Irish Short Films

FAMILY FRIENDLY Category

'Angela's Christmas' is an animated holiday special, based on the popular children’s story from Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt.

The half hour CG film is based on Frank McCourt’s only children’s book, inspired by a story his mother Angela told him as a child. McCourt won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling memoir, Angela’s Ashes.

The film stars Oscar nominated Ruth Negga (Loving, Preacher) in the role of Angela’s mother, and Lucy O’Connell (Oscar nominated Song of the Sea) as Angela. The film is written by Will Collins (Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers) and Damien O’Connor (Anya, Doc McStuffins), and directed by Damien O’Connor. Ellen McCourt, Frank’s widow, serves as an Executive Producer on the project and Malachy McCourt (Brewster’s Millions, The January Man, One Life to Live), Frank McCourt’s brother, and Irish-American actor, writer and politician, provides the narration.

Set in Ireland in the 1910s, 'Angela's Christmas' is a funny, heart-warming and poignant story about the power of family and the innocent desire of a child to ensure everyone is safe, warm and loved at Holiday time.

FAMILY FRIENDLY Category

CAST - Martha Malone, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Steve Blout

WRITER - Eoin Colfer, Viko Nikci

DIRECTOR - Viko Nikci

A ten-year-old girl is thrilled when her mother finally agrees to let her have a dog, but she begins to suspect that her mother isn't telling her what's really going on. A short film adaptation of Eoin Colfer's bestselling book.

FAMILY FRIENDLY Category

Written and Directed by: Kerrie Costello & Julien Celin

Executive Producer: Darragh OʼConnell @ Brown Bag films

Pins and Needles tells the story of the new kid on the plot trying to fit in.

This is the story of a spiky cactus trying to make a friend in a world full of 'normal' flowers. The Cactus is the new plant in the garden, instantly shunned by the flowers because it is different. After enduring ridicule at the hands of the Sunflower and Dandelion, the cactus longs for a friend. When a New arrival joins the garden the two become best buds, showing friendship comes in all shapes.

Family Friendly Category

Producer - Cathal Gaffney; Director - Darragh O'Connell

A humorously short film, animating the original audio recordings of Dublin schoolchildren made by their teacher Peg Cunningham in the 1960s.

A schoolgirl, interviewed for television, tells a somewhat unconventional version of the story of John the Baptist, which is famously illustrated in this Oscar nominated short film.

ADULT /Young Adult Category

Cast: Pat Shortt, Clelia Murhpy

Writer & Director: Cassidy Harison

This short with over 13 Awards and a further  11 International film festival nominations ,  sees Lester Wink clearly not suited working in sales, but it's precisely the job Lester lands because of a family connection.  A door-to-door pet insurance salesman with a phobia of talking with strangers must make a sale by 5 pm or get fired. The Life of Lester Wink.

ADULT /Young Adult Category

Key Cast: Saoirse Reilly/Zelda Fitzgerald - Kellie Blaise, Dr.Cahill - Paddy C.Courtney, Lennie - Paul Elliott

Writer: Kellie Blaise

Director - Imogen Harrison

Following the death of her only son Charlie, former school teacher Saoirse Reilly develops D.I.D (Dissociative Identity Disorder) as a coping mechanism. Unable to deal with his ill wife, Jack Reilly admits her to the local psychologist Dr. Cahill whose clinic is located on the grounds of Saint Jude's Psychiatric Hospital. Dr. Cahill has been treating her to no avail for over twelve months. Dr. Cahill stumbles upon an alternative method of treatment following months of frustration and zero change in Saoirse's catatonic state. Railing against everything he's been taught, he ploughs ahead and is surprised and excited with the results achieved. He has unlocked something within Saoirse, but what has emerged is her new personality, that of 1920's infamous flapper girl Zelda Fitzgerald. Under threat from his superiors and the disappointment of his colleague Lennie, Cahill faces the moral dilemma of whether to return Saoirse to her upsetting reality or allow her to retain the identity of her vibrant alter ego