Don't miss Irish Shorts at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival
Posted: 26th February 2020
Fís Éireann is delighted to support Irish shorts at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival this year - running from the 26th February to 8th March 2020.
With a curated screening of all-female filmmakers from Screen Ireland's Short Stories, Focus Shorts and Real Shorts funding schemes, as well as selections in the other short film strands, the VMDIFF 2020 line-up supports Irish talent and film at all levels.
See below for a complete line-up of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland short films screening at this year's festival:
Screen Ireland Shorts #1 - Sunday, 1st March, 5.30pm
The Grass Ceiling
Three successful female athletes explore how being physically courageous, unapologetically competitive and deeply passionate in team sport can unlock a freedom to really occupy your own skin.
Director: Iseult Howlett / 15 mins
Producer: Frankie Fenton
Wrath
At the precipice of womanhood and plagued with foreboding dreams, Maria must confront the mistrust of her family as a strange epidemic sweeps through Ireland.
Director: Suri Grennell / 9 mins
Producer: Bjorn McGiolla
Above the Law
Traversing the same bodies of land and water, this short film conceptually links the intercontinental routes of migratory birds with the journeys of refugees and migrants
Director: Bryony Dunne / 15 mins
Producer: Patrick Campbell
Sister This
Struggling financially and doing everything to survive, two sisters argue but realise the last thing they can afford is shame.
Director: Claire Byrne / 20 mins
Producer: Claire Gormley
Break Us
Mark and Sophie plan to rob a post office, but as things go awry, they each discover what they’re really made of…
Director: Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair / 9 mins
Producer: Claire McCabe
Welcome to a Bright White Limbo
Oona Doherty is a Belfast based dancer and choreographer. This poetic and visually arresting documentary is a portrait of Oona and the creative process of her award winning show ‘Hope Hunt.’
Director: Cara Holmes / 11 mins
Producer: Zlata Filipovic
Virgin Media DIFF Shorts #5 - Friday, 6th March, 6.00pm
Twin
Over the course of her 21st birthday, Ava explores the grief felt by the loss of her twin sister and attempts to overcome it.
Director: Ciaran Dooley / 6 mins Producer: Matt D’Arcy
Christy
A 16 year old school dropout interviews for a job, but when he’s let down by his brother, he lashes back and looks to his friends for support
Director: Brendan Canty / 15 mins Producer: Paula Steward