From podcasts to in-depth discussion and reviews, from docs to dramas, here's where we take a look at the Irish films released in 2025. Click here to look back on the films of 2024.
Eternity
(DIR: David Freyne • WRI: David Freyne, Patrick Cunnane).
In cinemas 12th December 2025
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with, and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
Entertaining, enjoyable and, like all good romcoms, inherently rewatchable
Read Khushi Jain's review here.
Horseshoe
(DIR: Edwin Mullane, Adam O'Keefe • WRI: Adam O'Keefe).
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 12th July. In cinemas 5th December 2025.
On the wind-blasted coast of North Sligo, four estranged siblings return to their ageing childhood home to decide the fate of the family estate. Rammed into the family home for the first time in decades, estranged siblings Jeremiah, Niall, Carrie and Evan return home in the wake of their father’s death to decide the fate of the family estate. Burdens and grudges, fears and insecurities rise to the surface as the ghost of Colm Canavan continues to taunt them from beyond the grave. As the weekend progresses and failures to agree rack up, they cajole, bicker, reunite and divide as the family’s myriad skeletons come tumbling out of the proverbial closet.
CAST: John Connors, Seán Doyle, Mary Murray, Carolyn Bracken, Neill Fleming, Jed Murray, Eric O’Brien, Lalor Roddy
Balancing oddball charm with psychological insight, Horseshoe stands as a tribute to rural Ireland and a promising introduction to these two emerging voices in Irish cinema.
In this article, Matthew Briody catches up with directing duo Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe.
Listen to our podcast with Producer Mo O'Connell and Actor Carolyn Bracken.
Beo Faoin bhFód / Buried Alive
(DIR: Daire Collins • WRI: Daire Collins, Sadhbh Devlin, James O'Brien-Moran )
Screening at IFI Documentary Festival. Beo Faoin bhFód airs on TG4 on 26th November 2025.
In 1968, Mick Meaney was buried six foot under the London soil in a simple wooden coffin. Hundreds came to see his burial and toast Mick on his way. The thing was, Mick was not dead. Beo Faoin bhFód is the chronicle of the bizarre tale of Mick Meaney who was buried alive to win the world record for the longest time spent buried alive in 1968. Using never before seen archive, animation and interviews with the people who personally knew Mick, this film charts his record attempt and the depths he and others reached for fame and fortune.
FEATURING: Macdara Ó Fátharta
Tells a story that lingers on long after the credits roll.
Read Ronan Power's review here.
Listen to our podcast with Director Daire Collins here.
Testimony
(DIR: Aoife Kelleher • WRI: Aoife Kelleher, Rachel Lysaght)
In cinemas 21st November 2025.
Testimony follows an extraordinary group of women - supported by the activist organisation Justice for Magdalenes - whose fight to hold the Irish government accountable for abuses in the Magdalene Laundries, Mother and Baby Homes, and the forced separation of families, takes them all the way to the United Nations.
CAST: Imelda Staunton, Rod Baker, Frank Brehany
Testimony is in itself a statement of justice.
Anniversary
(DIR: Jan Komasa • WRI: Lori Rosene-Gambino)
Available to stream 21st November 2025.
Filmed in Dublin and co-produced by Metropolitan Pictures, this film tells the story of a close-knit family caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as "The Change." Ellen and Paul witness their lives fall apart when Ellen's former student Liz reappears and starts dating their son. As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Liz's role in "The Change" brings simmering conflicts to the surface, unraveling the fabric of the family just as the nation itself stands on edge during an alarming and challenging time of uncertainty.
CAST: Daryl McCormack, Rebecca O'Meara, Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler
Barber
(DIR: Fintan Connolly • WRI: Fintan Connolly, Fiona Bergin)
In cinemas 14th April 2023. Broadcast on RTE 15th November 2025.
Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter Sara. As initial investigations into her disappearance begin to darken, secrets surface in unexpected ways. Before too long, Barber finds himself entangled with powerful men of shady morals determined to thwart his investigations. Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
CAST: Aidan Gillen, Aisling Kearns, Gary Lydon, Helen Behan, Deirdre Donnelly, Liam Carney
A fresh take on the classic form...This film deviates from the classic Noir format due to the warmth of the writing and depth of the relationships.
Read Gemma Creagh's review here.
Podcast: Fintan Connolly, Director and Co-Writer of Barber.
Born That Way
(DIR: Éamon Little)
Premiere at DIFF 2025. In cinemas 14th November 2025.
Patrick Lydon is a rare bird. A ‘social artist’, his raw materials are human relations. He is a man of vision, intelligence, principle, discipline, huge energy, passion, courage, humour and, most obvious of all, he’s bursting with love for his fellow man, especially the more vulnerable amongst us.
FEATURING: Patrick Lydon
An inspirational story of humility and love of community
Read Mutale Kampuni's review here.
Róisín Kearney interviews filmmaker Éamon Little here.
Abode
(WRI/DIR: Liam O Mochain)
Premiere at Indie Cork. In cinemas 7th November 2025.
Abode features five stories connected by the theme of home and what it means. Whether the characters are living in mansions, on the street, in a big city, suburbia or in the countryside, home has an importance and a different meaning for each of them.
CAST: Liam O Mochain, Marion O'Dwyer, Anthony Morris
Abode is an often very funny work that effectively mines the familiarity of Irish settings, accents, and situations, resulting in a film best experienced in a sold-out Irish cinema.
Read Matthew Briody's interview with writer and director Liam O Mochain.
Dreamtown
(WRI/DIR: Steven McKenna)
Premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024. Airing on RTÉ 1st November 2025.
Mickey Richards, a delusional, aging rocker who never realised his dreams, lives a care-free, ‘rock and roll’ life. Spending his nights in bars bragging about his glory days to a group of youths. And then there’s Gina Fox, the young bartender… Mickey’s life has only amounted to a failed marriage and a neglected relationship with his musically talented son, Alan. Mickey decides it’s time he shows Alan what he’s been missing. When Alan is introduced to Gina through a decorating job at her house, it means competition for Gina’s heart. This, and Mickey’s attempts to impress Alan, only creates an even bigger wedge between the two of them. It’s time for Mickey to wake up, and stop living in that Dreamtown.
CAST: Anthony Murphy, Cian Hyland & Michelle Lucy
Dreamtown tells a simple story of a man trying to accept his past while working on getting acceptance from his son, and it tells it extremely well
Read Mick Jordan's review here.
Listen to this podcast with Director Steven McKenna and DOP Jaro Waldeck here.
Bugonia
(DIR: Yorgos Lanthimos • WRI: Jang Joon-hwan, Will Tracy)
In cinemas 31st October 2025.
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
CAST: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Alicia Silverstone
Brilliantly visualised
Read Shannon Cotter's Roundtable Interview with Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos.
Woken
(DIR/WRI: Alan Friel)
Premiere at DIFF 2024. Airing on RTÉ 25th October 2025.
Set on a remote island in the North Sea, at the dawn of a new evolutionary phase for humanity, Woken confronts the great existential question on the possibility of man to replace God, after having destroyed nature and consequence himself.
CAST: Maxine Peake, Erin Kellyman, Ivanno Jeremiah, Corrado Invernizzi, Oscar Coleman and Peter McDonald
Lakelands
(WRI/DIR: Robert Higgins, Patrick McGivney)
Originally in cinemas 5th May 2023. Airing on RTÉ 25th October 2025.
Cian is a young Gaelic footballer struggling to comes to terms with a career-ending injury after an attack on a night out. He undertakes a search for his own identity in a small town where Gaelic football is a religion, and identity is defined by what you can do on the pitch.
