Aoife's debut feature doc, One Million Dubliners (2014), screened internationally and won multiple awards. She has directed films & TV documentaries including Mrs Robinson (2024), a feature on former Irish President Mary Robinson; Testimony (2025), which won Best Human Rights Film at DIFF; Vincent Hanley: Sex, Lies and Videotapes; and Herstory: Ireland’s Epic Women, celebrating pioneering Irish women. Kelleher has created documentaries for RTÉ, Sky, ARTE, and BFI.
For Tom Hodge, composing for film is about finding the emotional language beneath the images. As he discusses his Ivor-winning score for Testimony, he reflects on the responsibility of shaping music around stories of trauma, resilience and the ongoing search for justice.
In anticipation of the release of Testimony today and reviewing Margo Harkin’s Stolen, Seán Patrick Donlan looks at the portrayal of Irish institutions in film.
Will Penn takes to the stand in his review of Testimony.
Carmen Bryce gives her vote to Aoife Kelleher’s documentary 'Mrs. Robinson'.
As the powerful documentary Mrs. Robinson screens at festivals around the world, Mick Jordan reflects on how one woman’s unlikely rise to power marked the beginning of a modern Ireland — whether she meant it to or not.
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Aoife Kelleher, Director of 'Mrs Robinson'.