Irish Shorts 2: In Competition
Innovative and captivating Irish and World Premiere shorts.
CLOSING OF THE BONES [D]
Claire Murphy | Ireland | 2024 | 9 mins
This film is an exploration of childbirth by cultivating an environment that embraces the woman's narrative and allows her story to resonate. The physicality of her journey is accentuated through meticulous care and attention devoted to her well-being. Through the act of sharing and establishing a nurturing and intimate space, women are empowered to assert ownership over their bodies and experiences.
NIGHT FLIGHT [C]
Sharon Whooley | Ireland | 2023 | 14 mins
IVANKO THE BEAR’S CHILD [D]
Feargal Ward, Jonathan Sammon | Ireland | 2024 | 25 mins
A peasant's wife loses her way in the forest and stumbles into a bears den. The bear keeps her with him and after a time, a half-bear, half-child is born. They long to escape. Amongst the abandoned ruins of the Red Army's former headquarters outside Berlin, an age-old Russian fairy tale is retold.
DAY TRIP (IN MEMORY OF MARY BUTTERS) [D]
Dawn Richardson | Ireland, United Kingdom | 2023 | 24 mins
Working with director Dawn Richardson, artist Jonathan Brennan and the Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive, writer Paul Doran has developed a specially-commissioned script for NI Mental Health Arts Festival (NIMHAF) about the ways in which myths are created and how they live alongside those who experience and remember their stories. Day Trip (In Memory of Mary Butters) looks at how myths are created and what they can tell us about the way our minds work.
PARISH
Eoin Heaney | Ireland | 2023 | 25 mins
Parish is a hybrid documentary that examines the representation of community identity. The film follows a communal choreography; a cinematic moveable feast where a diverse group of people add colour, nuance and shape to their community identity through the vivid, visceral nature of memory and its connection to dramatic experience.
Films in competition are eligible for the Grand Prix Irish Short Award, and where stated [GP]. Films eligible for the Grand Prix Documentary Short Award [D] and Pure Cork Award [C] where stated.
Awards presentation supported by Murphy’s (enjoy responsibly).