The National Film School at IADT

In the underground world of diffing, a community finds solace in their passion, as they navigate personal struggles and challenges both on and off the road.

Death is training his son in the art and responsibilities of the family business. His son does well until he's sent out on his own to claim an accident victim. Instead, he's asked by a friend of the dying man to help with CPR. Taken aback, he assents, the dying man is resuscitated, and Death's son is in the doghouse with dad. Enraged, pop gives his son 24 hours to deliver a corpse, so the young man sets out to ice the man who asked him for help earlier that day. Junior's target is a young actor, Tom, going through opening night and loved by Sarah, a rather histrionic young woman. A near-Death experience awaits them all as Junior comes of age.

The filmmaker's mother, Ethel Wardrop, talks about her own body and the role it played in her loving relationship with her dear husband.

Two strangers. Two personalities. One hand-made secret.

After surviving a brain eating parasite, Levi, a young queer man, is invited to his secondary school crush Roan's house for the weekend. Waking from an intoxicated night of reconnecting, Levi becomes convinced Roan kissed him. As Levi seeks the truth of what happened that night, his grip on reality loosens.

Karen, a young single mother, is bored by routine. Slot machines have become her secret thrill and addiction. With Christmas looming, a desperate hope for a big win sees her life spiral out of control.

Though released from prison Desmond is still in turmoil from the past events that lead him there. As he carves out the path for his new life Desmond struggles between the man he wants to become and the man he was.

A man becomes infatuated with a red flowerpot

A short film about a guy who is the odd one out in a topsy turvy world.

A tale about isolation and lack of communication, the gap between the reality a teenage boy lives, and how he would like it be. He has a secret that he would like to tell his family, something that he has come to terms with and is about to affect the rest of his life. But how will they react?

When an under-twelves hurling team and their coach get lost on their way to a match, they encounter... The Braineater.

The antagonist of a strange opera becomes increasingly unsettled, following the unlikely return of the former lead actor.

A girl moves into an apartment and becomes consumed with curiosity for her reclusive, strange flatmate.

Meabh, a spirited fifteen-year-old, shields her two younger sisters, Lucy and Aine, from the ongoing neglect and abuse they are experiencing in their catholic children’s home by telling them transcendent Irish Fairy Tales. Desperate to protect them, Meabh takes the blame for her sisters’ rule breaking, resulting in severe punishment from the head nun, Sister Joan. Fearful her sisters will be adopted by another family without her, Meabh plots an escape.

Clara’s bedroom is the starting point for a mosaic of moments, to provide a glimpse of the life contained therein. The awkward romances, ritualistic tasks, familial tension - the concept of ‘Clara’s Room’ came from a desire to explore the things which play a crucial part in forming who we are.

After the tragic passing of his brother, Pádraig visits an audiologist to learn that his hearing has deteriorated beyond repair. Left in the silence of his own grief, Pádraig hides from the world.

A young boy's love for the piano offers escape from his parents disintegrating marriage and the bullies at school.

An independent little cloud finally finds a use for all the rain that he’s been carrying around. But even with the best of intentions, strange things can happen…

Bobby's tales of hunting game on the plains of Tanzania inspire a sinister side in her mollycoddled co-worker Lucas.

When betrayal stalks their camping trip, three friends unwittingly conjure up the spirits of vengeful Nature with deathly consequences.