Screen Ireland-supported documentary The Siege of Paradise selected for the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival
Posted: 16th April 2026
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to congratulate director Gar O’Rourke and the creative team behind feature documentary The Siege of Paradise, which will receive its World Premiere in the official Documentary Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival this June.
Short film His House, Home, directed by Aisling O’Regan Sargent and written by Philip Emo, has also been selected for the festival, screening in the Shorts collection ‘Care Package’.
The Siege of Paradise is produced by Andrew Freedman, Ken Wardrop and Jessie Hayden for Irish production company Venom. In Cinque Terre on Italy’s northern Riviera, fewer than 3,000 locals endure over four million tourists each summer. Across one chaotic season, six very different lives play out in parallel, revealing a sharply funny and surprisingly tender story of paradise under pressure in the age of social media driven tourism.
His House, Home was funded by Screen Ireland’s flagship short film scheme, Focus Shorts, and directed by Aisling O’Regan Sargent, written by Philip Emo and produced by Killian Casey for All My Friends. Closeted Luke cares for his dad with MS. When a queer carer arrives, he is forced to confront his fear of coming out, and their strained relationship.
The Tribeca Film Festival takes place from June 3rd to 14th, 2026.