room 2015 Director Lenny Abrahamson Script Emma Donoghue Producers Ed Guiney, David Gross Production Companies Element Pictures, No Trace Camping
Run and Jump 2013 Director/Script Steph Green Producers Tamara Anghie, Martina Niland, Astrid Kahmke, Philipp Kreuzer Script Ailbhe Keogan Production Companies Samson Films, Bavaria Pictures
Runway, The 2010 Director/Script Ian Power Producers Macdara Kelleher, Brendan McDonald, Bernard Michaux Production Companies Fastnet Films, Lucil Films
SSaltwater 1999 Director/Script Conor McPherson Producer Robert Walpole Production Company Treasure Films
Sanctuary 2012 Director Norah McGettigan Script Norah McGettigan, Gabriel Enrigue Vargus Vasqyez Producers Andrew Freedman, Katarzyna Slesicka Production Companies Venom, Wajda Studios
Sanctuary 2016 Director Len Collin Script Christian O’Reilly Producer Edwina Forkin Production Company Zanzibar Films
Savage 2009 Director/Script Brendan Muldowney Producer Conor Barry Production Company SP Films
Seaside Stories 2010 Director/Producer/Script Fergus Tighe Production Company Gallivanting Media
Sea, The 2013 Director Stephen Brown Script John Banville Producers David Collins, Michael Robinson, Luc Roeg Production Companies Samson Films, Independent Film Company
Secret of Kells, The 2008 Directors Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey Producers Paul Young, Didier Brunner, Vivian Van Fleteran Script Fabirce Ziolkowski, Tomm Moore Production Company Cartoon Saloon
Secret Scripture, The 2016 Director Jim Sheridan Script Johnny Ferguson, Jim Sheridan based on the novel by Sebastian Barry Producers Noel Pearson, Rob Quigley Production Company Ferndale Films
Sensation 2010 Director/Script Tom Hall Producers Katie Holly, Kieron J Walsh Production Company Blinder Films
Separation Anxiety 1997 Director Mark Staunton Producer Liam O’Neill Script Shelagh Harcourt Production Companies Paradox Pictures, Dogtown Films
Shadow Dancer 2012 Director James Marsh Script Tom Bradby Producers Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney, Chris Coen Production Companies Element Pictures, Unanimous Entertainment
Shadows, The 2013 Director/Script Colin Downey Producer Eimear O’Kane Production Company EMU Productions
Shem the Penman Sings Again 2014 Director Padraig Trehy Script Peter McCarthy, Padraig Trehy Producer Rossa Mullin Production Company Pooleen Productions
Short Order 2005 Director/Script Anthony Byrne Producers Brian Willis, Peter Stockhaus, Christine Alderson, David Collins Production Company Igloo Productions
Shrooms 2007 Director Paddy Breathnach Producers Robert Walpole, Paddy McDonald Script Pearse Elliott Production Company Treasure Entertainment
Silence 2012 Director Pat Collins Script Pat Collins, Eoghan MacGiolla Bhríde, Sharon Whooley Producer Tina Moran Production Company South Wind Blows
Silent Grace 2001 Director/Producer/Script Maeve Murphy Production Company Follower Productions
Sing Street 2015 Director/Script John Carney Producers Martina Niland, Anthony Bregman, Paul Trijbits, Christian Grass, John Carney Production Companies Cosmo Films, Likely Story, Filmwave
Small Engine Repair 2007 Director/Script Niall Heery Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Dominic Wright Production Company Subotica Entertainment
Snakes and Ladders 1994/95 Director Trish McAdam Producers Lilyan Sievernich, Chris Sievernich Script Trish McAdam Production Company Livia Films
Snap 2010 Director/Script Carmel Winters Producer Martina Niland Production Company Samson Films
Some Mother’s Son 1996 Director/Writer Terry George Producers Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin, Ed Burke Production Company Hell’s Kitchen
Some Other Stories 2010 Directors Ivona Juka, Ana Maria Rossi, Marija Dzidzeva, Ines Tanovic, Hannah Slak Producers Ian W Davis, James Flynn, Anita Juka, Nenad Dukic, Alem Babic, Tomi Salkovski, Dunja Klemenc Script Ivona Juka, Ana Maria Rossi, Ines Tanovic, Gjorche Stavreski, Hanna Slak Production Companies DIG Productions, Octagon Films, See Films Pro, Studio Maj Production, 4 Film, Dokument, Skopje Film Studio
Song for a Raggy Boy 2003 Director Aisling Walsh Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Dominic Wright, John McDonnell, Kevin Byron Murphy Script Aisling Walsh, Kevin Byron Murphy (based on book by Patrick Galvin) Production Company Subotica Entertainment
Song of the Sea 2014 Director Tomm Moore Script Tomm Moore, Will Collins Producers Paul Young, Ross Murray Production Companies Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions, The Big Farm, Superprod, Noerlum Studios