CAST: Éanna Hardwicke, Danielle Galligan, Lorcan Cranitch
No other film has captured the feeling of small town Irish living quite like Lakelands has.
Read Aoife Fealy's review here.
Podcast: Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, Writers & Directors of Lakelands.
Blue Moon
(DIR: Richard Linklater • WRI: Robert Kaplow)
Blue Moon premiere at Berlinale. In cinemas 24th October 2025.
This biopic of Lorenz Hart tells the story of his struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!". Blue moon is is set to begin production in Dublin this summer, and will star Andrew Scott and Irish cinematographer Shane Kelly will also be working on the production.
CAST: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott.
Blue Moon is a dialogue-driven biopic that explores the emotional turmoil of a man valued for his work — but not his company.
Gerry Adams - A Ballymurphy Man
(WRI/DIR: Trisha Ziff)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 12th July 2025. In cinemas 17th October 2025.
Gerry Adams is one of the most controversial leaders of our time, he led his community in the North of Ireland from conflict to peace. Adams was a critical voice in the decision taken by the IRA to lay down their arms after their 25-year war against the British. Imprisoned and shot, he was demonised and censored by dominant media as a subversive and terrorist, yet the British and their allies were forced to recognize his legitimacy and negotiate with him and Sinn Féin, the Irish peace accord, ‘The Good Friday Agreement’.
Featured: Gerry Adams
A Want In Her
(DIR: Myrid Carten • WRI: David Barker, Myrid Carten)
In cinemas 10th October 2025.
FEATURES: Myrid Carten, Nuala Carten
Listen to our podcast with Myrid Carten here.
Re-creation
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh. In Cinemas 3rd October 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Jim Sheridan, David Merriman).
In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether British journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Based on real events, the film reconstructs the deliberations of the twelve jury members and presents a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.
CAST: Colm Meaney, Vicky Krieps, Jim Sheridan, Aidan Gillen, John Connors, Tristan Heanue, Claire Johnson, Gilbert Johnson, Maja Juric, Elena Spautz, Zahara Moufid, Brian O’Doherty, Helen Norton, Brendan Conroy
The film excavates the psychological terrain where guilt and innocence are determined
Sunphlowers
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 10th July 2025. In cinemas 26th September.
(WRI/DIR: Dave Byrne)
When Catherine’s husband dies unexpectedly, a toxic legacy of ruin and deceit emerges. Catherine quickly realises that she must confront the realities of her new life which may even include financial destitution. Initially she struggles to deal with the overwhelming responsibilities ahead of her while also providing emotional support to her three adult children. However pride and determination brings out a strength of character beyond Catherine’s own expectations. As she deals with each problem head on, she discovers a new found sense of freedom along with the power to forgive and move on.
CAST: Anne McCrudden, Patrick Bergin, Abigail O'Regan
Sunphlowers is not a preachy affair, rather it delivers a strong message about living your best life
Read Peter Bodie's review here.
Listen to our podcast with Writer/Director Dave Byrne.
Girls & Boys
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 12th July 2025. In cinemas 19th September 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Donncha Gilmore)
On Halloween night in Dublin, rugby player Jace meets aspiring filmmaker Charlie at a college party.
CAST: Liath Hannon, Adam Lunnon-Collery, Francis O'Mahony
With a pitch-perfect central pairing, sharp dialogue, beautiful visuals and essential subject matter, Girls & Boys is simply a cinematic must-see.
Read Matthew Briody's review here.
Listen to our podcast with Donncha.
Read Matthew's interview with Liath Hannon.
The Swallow
(WRI/DIR: Tadhg O’Sullivan)
Premiere at DIFF 2024. In Cinemas 19th September 2025.
In a small house by the sea, a woman begins a letter to an unknown correspondent. Surrounded by the books, mementoes and clutter of a life lived in one place, her home exposed to the waves of a rising ocean, she writes about the history of lost art. Considering what has been lost, and wondering about her own desire to hold on, she sets out on a meditation on memory, and art’s aspiration to immortality.
CAST: Brenda Fricker
At the centre of the narrative is the longing for someone lost...
Steve
In cinemas 19th September 2025.
(DIR: Tim Mielants • WRI: Max Porter)
Follows headteacher Steve battling for his reform college's survival while managing his mental health. Concurrently, troubled student Shy navigates his violent tendencies and fragility, torn between his past and future prospects.
CAST: Cillian Murphy, Tracey Ullman, Jay Lycurgo
Steve is a worthy film. Anchored by a dependably compelling Cillian Murphy and supported by a committed cast, it delivers some of the year’s most artful moments of cinema.
The Occupant
Available to stream online 1st September 2025.
(DIR: Hugo Keijzer • WRI: Philip Michael Howe, Hugo Keijzer, Roelof Jan Minneboo, Xiao Tang)
Desperate to fund an experimental treatment for her sister Beth’s terminal cancer, Abby takes a high-risk but well-paid job at a uranium mine in Northern Georgia. Her attempt to return home after discovering a mysterious, potentially valuable mineral element is halted after her helicopter crashes in the remote mountains. Stranded, she finds hope through John, an American pilot radioing from nearby. As their connection deepens, Abby uncovers a disturbing truth about John, forcing her to make an impossible choice. The film was part supported by Northern Ireland Screen, features Belfast actors Sheena Kelly, Stuart Graham and Vanessa Ifediora, and shooting took place in Georgia and Northern Ireland.
CAST: Ella Balinska, Stuart Graham, Sheena Kelly
Sanatorium
Premiere at CPH:DOX. Screening at Galway Film Fleadh 11th July 2025. In cinemas 5th September.
(DIR: Gar O’Rourke)
People of all ages come in their thousands each summer for the Soviet-style therapeutic and wellness treatments on offer. The biggest attraction here is the mysterious mud - which is strongly believed to cure infertility, chronic ailments, and a myriad of other health problems. Following the stories of guests and staff over a summer season like no other, the film goes beyond the sanatorium’s pink and lime green corridors, to follow an assorted group of strangers, each seeking respite from their daily realities and in search of a better life for themselves.
Cinematic, warm... with a surprising helping of humour.
Listen to our podcast with Director Gar O’Rourke.
Christy
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2025. In cinemas 29th August 2025.
(DIR: Brendan Canty • WRI: Alan O'Gorman)
Seventeen-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. Thrown out of his suburban foster home, he has moved in temporarily with his estranged older brother, Shane, in Cork’s inner city. But Shane wants something better for Christy. After so many years apart, the brothers are forced to reconcile their turbulent past, whilst deciding what the future looks like. Sometimes, to move forward, you have to go back.
CAST: Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis
A beautifully observed slice of life.
Read our review from Niall McCloskey.
Listen to our podcast with Writer Alan O'Mahony.
Four Letters of Love
In cinemas 18th July 2025.
(DIR: Polly Steele • WRI: Niall Williams)
Nicholas and Isabel are made for each other, but fate does not always choose the easiest path to true love. As destiny pulls them together, family, passion and faith drive them apart.
Based on Niall Williams' own best-selling novel.
CAST: Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter, Gabriel Byrne, Fionn O’Shea, Ann Skelly
Mrs Robinson
Broadcast on RTÉ on 23rd July 2025.
(DIR: Aoife Kelleher)
Mrs Robinson tells Mary’s story, in her own words, for the very first time – illuminating battles for justice and equality over half a century; on the streets, in the courts, at the ballot box, and in backroom corridors of power.
As charismatic and inspirational as its subject, Mrs. Robinson will make you proud to be Irish.
Read Carmen Bryce's review here.
