Regent Street Cinema
307 Regent Street
London W1B 2HW
UK
100 mins / Ireland
Extra Features: drinks reception
Our second of two collections of the latest Irish short films and animations from emerging and well-known filmmakers, including Jack Hickey, Harry Lee, Michael-David McKernan, Carol Freeman, Tristan Heanue, Stuart Douglas, Olivia McLaughlin, Siobhán Kavanagh, and Irish Film London patron Moe Dunford.
Afterwards join us in the bar from 7pm for a drinks reception celebrating Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture, before our final screening of the 2019 festival!
Cynthia
18 mins / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Jack Hickey
Featuring: Moe Dunford, Clare Dunne, Peter Campion, Valerie O'Connor, Caoimhe O'Malley
Over the course of a fraught evening Cynthia navigates her once familiar circle of friends and comes to realise some bridges can’t be mended, and things are said that cannot be taken back.
Hearts & Crafts
5 mins / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Harry Lee
Featuring: Alex Olariu, Mia O'Connor
A heart-warming romantic short film about a pair of 10-year-olds, Oscar and Aimee, as they navigate the soaring highs and confusing lows of their first relationship.
HALO
16 mins / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Michael-David McKernan
Featuring: Michael-David McKernan, Toni O'Rourke, India Mullen, Patrick Flannery
A lonely taxi driver takes drastic action to protect a passenger from heartbreak.
The Bird & The Whale
7 mins / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Carol Freeman
A paint-on-glass short made up of over 4300 paintings about a young whale, lost at sea, struggling to find his voice, with the help of a caged songbird he rescued from a shipwreck.
Ciúnas (Silence)
13 mins / Irish language / English subtitles / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Tristan Heanue
Featuring: Gary Lydon, Ally Ní Chiaráin , Hazel Doupe
A couple embark on a journey in the midst of a family crisis.
Synopsis in Irish: Tosaíonn lánúin ar thuras i measc géarchéime teaghlaigh.
Cúl An Tí (The Back Of The House)
16 mins / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Stuart Douglas
Featuring: Stella McCusker, Bosco Hogan, Emma Pyne
An emotional story of grief, memory and mortality, which depicts a family struggling to come to terms with its painful past.
The Dressmaker
17 mins / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Olivia McLaughlin
Featuring: Finian Duff Lennon, Olivia McKevitt, Andrea Kelly, Gerry Cannon
In 1950s Ireland, 12 year old Thomas is caught between the pressure to follow his father's footsteps as a tailor, or to pursue his passion of dressmaking.
Saving Grace
13 mins / Ireland / 2019
Dir: Siobhán Kavanagh
Featuring: Maria McDermotteroe, Helen Roche, Pete Cummins
After Grace's husband dies, their once thriving music venue becomes silent and now only frequented by two friends. They are forced out of this rut when they face losing one of the trio.