Spaghetti Slow 1996 Director Valerio Jalongo Producers Katy McGuinness, Carlos Pasini Hansen Script Barry Devlin, Valerio Jalongo, Lucinda Coxon Production Company The Good Film Company
Speed Dating 2007 Director/Script Tony Herbert Producers John Conroy, Tony Herbert Production Company System 48
Spin the Bottle 2003 Director Ian FitzGibbon Producer Michael Garland Script Ian FitzGibbon, Michael McElhatton Production Company Grand Pictures
The Stag 2013 Director John Butler Script John Butler, Peter McDonald Producers Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole Production Company Treasure Entertainment
Standby 2013 Directors Ronan Burke, Rob Burke Script Pierce Ryan Producer John Wallace Production Companies Black Sheep Productions, Paul Thiltges Distributions
Starfish 2004 Director/Script Stephen Kane Producer Victoria Parks Production Company New Starfish Enterprise
Stay 2013 Director/Script Wiebke von Carolsfeld Producers David Collins, Martina Niland, Andrew Boutilier, Martin Paul-Hus Production Companies Samson Films, Amérique Film, Submission Films
Stella Days 2011 Director Thaddeus O’Sullivan Producer Jackie Larkin Script Antoine O’Flatharta Production Companies Newgrange Pictures, Paradox Produksjon
Stitches 2012 Director Conor McMahon Script Conor McMahon, David O’Brien Producers John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy, Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde Production Companies Fantastic Films, Tailored Films
Strangerland 2015 Director Kim Farrant Script Fiona Seres, Michael Kinirons Producers Macdara Kelleher, Naomi Wenck Production Companies Fastnet Films, Dragonfly Pictures
Studs 2006 Director/Writer Paul Mercier Producers Fiach Mac Conghail, Cuán Mac Conghail Production Company Brother Films
Sugar 2005 Directors Patrick Jolley, Reynold Reynolds Producers Samara Golden, Patrick Jolley, Reynold Reynolds, Edwina Forkin Script Reynold Reynolds, Samara Golden, Patrick Jolley Production Companies Zanzibar Films, Make Films
Summer of the Flying Saucer 2008 Director Martin Duffy Producers Ralph Christians, Clodagh Freeman Script Marleinn Thorisson Production Company Magma Films
Sunset Heights 1998 Director Colm Villa Producers Denis Bradley, James Flynn Script Colm Villa Production Company Northland Films
Sun, the Moon and the Stars, The 1996 Director/Writer Geraldine Creed Producer Brendan McCarthy Production Company Blue Light
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Surprise, The 2014 Director/Script Mike van Diem Producers Els Vandervorst, Hans de Weers, Morgan Bushe, Macdara Kelleher, Antonio Lombardo, Michael Eckelt, Robert Kievit, Richard Claus, Mike van Diem Production Companies Fastnet Films, N279 Entertainment, FATT Productions, Spinnaker Productions, Riva Filmproduktion, Prime Time
Swansong: The Story of Occi Byrne 2009 Director/Script Conor McDermottroe Producers Hermann Florin, Edwina Forkin, Tom Maguire Production Companies Zanzibar Films, Florin Film
Sweety Barrett 1998 Director/Script Stephen Bradley Producer Ed Guiney Production Company Temple Films
TTara Road 2005 Director Gillies MacKinnon Producers Noel Pearson, Miron Blumental, Sarah Radclyffe Script Cynthia Cidre, Shane Connaughton Production Company Ferndale Films
This is the Sea 1996 Director/Writer Mary McGuckian Producer Michael Garland Production Company Pembridge Productions
This Must Be the Place 2012 Director Paolo Sorrentino Producers Andrew Lowe, Nicola Giuliano, Andrea Occhipinti, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori, Stefano Massenzi Script Paolo Sorrentino, Umberto Contarello Production Companies Element Pictures, Indigo Films, Lucky Red, ARP
Tiger Raid 2015 Director Simon Dixon Script Mick Donnellan, Simon Dixon, Gareth Coulam Evans Producers Gareth Coulam Evans, David Collins, Martina Niland Production Companies Story Film, Samson Films
Tiger’s Tail, The 2006 Director/Writer John Boorman Producers John Boorman, Kieran Corrigan, John McDonnell, John Buchanan Production Company Merlin Films
Timbuktu 2003 Director Alan Gilsenan Producers Martin Mahon, John McDonnell, Emma Scott Script Paul Freaney Production Companies Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Tomato Red 2016 Director Juanita Wilson Script Juanita Wilson based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell Producers James Flynn, Liz Gill, Daniel Bekerman Production Company Metropolitan Films
Tonight is Cancelled 2007 Director/Script Brendan Grant Producer Macdara Kelleher Production Company Fastnet Films
Traders 2015 Directors/Script Peter Murphy, Rachael Moriarty Producers Stuart Switzer, Libby Durdy Production Company COCO
