Irish Shorts 4: Out of Competition

A selection of Irish shorts that have been screened elsewhere in Ireland this year but that we particularly like and want to share with our audience. Documentaries, drama and a musical! Stories that take you from the rough and tumble roads of West Cork to the shiny surrounds of the Paris Metro. and some interesting points in-between.

BOWLING ROADS - Laura Mahler

It is only played in this small corner of West Cork, but here, it is king. Hannah wants nothing more than to be its Queen.

MÍ-ÁDH (BAD LUCK) - Damian McCann

A superstitious and suicidal taxi driver must confront his mortality when he finds himself complicit in the attempted murder of a diabetic black cat.

Caithfidh tiománaí tacsaí piseogach agus féinmharfach dul i ngleic lena bhásmhaireacht nuair a bhíonn sé comhpháirteach le hiarracht ar dhúnmharú cait dubh diaibéiteach.

VERDIGRIS - Chloe Brenan

Drifting through Paris on digitised Super 8mm, Verdigris explores how architecture shapes movement and how wandering becomes an act of resistance against the rhythms, routines and standardisation of urban life.

THE LACEY WAY - Regina de Faoite

Seventeen-year-old George Lacey, an outsider in both her family and the world beyond, ventures into her first disco in search of belonging, only to confront a reality she has never been taught to navigate.

ROBIN IN THE HOOD - Kristin Vollset

When a travelling busker discovers Dublin’s rebellious inner-city horse community, she joins forces with an urban horse owner in a modern musical reimagining of Robin Hood, as they fight to escape an oppressive economic system and forge a new life.