Whether it’s politics, history, in Irish, in silence, in fear or in love voices can be urgent, gentle, persistent, or silent depending on what we hear.
The Irish capital comes to life in this high-speed film, designed for anyone who has ever complained that history lessons are far too boring.
A student and teacher, both navigating their own challenges, find support and an unlikely friendship over a deli breakfast roll. 🎥 View Trailer
The impacts of hoarding through the eyes and imagination of a child.
A little dog tries to take care of her best friend. 🎥 View Trailer
When Adamma and her father seek refuge in an asylum center in Ireland they are greeted by angry protestors, but a dangerous situation threatens to become explosive when Adamma ventures out into the neighborhood alone.
A lost twenty-something moves to NYC in search of a new life. In need of money, he takes a job minding his distant relative Brida and finds a connection he couldn’t have imagined. 🎥 View Trailer
Poetic look at the ongoing tensions of the Irish societal landscape. Be it lack of housing, inflation or relations with the North, everything is on the table over a pint.
Eddie Doherty is a modest and humble man who, at the age of 84, still carries on the tradition of hand weaving the Donegal Tweed fabrics at his small shop in Ardara. 🎥 View Trailer
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