Irish Shorts 1: In Competition

A programme of Irish and world premiere shorts encompassing documentary and fiction. Featuring some formidable familiar talents and exciting new voices. An exploration of places and people, blending the serious and the comic.

TIN CITY - Feargal Ward [RU] [D]

MARY IS MISSING - Aisling Byrne

When care worker Mary vanishes without a trace, Detective Foley arrives at the Yellow Tree Day Service, and investigations begin. As reports from the eyewitnesses become more and more confounding, we are asked to explore the reliability of truth, the strangeness of fiction, and the people we choose to believe. 

MARGUERITE - Paul Webster

Marguerite Nolan is a right-wing agitator. A normal day spreading her extreme views online is interrupted when her estranged daughter comes to the house, forcing a reckoning for Marguerite. 

NO MEAN CITY - Ross McClean [D]

DAWN OF THE ICK - Nell Mercier

A town is plagued by a syndrome causing women to abandon their husbands. Sibéal thinks she’s immune, until her fiancé moves in. Is her love strong enough to see past the ick? Or is she just a fickle little bitch?

Films in competition are eligible for the Grand Prix Prix Documentary Short Award [D], Redbreast UNHIDDEN Short Award [RU] and Pure Cork Award [C] where stated. All films 2025, except where indicated.

Awards presentation supported by Murphy’s.