Triage 2009 Director/Script Danis Tanovic Producers Alan Moloney, Cedomir Kolar, Mark Baschet Production Companies Parallel Film Productions, ASAP Films, Tornasol Films, Freeform Spain
Trojan Eddie 1996 Director Gillies MacKinnon Producers Seamus Byrne, Emma Burge Script Billy Roche Production Company Irish Screen
Trouble with Sex, The 2005 Director Fintan Connolly Producer Fiona Bergin Script Fintan Connolly, Catriona McGowan Production Company FUBAR
True North 2009 Director/Script Steve Hudson Producers Sonja Ewers, Benjamina Mirnik, David Collins Production Companies Makar Productions, Samson Films
Truth Commissioner, The 2016 Director Declan Recks Script Eoin O’Callaghan based on the novel by David Park Producers David Collins, Kevin Jackson, Eoin O’Callaghan Production Company Samson Films
Two By Two — Ooops... The Ark Has Gone 2015 Directors Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack Producers Moe Honan, Emely Christians Script Mark B. Hodkinson, Richard Conroy, Toby Genkel, Martienn Thorisson Production Companies Moetion Films, Ulysses Filmproduktion, Fabrique D’Images, Skyline Entertainment
UUgly Duckling & Me! 2007 Directors Michael Hegner, Karsten Kiilerich Producers Ralph Christians, Anders Maastrup, Moe Honan, Daina Sacco Script Mark Hodkinson Production Companies Magma Films, A Film Futurikon, Ulysses
Unless 2016 Director Alan Gilsenan Script Alan Gilsenan based on the novel by Carol Shields Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan, Julia Sereny, Jennifer Kawaja Production Company Subotica
VVasha 2009 Director/Script Hannu Salonen Producers Piret Tibbo-Hudgins, Philipp Homberg, Jarkko Hentula, Nathalie Lichtenthaeler Production Companies Wide Eye Films, Homberg Film Produktion, All Film, Juoni Filmi
Viva 2015 Director Paddy Breathnach Script Mark O’Halloran Producers Robert Walpole, Rebecca O’Flanagan, Cathleen Dore Production Company Treasure Entertainment Ltd.
WWake Wood 2009 Director David Keating Producers John McDonnell, Brendan McCarthy Script Brendan McCarthy Production Companies Fantastic Films, Solid Entertainment
Watermelon 2002 Director Kieron J Walsh Producers David Collins, Saurabh Kakkar, Christine Langan Script Colin Bateman Production Company Samson Films
What If 2013 Director Michael Dowse Script Elan Mastai Producers David Gross, Jesse Shapira, Jedd Arkuss Andre Rouleau, Macdara Kelleher Production Companies Fastnet Films, No Trace Camping, Caramel Films
What Richard Did 2012 Director Lenny Abrahamson Script Malcolm Campbell Producers Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe Production Company Element Pictures
When Brendan Met Trudy 2000 Director Kieron J. Walsh Producer Lynda Myles Script Roddy Doyle Production Company Deadly Films 2
When the Sky Falls 1999 Director John Mackenzie Producers Nigel Warren-Green, Michael Wearing Script Colum McCann, Michael Sheridan, Ronan Gallagher Production Company Irish Screen
Wide Open Spaces 2009 Director Tom Hall Script Arthur Matthews Producers Paul Donovan, Clare Kerr Production Companies Grand Pictures, Mead Kerr
Wind That Shakes the Barley, The 2006 Director Ken Loach Producers Rebecca O’Brien, Andrew Lowe Script Paul Laverty Production Companies Sixteen Films, Element Films
Winter’s End 2005 Director/Script Patrick Kenny Producer Damien Donnelly Production Company Winter’s End
Without Name 2016 Director Lorcan Finnegan Script Garrett Shanley Producer Brunella Cocchiglia Production Company Lovely Productions
Witness, The 2015 Director Mitko Panov Script Mitko Panov, Wadyslaw Pasikowski Producers David Collins, Martina Niland, Francine Lusser, Gérard Monier, Jean-Luc Ormieres Production Companies Tipimages Productions, Pirej Film, MP Filmska Samson Films
Words upon the Window Pane 1993 Director Mary McGuckian Producers Mary McGuckian, Anna J Devlin Script Mary McGuckian Production Company Pembridge Productions
YYou Looking at Me? 2003 Director/Producer Margo Harkin Script Teresa Godfrey Production Company Besom Productions
Young Offenders, The 2016 Director/Script Peter Foott Producer Peter Foott, Julie Ryan Production Company Vico Films
Young Ones 2014 Director/Script Jake Paltrow Producers Tristan Orpen Lynch, Mike Auret, Jake Paltrow Production Companies Subotica Entertainment, Spier Films
You’re Ugly Too 2015 Director/Script Mark Noonan Producers John Keville, Conor Barry Production Companies Savage Productions
ZZonad 2008 Director John Carney Producers Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, John McDonnell Script John Carney, Kieran Carney Production Company Element Pictures
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