Read Mick Jordan’s article ”Mrs Robinson And Me.”
Listen to our podcast with Director Aoife Kelleher.
Burkitt
Available to stream online 25th July 2025.
(DIR: Éanna Mac Cana)
A documentary exploring the life of Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt, who discovered Burkitt's lymphoma, as told by a survivor of this cancer.
In his ambitious film, Éanna Mac Cana traces his own uncomfortable relationship with the eponymous Denis Burkitt
HOME: The Story of Zak Moradi
Broadcast on RTÉ 16th July 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Trevor Whelan)
HOME: The Story of Zak Moradi follows the inspiring journey from Zak’s childhood in a Kurdish refugee camp to his significant role in the Irish community. This film highlights his integration into Irish society, illustrating how Kurdish and Irish cultures merged in his life. It showcases his contributions as a hurling player for Leitrim, and his efforts against racism, through work with organisations like SARI and the One Foundation.
Featuring: Zak Moradi, Mokthar Moradi, Halala Moradi, Dilman Ahmedi, Peter Power, Rahman Qadri, Akbar Qadri, Ahuoo Qadri, Akram Mohammed Mahmoud, Omid Hama Ali Rashid, Gohar Moradi, Safar Moradi
In a world that is becoming more and more insular, this documentary proclaims the power of a hundred thousand welcomes.
Read the review by Ciara Nora Creedon here.
Listen to our Fleadh Focus podcast which features Director Trevor Whelan.
Listen to the Land Speak
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 12th July 2025.
(DIR: Maurice O’Brien)
Listen to the Land Speak sees Manchán Magan reveal the profound knowledge and wisdom contained in our landscape and myths. The film unfolds from Winter Solstice to Bealtaine through Reek Sunday to Samhain, exploring how the stories and myths associated with the rivers, mountains and lands around us are crucial to unlocking aspects of how we need to rebuild our relationship with nature today. But it also becomes an unexpectedly personal story as Manchán realises that there is a serious illness within himself that makes him see these ancient sites and beliefs in a whole new light .
Featured: Manchán Magan
TRAD
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 11th July 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Lance Daly)
From their home in the Donegal Gaeltacht, gifted young fiddle player Shóna McAnally and her little brother Mickey take to the road with a bohemian troupe of wandering minstrels, on a cross-country journey of music, laughter and romance, opening their eyes to their own unique heritage and rediscovering the value of music that has been passed down through their family for generations
CAST: Megan Nic Fhionnghaile, Aidan Gillen, Sarah Greene
Solitary
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 11th July 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Eamonn Murphy).
In rural Ireland, Brendan, a widowed farmer, lives a quiet life on the edge of a village. When his home is broken into, a growing sense of fear and isolation takes hold.
CAST: Gerry Herbert, Cailum Carragher, Cate Russell
Does wonders with its simple premise...Solitary is a timely tribute to endurance.
Read Shannon Goodfellow's review.
Read Will Penn's interview with Eamonn Murphy and Alan Breslin here.
In Time: Dónal Lunny
Premiere Galway Film Festival 11th July 2025.
(DIR: Nuala O’Connor)
This film is the first film account of the life and work of Dónal Lunny, one of Ireland’s outstanding artists and is an appraisal of the creative process of this unique artist whose influence and impact on Irish traditional music has been enduring and far reaching.
The Breaking Wave - The Buddhists of Beara
Broadcast on RTÉ 10th July 2025.
(DIR: Maurice O’Brien)
Dzogchen Beara is Ireland’s best-known spiritual retreat centre, built on a remote clifftop. Initially established in 1974 as a retreat by hippies Peter & Harriet Cornish, this West Cork refuge would go on to become a respected centre of Tibetan Buddhist practice in the West. But for its Buddhist community, drawn from all over the world, it quickly becomes clear that the road to enlightenment contains many challenges. When allegations against their revered spiritual teacher force the formerly peaceful haven into an existential crisis, the community must pull together or fall apart. The Breaking Wave - The Buddhists of Beara powerfully dissects this complicated history with dignity and sensitivity, providing a powerful and meditative account of Dzogchen Beara and its legacy.
An ambitious and immediately likeable documentary that finds strength through the contradictions it presents
Listen to the DocArena Podcast.
I Hope We Can Still Be Friends
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 10th July 2025.
(DIR: c• WRI: Emmett Hughes, Aisha Tyler)
Two strangers awake to discover they have been imprisoned in a box against their will. To win their freedom, they must rely on each other to put the pieces together. But as time goes on, neither is as they seem: are they friend, foe... or something else entirely?
CAST: Caroline Morahan, Emmett Hughes
Listen to our podcast with Director / Co-writer Aisha Tyler.
The Morrigan
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 10th July 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Colum Eastwood)
This film follows an archaeologist who travels to Ireland to uncover a long-dead tomb. A threat is released and she will have to fight to keep her teenage daughter from falling under the control of The Morrigan, a vengeful "Pagan War Goddess."
CAST: Toby Stephens, James Cosmo, Saffron Burrows
Báite
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 9th July 2025. Coming soon to TG4.
(DIR: Ruán Magan • WRI: Sheena Lambert)
A woman's body is found under the waters of a lake in the countryside, and the arrival of a Detective from Dublin is the last thing Peggy, the owner of Casey's Pub, needs as she tries to save her business and her family.
CAST: Moe Dunford, Denis Conway, Tara Breathnach
Love Lane United
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 9th July 2025.
(DIR: Jack Thornton • WRI: Cahal McQuillan, Jack Thornton)
Cast: Seán Óg Cairns, Gordon Quigley, Daiana Madeira.
Interview with Jack Thornton, Director & Co-Writer of Love Lane United here.
Don’t Forget To Remember
Broadcast on RTÉ 9th July 2025.
(DIR: Ross Killeen)
There is an inherent understanding of the grieving process when a loved one is lost. But what if that person isn’t gone? What does grief mean then? In collaboration with the artist Asbestos, Killeen’s unconventional documentary explores the lived experience of Alzheimer’s whilst also honouring the ties of family. Considering the simultaneous fragility and fortitude of memory, it concludes that we can never truly lose our loved ones as long as we remember them.
Don’t Forget to Remember – A Celebration of Life, Love and Creativity: read the print Interview here.
Listen to our Podcast with Artist Asbestos and Ross Killeen here.
Beat the Lotto
(DIR: Ross Whitaker)
Premiere at DIFF on 26th February 2025. In cinemas 4th July 2025. Available to stream on Netflix now.
Almost everyone has played the Lottery and everyone would like to win it. When the National Lottery was launched in Ireland in 1986, a type of mania ensued with the public taking the game to their hearts. In a depressed and dysfunctional era, the technologically advanced National Lottery was one of the country's few trusted institutions, running like clockwork and dispersing funds to good causes. Whitaker's documentary tells the story of Stefan, the man who tried to beat the Lotto system by attempting to fix the draw, an act that divided the nation.
Utterly riveting from the first Lotto ticket to the final Lotto ball
Read Dale Kearney's review here.
Listen to our podcast with Ross Whitaker here.
The Phone Box Babies
Broadcast on RTÉ 2nd July 2025
(DIR: Máire Kearney)
Three newborn children are abandoned in different parts of Ireland during the 1960s. Half a century later, these strangers discover their connection to each other and search for their identities.
Featuring: Toby David McBride, Helen Ward, John Dowling
A tender and essential piece of filmmaking.
Read Adam Matthews' review here.
Sharp Corner
Premiere at DIFF. Available to stream online 28th June 2025.
