Irish Shorts 4: Out of Competition

A selection of some of the shorts that caught our eye from those already released this year. Documentary work that confronts who we are, and who we were, and exciting new voices in fiction.

THE NEW POLICY REGARDING HOMELESS ASYLUM SEEKERS - Dennis Harvey

Dublin, June 2024: thousands of men seeking asylum in Ireland are homeless. Olivia and her group of volunteers are trying to find safe locations where the men can sleep each night, but the government is actively enforcing its new policy against homeless encampments, and the far-right are lurking.

BOOBS - Nicola Leddy

DANCE ME CLEAN - Hildegard Ryan (2024)

Nell returns home to her late mother's house broke and pregnant. Against her better judgement she agrees to baby sit local teenager Scarlett, and they strike up an unlikely friendship.

DANCE TO REMEMBER - Dónal Dineen

Fuelled by his singular passion for music, Dónal Dineen’s autobiographical short documentary is a cinematic meditation on the ties that bind us to the places and people we love, in life and death.

UPPER CURRENT - Gregory O'Reilly (2024)

A driver attempts to get rid of his hit-and-run victim. At sea, a mistake drags him into the current. By morning, only the drifting vessel remains, burdened with silence and guilt.

WOULD YOU RATHER - Sophie O'Donovan

After recovering from a mental breakdown, a young woman shows up uninvited to a friend’s gathering, where a game of Would You Rather threatens to push her over the edge.

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.