There will be two Screen Ireland Shorts programmes screening on the afternoon of Saturday, 22nd February.
Strand 1 - 1.30pm
- Cat & Mouse (Written by Clare Monnelly, directed by Michael-David McKernan, produced by Mícheál Fleming)
Cat is at work in the local diner, being accosted by passive aggressive texts from her mother and slightly more aggressive attempts from her boss to make her do work, when a man in a mouse costume walks through the doors.
- One More Round (Written by Lauren Larkin, directed by Barry John O'Connor, produced by Natalie Britton.)
Amy is desperate for a baby. Darren has a literal pain in his balls from trying. Sick of attending others’ baby showers and pricy IVF treatments, the two are finally pushed over the edge.
- Mero (Written and directed by Jack Phelan, produced by Claire Lennon.)
Mero makes her way into the city by train. She ducks into her favourite café where a mug of coffee and an encounter with a kindred spirit put her at ease.
- Ogham (Written and directed by Alan Hopkins, produced by Husni Hafid.)
Eoin lives in a mountainside cave, sleeping alone in the place he once shared with his wife and child. After getting injured on a failed hunt, his continued survival comes into question.
- Tadhana (Written and directed by Jessie Lopez II and Deither Kirby Jay, produced by Carla Vulpiani.)
Ready to leave her parents’ home, Camille wanders in the midst of feelings and memories from the past and prepares for the future.
- I Can't Go On (Written and directed by Laoisa Sexton, produced by Emma Foley and Tamryn Reinecke)
Trapped inside polyester fur, dizzy and sweating to death, a party entertainer’s day goes from bad to worse and as events spiral out of control, a tense battle for survival ensues.
- Naked Lights (Written and directed by Jeda de Brí, produced by Greg Burrowes.)
In the dead of night, in the middle of nowhere, in a run-down petrol station, Emma begins her nightshift. What will she do when a balaclava-clad man shows up threatening to set the station on fire?
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Strand 2 - 4pm
- Peat (Written and directed by Paudie Baggott, produced by Maggie Ryan.)
On the advice of her witchy neighbour, a widow builds a Golem to help her work the bog. Things go swimmingly until her useless man-child son starts feeling jealous.
- Come Back (Written and directed by Helen O'Reilly, produced by Nathan Griffin.)
Eleven-year-old Jenny idolises her 13-year-old sister Lisa and wants to rekindle their once close relationship. Things take a sinister turn when she accompanies Lisa and her friends to a derelict building.
- Gael Force (Directed by Tara Hegarty, produced by Roisín Geraghty.)
In 1999, Irish national broadcaster RTÉ announced that its weather forecasters would be replaced by attractive young television presenters. But the people of Ireland had something to say about that.
- ReRooted (Written by Delphine Coudray, co-directed by Christian Spurling and Delphine Coudray, produced by Michael Lee.)
A bored warehouse worker's quest for an enduring legacy as an animator takes a darkly comedic turn when she signs up for an eco-friendly burial. (WORLD PREMIERE)
- Turnaround (Written and directed by Aisling Byrne, produced by Killian Coyle. Kilian Walters (Editor) and Daniel Keane (DOP) worked across production through Arcade Film.)
Following a sudden, tragic bereavement, a West Cork cleaner must decide if she will uphold a tightly hidden secret. Aisling Byrne’s short is beautifully written and even more beautifully acted.
- Retirement Plan (Written by Tara Lawall and John Kelly, directed by John Kelly, produced by Julie Murnaghan and Andrew Freedman.)
In this cheekily funny yet poignant animation, Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) fantasises about everything he’d love to do in retirement, once he finally has the “time”.
This screening is now sold out. Join the waitlist here.