(DIR: Jason Buxton • WRI: Jason Buxton, Russell Wangersky)
A dedicated family man becomes obsessed with saving the lives of the car accident victims on the sharp corner in front of his house - an obsession that could cost him everything.
CAST: Cobie Smulders, Ben Foster, Gavin Drea
Amanda
(DIR: José Miguel Jiménez)
Premiere at Docs Ireland on 27th June 2025.
Amanda has painted in isolation for years, using art as both expression and refuge. Now, she must face the challenge of speaking out about a painful past she wishes to leave behind. Once institutionalised and labeled by others, Amanda reclaims her narrative through her unique canvases - works that evoke the chaos of her experience, paintings marked by scars that mirror her own.
Featuring: Amanda Cullen
Jiménez’s moving documentary crafts an introspective celebration of an artist on her own terms.
Read Shannon Goodfellow's review here.
Listen to our podcast with José Miguel Jiménez here.
Latina, Latina
Screened at Docs Ireland on 26th June 2025.
(DIR: Adrian Duncan)
Latina, Latina is a hybrid-documentary shot in Italy that explores political ideology through the objects and buildings left behind. Funded by the Arts Council's Reel Art Award.
Cast: Sabrina Mandanici, Wednesday Erskin
A travelogue of memory that feels, at points, all too real. But all empires fall eventually.
Operation Boogeyman
Screened at Docs Ireland on 24th June 2025.
(DIR: Simon Aeppli)
Operation Bogeyman: The Folk Horror Landscape of 1970s Northern Ireland is an essay film that navigates the intersections of folklore, horror, and psychological warfare during the Troubles.
Operation Boogeyman is less of a ghost hunt than an exorcism of moss-ridden landscapes and half-forgotten tales.
How to Train your Dragon
(WRI/DIR: Dean DeBlois)
In cinemas 15th June 2025.
Filmed on location in Northern Ireland and in Titanic Studios and Belfast Harbour Studios, and funded by Northern Ireland Screen, How to Train your Dragon is a live-action remake of DreamWorks Animation's 2010 animated film that stars Irish actor Ruth Codd. As an ancient threat endangers both Vikings and dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together.
CAST: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler
Housewife of the Year
Broadcast on RTÉ 2nd June 2025.
(DIR: Ciaran Cassidy)
Former contestants of the Housewife of the Year competition tell the story of a resilient generation of women, and how they changed a country. Winner of Best Irish Feature Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Stars: Margaret Carmody, Catherine Carton, Margaret Carton
Director Ciaran Cassidy peels back the polished veneer to reveal a more unsettling story
In the Opinion of the Censor
Premiere 30th May at te Irish Film Institute. Available to stream online now.
((DIR: Andrew Gallimore, Lydia Monin • WRI: Andrew Gallimore, John Kelleher)
Former Censor John Kelleher reveals how the decisions of the Irish Film Censor have mirrored the political, social and cultural evolution of Ireland itself.
Featured: Professor Kevin Rockett, Sheamus Smith, John Kelleher
An entertaining, engaging account of the movement from censorship to classification.
Read Dr Seán Patrick Donlan's essay here.
The Flats
In cinemas 23rd May 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Alessandra Celesia)
Joe and his Belfast neighbours reenact childhood memories from the violent Troubles era in their Catholic district, exploring the collective experiences that shaped their lives and community.
CAST: Jolene Burns, Joe McNally, Sean Parker
Listen to our podcast with Alessandra Celesia here.
Hallow Road
In cinemas on 16th May 2025.
(DIR: Babak Anvari • WRI: William Gillies)
Screen Ireland-supported project Hallow Road features Irish actor Megan McDonnell alongside Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys. Two parents receive a distressing late-night call from their teenage daughter, who has just accidentally hit a pedestrian. They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene. As they head deeper into the night, disturbing revelations threaten to tear the family apart as they soon realize they might not be the only ones driving down Hallow Road. The film is a Czech / Ireland / UK co-production, produced by Richard Bolger for Hail Mary Pictures,
CAST: Megan McDonnell, Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys.
The Surfer
In cinemas 9th May 2025.
(DIR: Lorcan Finnegan • WRI: Thomas Martin)
When a man returns to his beachside hometown in Australia, many years since building a life for himself in the U.S., he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local gang of surfers who claim strict ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood. Wounded, he decides to remain at the beach, declaring war against those in control of the bay. But as the conflict escalates, the stakes spin wildly out of control, taking him to the edge of his sanity.
CAST: Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Nicholas Cassim
A delightfully unhinged odyssey
Listen to our podcast with Lorcan Finnegan and Thomas Martin here.
Dreaming is Not Sleeping
Irish premiere Lighthouse Cinema on 3rd May 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Rouzbeh Rashidi)
Set against desolate backdrops and narrated by a spectral voice, Dreaming Is Not Sleeping contemplates themes of memory, existence, and temporality. Utilizing an immersive, dreamlike aesthetic, the film dissolves boundaries between past and present while exploring clairvoyance, impermanence, and humanity’s collective struggles. Its concluding sequence invites viewers to reflect on consciousness, meaning, and the ephemeral traces we imprint upon the cosmos.
CAST: Anton Gartung, Elika Ostrov
Rashidi shows the power of language and the natural world
Read Matthew Briody's review here.
Read our interview with Rouzbeh Rashidi here.
The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry
In Cinemas 2nd May 2025.
(DIR: Sarah Share • WRI: David Morton)
This is the story of American singer songwriter John Murry who was on the cusp of greatness after the release of his highly acclaimed album, Graceless Age (2013), when his world fell apart. Creatively exhausted and struggling with addiction he washed up on the shores of Ireland a broken man. Now, he retraces his steps back to Mississippi into the dark heart of American life and face his demons – a neglected childhood, traumatic assault and resulting years of opioid addiction.
CAST: John Murry
The Graceless Age presents a compelling portrait of an artist whose sensitivity acts as both burden and gift.
Amongst the Wolves
In Cinemas 2nd May 2025.
(DIR: Mark O'Connor • WRI: Luke McQuillan, Mark O'Connor)
Danny, an ex-soldier homeless in Dublin, meets Will, a teen fleeing a drug gang. Their encounter forces them to confront their pasts while navigating the harsh realities they face.
CAST: Luke McQuillan, Daniel Fee, Aidan Gillen, Jade Jordan, Helen Behan, Louise Bourke, Sello, Dane Whyte O’Hara, Casey Walsh, Paul Ritchie
Amongst the Wolves crafts an unromantic narrative centred around the visceral and callous reality of Dublin City, touching on themes of homelessness, immigration, and the scars left by trauma.
Read the review by Adam Matthews here.
Gemma Creagh talks to Director & Co-Writer Mark O’Connor and Co-Writer & Actor Luke McQuillan.
Fréwaka
In cinemas 25th April 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Aislinn Clarke)
A home care worker, Shoo, who, haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbours as much as she fears the Na Sídhe – sinister sprites who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman's paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
CAST: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya
It is absorbing and compelling — the cinematic equivalent of a page-turner.
Mick Jordan braves the darkness with his review of Fréwaka.
Verdigris
In cinemas 18th April 2025.
(DIR/WRI: Patricia Kelly)
A reluctant retiree struggles in a controlling marriage, until an unlikely friendship with an abandoned teen sex worker teaches her to live life on her own terms, no matter the cost.
CAST: Geraldine McAlinden, Maya O’Shea, Michael James Ford
Exploring issues of gender, Verdigris looks at sexuality, sensuality and the unhealthy dynamics that can be forged in certain spaces.
Read Gemma Creagh's review of Verdigris.
Listen here to the podcast with Writer/Director Patricia Kelly.
