Ireland

Ireland

A collection of films encompassing both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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  • My Name is Emily

    Directed by Simon Fitzmaurice • Drama • With Evanna Lynch. George Webster • 2015 • 94 minutes

    After her mother dies and her father is institutionalized, Emily (Evanna Lynch) is placed in a foster home and in a new school where she is ostracized. When her father’s annual card fails to arrive on h...

  • Ascendancy

    Directed by Edward Bennett • Drama • With Julie Covington, Ian Charleson • 1982 • 92 minutes

    Set in Ireland in 1920, Ascendancy is a powerful meditation on English guilt over the tormented history of Northern Ireland. Connie (Julie Covington) is an English aristocrat driven to despair over the h...

  • A Boatload of Wild Irishmen

    Directed by Mac Dara O Curraidhin • Documentary • 2011 • 84 minutes

    Robert Flaherty (1884-1951) was the man credited with being the father of the modern documentary film after he produced and directed 'Nanook of the North' in 1922. Flaherty is one of the great name directors in the history of ci...

  • DannyBoy

    Directed by Ferdia Mac Anna • Comedy • With Darragh Byrne, Clelia Murphy • 2021 • 97 minutes

    Set in small town Ireland in 1981, 'Dannyboy' tells the story of a young man trying to find love among New Romantics, Post Punks, Goths and other tribes. The film centers around Daniel, an anxious, stutt...

  • The Image You Missed

    Directed by Donal Foreman • Documentary • 2018 • 74 minutes

    An Irish filmmaker grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late American documentarian Arthur MacCaig, through MacCaig's decades-spanning archive of the conflict in Northern Ireland.

    Drawing on over 30 years of unique and...

  • Kisses

    Directed by Lance Daly • Drama • With Shane Curry, Kelly O'Neill • 2010 • 78 minutes

    On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door,...

  • Maeve

    Directed by Pat Murphy & John Davies • Drama • With Mary Jackson • 1981 • 90 minutes

    Pat Murphy and John Davis’ experimental film attempts to posit an alternative, feminist perspective on the Troubles and Irish nationalism. Flitting between the various pasts and present, it follows the experienc...

  • The Patriot Game

    Directed by Arthur MacCaig • Documentary • 1979 • 93 minutes

    Rich in emotional images, often tender but more often terrifying, THE PATRIOT GAME tells the story of the long and bitter battle for Northern Ireland.

    The film's introduction covers Ireland's history from British colonization to the t...

  • Rocky Road to Dublin

    Directed by Peter Lennon • Documentary • With Seán Ó Faoláin, Conor Cruise O’Brien, John Houston • 1967 • 67 minutes

    ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN is a provocative and revealing portrait of Ireland in the Sixties, a society characterized by a stultifying educational system, a morally repressive and polit...

  • The Making of 'Rocky Road to Dublin'

    Directed by Paul Duane • Documentary • With Peter Lennon, Raoul Coutard • 2005 • 27 minutes

    This documentary reunites director Peter Lennon and cinematographer Raoul Coutard, who recount the making of their then controversial but now classic documentary on Ireland in the Sixties. Rocky Road to D...