Sins of Ireland
In cinemas 18th April 2025.
(DIR: Alex Fegan • WRI: Kelda Crawford-McCann, Alex Fegan)
Through the prism of the confession box, which has its origins in Ireland, 'Sins of Ireland' is a portrait of an overlooked aspect of Ireland's past and how it impacted many parts of the world. Fifteen Irish priests, known for hearing the confessions of others, outline what the sacrament of confession was supposed to be and, while confessing the sins of the church, what it became.
A quietly powerful perspective on faith, power and personal reckoning.
Sean Dooley takes to the pulpit in his review of Sins of Ireland.
Fran The Man
In cinemas 11th April 2025.
(DIR: Stephen Bradley • WRI: Richie Conroy)
Competing in the FAI Cup for the first time should have been amateur Irish football club St Peter’s United’s finest hour, but when blundering assistant manager Fran Costello learns that some of his players have taken a bribe to fix the match, he realises it’s time to unleash his inner detective to expose the fraudsters! Fran’s life is further complicated by a slow-burning infatuation with Jackie Charlton – the mothers of one of his young players. For someone who has used football to shy away from life, Fran is being catapulted headfirst into all it has to offer.
CAST: Darragh Humphreys, Ardal O'Hanlon, Amy Huberman, Risteard Cooper, Toni O'Rourke, Deirdre O'Kane, Eddie Marsan
Listen to our podcast with Stephen Bradly here.
Drop
In cinemas 11th April 2025.
(DIR: Christopher Landon • WRI: Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach)
A widowed mother's first date in years takes a terrifying turn when she's bombarded with anonymous threatening messages on her phone during their upscale dinner, leaving her questioning if her charming date is behind the harassment. Filmed in Dublin, Blumhouse thriller Drop features a strong Irish crew including Irish production designer Susie Cullen, known for her work on Abigail and Sexy Beast, who created the film's central location at Ardmore Studios in Co Wicklow. And Aoife Bailey was a stunt performer who doubled for lead actress Meghann Fahy. Canadian actor Travis Nelson is also based and working in in Ireland.
CAST: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Travis Nelson
Listen to our podcast with Actor Travis Nelson here.
Four Mothers
In cinemas 4th April 2025.
(DIR: Darren Thornton • WRI: Colin Thornton, Darren Thornton)
A struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women – and his own mother – over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin.
CAST: Fionnula Flanagan, James McArdle, Niamh Cusack, Adam Fergus
In all the complex themes that it dealt with (aging parents, loneliness, homosexuality), Four Mothers never lost its sensitivity.
Read Khushi Jain's full review here.
Listen to our podcast with Darren Thornton here.
An Taibhse
In cinemas 28th March 2025.
(WRI/DIR: John Farrelly)
An Taibhse unfolds in the bleak landscape of post-famine Ireland. The narrative centres around Éamon and his daughter, Máire, who undertake the care of a remote Georgian Mansion through the harsh winter.
CAST: Tom Stafford, Livvy Hill, Anthony Murphy, Tom Kerrisk
Using lanterns, and a fireplace, Farrelly and cinematographer Ross Power utilise natural and atmospheric lighting to great effect. This fuels suspense, creating a halo of light and warmth around Máire as she wanders the hallways.
Read Aoife Fealy's review here.
Listen back to our podcast with John Farrelly here.
The End
(DIR: Joshua Oppenheimer • WRI: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer)
In cinemas 28th March 2025.
A wealthy family lives in an underground bunker two decades after the end of the world, which they directly contributed to. Co-produced by Wild Atlantic Pictures and supported by Screen Ireland
CAST: Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, Michael Shannon, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, Lennie James.
The film sets the stage for a meditation on the destructive power of isolation and the gradual shift from coldness to warmth – a transition that feels both hopeful and tinged with melancholy.
Read Adam Matthews' review here.
The People Before
(DIR: Steve Reeves • WRI: Mike Oughton)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024. Available to stream/rent online 14th March 2025.
Jess and her husband, desperate for a fresh start, jump at the chance to buy a charming old house in the idyllic Suffolk countryside. But, the warm welcome they expect never comes. The tight-lipped locals harbour a dark secret about Maple House, and Jess soon realises their dream home might be a grave mistake. Whispers of a chilling past and unsettling events begin to unravel, revealing a haunting truth about the house’s history. As the menacing shadows of Maple House close in, Jess must confront the sinister situation before it’s too late. Will the family survive the nightmare they’ve unknowingly moved in to?
CAST: Imelda May, Liz White, Ray Fearon, John Thomson, Frances Barber, Jake Siame, Craig Russell, Mika Simmons, Mark Stobbart, Richard Durden
Ready or Not
(DIR: Claire Frances Byrne • WRI: Lynn Ruane).
Premiere at DIFF 22nd February 2025.
A coming-of-age story with a twist, revealing the greyness we create to make sense of the world. Katie is the only child of two loving parents. Katie is cheeky, funny, and wants to be one of the boys. Her housing estate is small and is filled with young families who make up the maisonettes, flats, and houses. The transition to teenage life brings Katie and her friends to places they did not expect when they push the boundaries of their circle and try on a maturity they are not yet ready for.
Cast: Ruby Conway Dunne, Molly Byrne, Alex Grendon, Alicia Weaver
Listen to our podcast with Director Claire Frances Byrne and Producer Ruth Coady.
Never Stop The Action
(WRI/DIR: Paul Rowley)
Premiere at DIFF in the Lighthouse cinema 2025.
A supernova in a single New York City subway carriage, this is a kaleidoscopic and often hilarious journey through time and space. It begins in The Bronx, catching a 5am D train with Teshi and Casey, two friends recently reunited at an all night dance party. On their long subway ride through the awakening metropolis, these two merry pilgrims share stories, fragments, moments out of time: going from the mountains of Spain to Japan to AI generated universes. Rowley borrows big cosmic ideas and New Wave cinema aesthetics to create a truly hybrid film, which is equal parts travelogue and science fiction.
CAST: Ricki Lynée, Stephen Quinn, Ozzie Stewart
Delving into the same kind of psychological and philosophical questions, Rowley reflects on shared experiences of human consciousness.
Matthew Briody reviews Never Stop the Action.
September Says
(WRI/DIR: Ariane Labed)
In cinemas 19th February 2025.
This is a co-production involving Sackville Film & TV Productions and Element Pictures. Sisters July and September are thick as thieves, though very different - September is protective and distrustful of others, while July is open to and curious about the world. Their dynamic is a concern to their single mum, Sheela, who is unsure what to do with them. When September is suspended from their school, July is left to fend for herself and begins to assert her own independence - which does not go unnoticed by September. Tension among the three women builds when they take refuge in an old holiday home in Ireland, where July finds her bond with September shifting in ways she cannot entirely understand or control - and a series of surreal encounters test the family to their limit.
CAST: Mia Tharia, Rakhee Thakrar, Pascale Kann
September Says is an arresting, witchy debut from Ariane Labed
Listen to our podcast with Producer Chelsea Morgan Hoffmann.
Bring Them Down
(DIR/WRI: Christopher Andrews)
In cinemas 7th February 2025.
Set in the wild landscape of the West of Ireland, the film follows an Irish shepherd who is drawn into violent conflict with a neighbouring farm when his sheep are massacred by unknown men.
CAST: Barry Keoghan, Christopher Abbott
With impressive lead performances and a strong supporting cast, Bring Them Down is a taut thriller that shows the dangers of a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story
In cinemas 31st January 2025.
(WRI/DIR: Sinéad O'Shea)
A 93-year-old Irish writer Edna O'Brien recounts her controversial life, novels, love affairs, and stardom through personal journals read by actress Jessie Buckley, with perspectives from writers like Gabriel Byrne and Walter Mosley.
CAST: Jessie Buckley, Declan Conlon, Gabriel Byrne
This film explores a life fully lived, but is also a snapshot of the oppression women faced in Ireland, an oppression which controlled so many aspects of their existence for decades
Listen to our podcast with Sinéad O'Shea.
aWake
Available to stream from 21st January 2025.
(WRI/ DIR: Mark McAuley)
The debut feature film of Irish filmmaker Mark McAuley, follows 4 characters over the course of an evening following the funeral of one of their old friends. The film takes place in one location - the house of the deceased man.
CAST: Lacy Moore, Kojii DeBurca, Sadhbh Larkin Coyle, Mark McAuley
Director, producer and writer Mark McAuley’s ambition shines throughout the whole project.
Read our interview with Mark McAuley here.
The Damned
(WRI: Jamie Hannigan, Thordur Palsson • DIR: Thordur Palsson)
In cinemas 10th January 2025.
A 19th-century widow has to make an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a foreign ship sinks off the coast of her Icelandic fishing village.
CAST: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Lewis Gribben
The Damned is a triumph of mood and atmosphere, immersing viewers in a world where every breath feels cold, every shadow harbours secrets, and every decision is weighted with endurance.
Adam Matthews reviews The Damned.
We Live in Time
(DIR: John Crowley • WRI: Nick Payne)
In cinemas 1st January 2025.
An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
CAST: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh, Grace Delaney
Powerful and life-affirming, this richly complex film tracks one couple’s journey as they navigate marriage, identity, and parenthood under the looming shadow of illness.
Read Gemma Creagh's review here.
Titles to Watch out For:
Aontas
Screening at Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film. Coming soon to TG4.
(DIR: Damian McCann • WRI: Damian McCann, Sarah Gordan)
Three unlikely women rob a rural Irish Credit Union. A backwards chronology unravels what went wrong.
CAST: Carrie Crowley, Brid Brennan and Eva-Jane Gaffney
Listen to our interview with Damian McCann at Dinard British and Irish Film Festival here.
All Our Yesterdays
(WRI/DIR: Breege Rowley)
All Our Yesterdays is a documentary exploring 250 years of Irish history through the voices of a town in the west of Ireland. With rare archives, stories, and music, it captures resilience, heritage, and deep ties to the Irish diaspora.
Featuring: Nora McBurney.
Rowley embeds the story with deep compassion for the people who lived and died during the famine, as well as the countless generations lost to emigration.
Read Brian Ó Tiomáin's review of All Our Yesterdays here.
Spilt Milk
(DIR: Brian Durnin • WRI: Cara Loftus)
To be released in 2026.
Set in Dublin in 1984, Split Milk follows an 11 year-old boy, who dreams of becoming a great detective like his TV hero Kojak.
CAST: Alisha Weir, Danielle Galligan, Laurence O'Fuarain
Article: From Dublin Dreams to French Screens - Spilt Milk Screening at Dinard
Hokum
To be released in 2026.
(WRI/DIR: Damian Mc Carthy).
The supernatural horror thriller follows reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman as he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes. He soon discovers the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite has filled his mind. That’s followed by disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw him into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past. Hokum was primarily filmed at the West Cork Film Studios in Skibbereen.
CAST: Adam Scott, Austin Amelio, David Wilmot, Peter Coonan
The Hook
(WRI/DIR: Thomas Beatty)
Premiere at Bournemouth Film Festival 2025.
24 hours to save Rock n Roll and their family.
CAST: Lucas Aurelio, Mei Bignall, Harvey Dean
Read Matthew Briody's interview with writer and director Thomas Beatty here.
The Song Cycle
(WRI/DIR: Nick Kelly)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Veteran musician and filmmaker Nick Kelly sets off to cycle from his home in Dublin to the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, carrying all his gear on his bike and playing shows en route, to prove it’s possible to tour live music without driving. He’s accompanied by his long-suffering friend and musical partner Seán Millar, who tracks Nick’s progress by bus, and joins him onstage each night. The day they finally played Glastonbury Nick turned 60, officially outliving his famous politician father.
CAST: Nick Kelly, Seán Millar, Kevin Anderson, Pauline Bourdon, James Dove, Tom Dunne, Dermot Lynch, Olivia O’Leary, Claire O’Neill, Alexia Kelly
Cave of Wonders
Premiere in Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
(DIR: Neasa Ní Chainaín • WRI: Neasa Ní Chainaín, David Rane, Etienne Essery)
The words ‘tomb of Alexander’ draw one of the world’s foremost archaeologists and a team of experts, on 6 expeditions to uncover the truth. The stakes are high in this breathtaking game of strategy as they face fatwas, military interventions and the stoic bedrock of the ancient Middle-East. One man, code-named ‘The Inventor’ holds the exact coordinates of the tomb entrance – will he give up the secret?
Tukdam: A Question Of Life And Death
(DIR: Donagh Coleman)
In what Tibetan Buddhists call “tukdam”, advanced meditators die in a consciously controlled manner. Though dead according to our biomedical standards, they often stay sitting upright in meditation; remarkably, their bodies remain fresh and lifelike, without signs of decay for days, sometimes weeks after clinical death. Following ground-breaking scientific research into tukdam, and taking us into intimate death stories of Tibetan meditators, the film juxtaposes scientific and Tibetan perspectives as it tries to unravel the mystery of tukdam.
The Restoration at Grayson Manor
(DIR: Glenn McQuaid • WRI: Clay McLeod Chapman, Glenn McQuaid)
Premiere at Fantastic Fest 2025.
Boyd Grayson and his mother, Jacqueline, reluctantly share their sprawling family estate—a mansion that feels more like a gilded cage than a home. After a devastating accident, Jacqueline spares no expense on her son's rehabilitation, transforming an entire wing of the house into a state-of-the-art recovery ward. But beneath her generosity lies a single expectation: an heir to continue the Grayson legacy. Boyd, however, has other plans. Welcome to the standoff between mother and son.
CAST: Chris Colfer, Alice Krige, Daniel Adegboyega, Gabriela Garcia Vargas, Declan Reynolds
One Night Only
(WRI/DIR: David Gleeson)
One Night Only is a loving tribute to the cinema experience and a timely reminder of the power of community. Set in a cinema in 1980’s small town Ireland, One Night Only is a breathless tale told in real time over the course of a Friday night screening from hell.
CAST: Colin Morgan, Calam Lynch, Clara Crichton, India Mullen, Niamh Cusack, Andrew Bennett
500 Miles
(DIR: Morgan Matthews • WRI: Malcolm Campbell)
500 Miles is a life-affirming story and celebration of the human spirit that follows a broken family who are forced to come together when their two young boys run away from home. While their fighting parents tear their hair out with worry, the boys embark on an epic adventure from Yorkshire, over land and sea, to the wild west coast of Ireland. The destination: Dingle, County Kerry, and their beloved Grandfather, who their parents haven’t spoken to since the fateful events of the previous summer.
CAST: Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis, Maisie Williams, Dexter Sol Ansell, Clare Dunne, Michael Socha
Froggie
(DIR: Luke Morgan • WRI: Jake Morgan, Luke Morgan)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Brothers Fiachra and Tadgh peaked at the age of 7 when they appeared on the TV singing with their homemade puppet, "Froggie". 25 years later, they are still singing the same ol' song - until one day, Froggie is stolen.
CAST: Seán T. Ó Meallaigh, Carrie Crowley, Jemma CurranFRewa
The Alexander Complex
(DIR: Neasa Ní Chianáin)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
The Alexander Complex unravels a bizarre tale of intrigue, politics and money as an international group of “gentlemanly explorers”, all with pseudonyms to protect their identities, come together in a quest to solve the mystery of the missing tomb of Alexander the Great.
TerraForma
(WRI/DIR:Kevin Brennan & Laurence Durkin)
Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
TerraForma is the story of how the remote desert island of Ascension was ‘terraformed’ by Victorian scientists into a tropical paradise.
Saipan
(DIR: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn • WRI: Paul Fraser).
Saipan explores the intense, complex rivalry between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy, which exploded onto the global stage in the lead-up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Keane’s eleventh-hour departure from the Ireland squad turned the eyes of the world onto the tiny island of Saipan. With the nation’s hopes resting on Ireland’s talismanic midfielder, a public outcry followed, even prompting the Taoiseach to intervene. But this feud transcended football—it was a deeply personal battle of pride, standards, and animosity.
CAST: Éanna Hardwicke, Steve Coogan, Miles Paloma, Peter McDonald, Oliver Coopersmith, Jack Hickey, Stephen Jones, Niall McNamee
Laoch: Defy the Odds
(DIR: Stephan Mazurek • WRI: Stephan Mazurek, Liz Sung)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Hailing from the gritty streets of Drogheda, Ireland, a powerlifter with dwarfism battling health challenges and societal expectations, embarks on a quest to conquer the sport of powerlifting by breaking world records and shattering prejudices.
CAST: Thomas McCague
Are We One
(DIR: Dónal Ó Céilleachair )
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
A documentary tracing the transmission of Zen meditation through the life’s work of 90 year-old Irish-American Jesuit Zen Master Robert Kennedy – and his successors and students – in a contemporary exploration of interfaith dialogue on the common ground of human experience. STARRING: Robert Kennedy SJ, Amy Yee, Krishna Das, Miriam Healy, Ken Byalin, Ellen Birx, Joan Halifax, Charles Birx, Noel Brennan, Dr Cuca Montecel, Inge Von Woebeser-Hopfner, Dr Mónica Maher, Mary Laheen
Fidil Ghorm
(DIR: Anne McCabe • WRI:Patricia Forde)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Molly is a ten-year-old girl who believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her dad and wins the All-Ireland Music championship, her father will wake from his coma. CAST: Edith Lawlor, Barry McGovern, Siobhán O'Kelly
Kiss of the Con Queen
(DIR: Tom Waller • WRI: Eoin O'Brien)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
A striving actor is targeted by an ingenious and sadistic scammer, terrorizing the industry, impersonating Hollywood elites.
CAST: Eoin O'Brien, Patrick Bergin, Ravi Patel
Dead Men's Money
(WRI/DIR: Paul Kennedy)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
When Young Henry’s wealthy uncle starts courting “the Widow” Maureen Tweed, he starts to fear that he’ll be written out of Old Henry’s will. Conspiring with his wife, Pauline – and a chauffeur with a chequered past, known as Gerry the Wheels – Young Henry puts a plan in motion to make sure that the Widow Tweed never sees a penny of the inheritance he thinks is rightfully his.
CAST: Ciaran McMenamin, Pat Shortt, Judith Roddy, Gerard Jordan, Kathy Kiera Clarke
Iarsmaí (Remnants)
(WRI/DIR: Damian McCann)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
Museums and institutions in Ireland and abroad are actively decolonizing their collections and practices – partly because of Rhodes Must Fall and Black Lives Matter campaigns, and partly because of the emergence of a more progressive approach to dealing with problematic histories. Iarsmaí (Remnants) looks at Ireland’s role as a colony, and as a colonising influence in turn, through the issue of stolen skulls in TCD, and the presence of looted indigenous material from Australia in the Ulster Museum in Belfast, and from Benin City in the National Museum in Dublin. CAST: Ciarán Walsh, Eithne Verling, Ola Majekodunmi
The Wise Guy
(WRI/DIR: Sam O’Mahony)
Premiered at Galway Film Fleadh 2024.
A lonely boy desperately searches for guidance and protection, when he finds a completely unconventional mentor hiding in the nearby woods.
CAST: Senan Jennings, Darrell D’Silva, Lisa Dwyer Hogg, Paul Mallon, Joanne Crawford
The Line
(DIR: Danny McCafferty • WRI: Lee Crowley, Pete Daly)
Showcased at Cannes Film Festival 2024.
The premiere feature from Avenue Productions, The Line tells the story of a disgruntled local forms an unlikely friendship with a Ukrainian refugee.
CAST: Joe Mullins, Veronika Lukyanenko, Lea Claffey
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
(DIR: Jim Jarmusch • WRI: Jim Jarmusch)
Premiere TIFF 2025.
Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents. Co-financed by Screen Ireland.
CAST: Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik
My Freaky Family
(DIR: Mark Gravas • WRI: Cleon Prineas, Harry Cripps, Penny Greenhalgh)
Premiered in the Sydney Film Festival.
A magical Australian-Irish animation, based on the popular children’s books The Floods, in which 12-year-old Betty discovers her mystical powers just as a dark force kidnaps her family.
CAST: Evanna Lynch, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh
Old Guy
(DIR: Simon West • WRI: Greg Johnson)
Premiere at Newport 2024.
This film follows a contract killer facing the end of his career who is thrilled when The Company pulls him back into the field training Gen Z newcomer: Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude. Produced by Martin Brennan, Old Guy was shot on location in Belfast, with support from Northern Ireland Screen.
CAST: Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu, Cooper Hoffman
Mad for Love
(DIR: Jason Byrne, Kevin Treacy • WRI: John Connors, Kevin Treacy, Eoghan McKenna, Des Byrne)
During his voluntary stay at an Irish mental hospital, manic-depressive Clayton falls head over heels for involuntary schizophrenic patient Anna. Clayton’s doctor feels the relationship is helping him heal, but Anna’s doctor thinks it is a disaster waiting to happen and tries to separate them.
CAST: John Connors, Jade Jordan, Graham Earley, Lalor Roddy, Kevin Glynn
The Wolf, The Fox And The Leopard
(WRI/DIR: David Verbeek)
The Wolf, The Fox And The Leopard is a dystopian story about a girl found living among a pack of wolves. She is brought back to an ultra-modern medical centre to be examined under extreme scrutiny and prepared to return to society. Before her return to the ‘real’ world, she is kidnapped by a couple of extremists working to build a new, purer world on an abandoned oil rig. As she learns to adapt to their ways her curiosity quickly gets the better of her. Slowly but surely, she starts to provoke and rattle the status quo and eventually escapes.
Cry From the Sea
(DIR: Vic Sarin • WRI: Ciaran Creagh)
In the aftermath of the first World War and the Irish Civil War, Seamus Óg Mac Grianna tends to a lighthouse on an isolated Irish island, haunted by the loss of his wife and son. When the new priest, Fr. MacGabhann clashes with him over the improper burial of his late wife on the lighthouse grounds, the conflict leaves the island’s loyalties divided. Seamus’ burgeoning friendship with American war widow Edith begins to strain his relationship with his housekeeper and protector, Maire, and with his grief, he must decide what kind of life he is willing to fight for.
CAST: Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger, Aidan Quinn
Feed
(WRI/DIR: Marco van Belle)
A group of twenty something influencers escape to a remote Irish forest for a weekend of luxury and fun. However when they awaken the world’s original vampire from her slumber, they must fight for their lives.
CAST: Grace Collender, Clinton Liberty, Daisy Jelley, Niamh Hogan, Rhys Mannion, Oskar Smith
The Death of Robin Hood
In cinemas 2026.
(WRI/DIR: Michael Sarnoski)
The Death of Robin Hood has received funding support from Northern Ireland Screen and makes use of Northern Irish cast, crew and locations, with post production taking place in Co. Down. The infamous outlaw finds himself grappling with a heavy conscience after a life of crime and murder, leaving the battle-worn vigilante a recluse and masking his true identity from those seeking revenge.
CAST: Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett
No Place Like Home
(DIR: Myrid Carten)
You can’t choose what you inherit, or can you? This uncompromising look at what gets passed down is framed around a contested house in the west of Ireland. A coming-of-age story and a survival story about the cost of love; and how difficult it can be to escape.
Celtic Utopia
(DIR: Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén)
Celtic Utopia is a feature documentary that tells the story of a new Ireland, following a resurgent wave of alternative folk and traditional musicians who are making music 'to scare priests and politicians.' As they produce their strange new sounds, they are redefining and problematising the form and reshaping the culture in their own image. The bold, outspoken and humorous young musicians pass the narrative to each other as the film progresses, just as they would pass the melody to each other in a traditional music session.
Featuring: The Mary Wallopers, The Deadlians, Poor Creature, Negro Impacto, and Lankum
Moscow Nights
(DIR: Irina Maldea)
The peaceful ending of the Cold War and terrifying nuclear confrontation was a huge achievement, entrancing the world and making Mikhail Gorbachev one of the most famous people ever, along with his wife, Raisa.
Samanta Nobody
(WRI/DIR: Ciaran Creagh)
Samanta, surviving as best as she can living on the margins of society, realises that only music can secure her future.
CAST: Brendan Conroy, Ruby Jean Lennon, Maggie Hannon
The Surgeon
(WRI/DIR: Roshan Sethi)
Produced by Wild Atlantic Pictures and Thunder Road Pictures and shot in Dublin and Wicklow. A retired surgeon is abducted and forced to operate on an unknown patient. Though she is greatly outnumbered and has no apparent way of escape, her captors have overlooked her 35 years of surgical experience, which has become her greatest weapon.
CAST: Michelle Yeoh
Skintown
(DIR: Kieron J. Walsh)
Skintown is set to shoot in 2025. Set in the mid-90s during the IRA ceasefire, the film follows the journey of two best friends trying to escape their life in a small Irish town. Immersing themselves in the world of raves, drugs and gangs the boys dream big but are thwarted by the realities of the world around them.
CAST: Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan
Daughter of Eden
(WRI/DIR: Fateme Ahmadi)
A UK-Ireland co-production between Lunapark Pictures, Shudder Films and Irish production company Newgrange Pictures was filmed in Dublin. Set in London in 2006, the film is a psychological thriller about a British-Iraqi nurse whose need for answers draws her deep into another family’s life, after a chance encounter with an older woman she suspects is connected to her parents’ fate in Iraq.
CAST: Lindsay Duncan, Chris Jenks, Hiam Abbass
Kung Fu Deadly
(DIR: Fergal Costello, Lee Huang • WRI: Paul Markey, Paddy McDonald)
Danny and Frank, two bumbling pest exterminators, cross paths with the enigmatic Lien, a Taoist guardian hunting an ancient Chinese jiangshi in Dublin. Together they set out deal with this menace the only way they know how: extermination. Filming tookplace in February in Dublin and County Meath.
CAST: Max Huang, Ling Cooper, TangJason Tobin, Steven He
Chasing Millions
(DIR: Stephen Burke • WRI: Stephen Burke, Katherine Thomson)
Chasing Millions follows Diana, a determined young Australian police detective, who finds herself investigating the £26 million robbery of the Northern Bank while on a family visit. Hoping to prove herself to her skeptical bosses back home, Diana is paired with Crayford, a seasoned Northern Irish detective resistant to her involvement. As they navigate old tensions, elusive suspects, and bizarre twists - including taunting messages from the thieves - the unlikely duo gradually learns to work together. When the case seems lost, Diana devises an ingenious plan that could render the stolen millions worthless. The film will start shooting on June 2nd in Dublin and Dundalk.
CAST: Max Huang, Ling Cooper, TangJason Tobin, Steven He
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
(DIR: Clio Barnard • WRI: Enda Walsh
Irish actors Anthony Boyle, Daryl McCormack and Lola Petticrew will star in Clio Barnard's Next Feature I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, which is adapted by IFTA winner Enda Walsh (Small Things Like These) from a Keiran Goddard's novel. The story, which is set in Ireland, explores the lives of five friends from a council estate as they navigate adulthood and the realities of their lives. .
CAST: Anthony Boyle, Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Lola Petticrew
The Mummy
(WRI/DIR: Lee Cronin)
The story is set in Dublin, where Jack Reynor's character, described as a husband and father, encounters the Mummy. Principal photography began in Ireland and Spain in March 2025.
CAST: Jack Reynor, May Calamawy, Laia Costa
West The Road
(WRI/DIR: Ita Fitzgerald)
West The Road tells the story of a group of women brought together by the death of their childhood friend.
CAST: Siobhán McSweeney, Imelda Staunton, Eileen Walsh and Hannah Waddingham.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
To be released in 2026.
(DIR: Grant Gee • WRI: Mark O’Halloran, Owen Martell)
Everybody Digs Bills Evans is set in June 1961 in New York City where legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his perfect musical trio. But tragedy hits, leaving Evans unable to bring himself to play. Financiers include Screen Ireland and Break Out Pictures is planning a 2026 release.
CAST: Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Barry Ward, Valene Kane and Katie McGrath
Jimmy
To be released in 2026.
(DIR: Aaron Burns • WRI: Justin Strawhand)
Shot in West Cork Film Studios in Skibbereen, this film tells the story of America's most-beloved actor James Stewart and the iconic role that saved him. Principal photography is scheduled to begin on 1st September, with support from the Screen Ireland Nationwide Fund.
CAST: KJ Apa, Jason Alexander, Sarah Drew
The Lost Children of Tuam
(DIR: Frank Berry • WRI: Rebeca Lenkiewicz )
Dramatizes the harrowing true story of nearly 800 children buried at the former Tuam Mother and Baby Home, following the excavation and the survivors' struggle for justice.
CAST: Ian McElhinney, Monica Dolan, Elaine O'Dwyer
Bad Bridget
(DIR: Rich Peppiatt • WRI: Rich Peppiatt, Elaine Farrell, Leanne McCormick )
Irish women fled famine-era Ireland for North America in the 1800s-1900s, facing hardship and crime. Many lost their names, labeled "Bridget" by employers, with some becoming known as "Bad Bridgets" in prisons.
CAST: Emilia Jones, Daisy Edgar-Jones
Victorian Psycho
(DIR: Zachary Wigon • WRI: Virginia Feito)
This Keeper Pictures film was shot in Meath. In 1858, an eccentric young governess, Winifred Notty, arrives at the remote gothic manor Ensor House. As Winifred assimilates, staff begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners wonder if something is amiss about this new governess.
CAST: Maika Monroe, Thomasin McKenzie, Jason Isaacs
One Sweet Hour
(DIR: Declan Recks • WRI: Eugene O'Brien)
An aging Elvis impersonator confronts his past while traveling with his estranged brother on a canal boat in the Irish Midlands.
CAST: Brían F. O'Byrne, Gary Lydon
Silverback
(WRI/DIR: Steve Kenny )
A stay-at-home dad must weigh the benefits of a new friendship with a notorious criminal who moves in next door against the deadly threat it poses to his family.
CAST: Jason Isaacs, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor