Review: Screen Ireland Shorts at DIFF 2026
Mutale Kampuni catches the best in Irish filming at this year's Dublin International Film Festival.
Philip Emo is a producer & screenwriter whose award-winning shorts have screened at major international festivals. A graduate of the NFS at IADT, he produced Breastfriends, winner of Best Irish Short at GAZE and viewed over one million times online. In 2023, he co-founded All My Friends with Killian Casey. Their shorts This is Not An Attack on Your Parenting & His House, Home have gained festival and Screen Ireland support, while feature project Fishing received X-Pollinator development funding.
Mutale Kampuni catches the best in Irish filming at this year's Dublin International Film Festival.
After the closer of the Kerry International Film Festival, our correspondent Yuliia Riabova gives her top picks of the short films that screened there.
In this podcast, we are delighted to partner with the NTA for Film & TV & GAZE International Film Festival as we're joined by starGAZE participants cinematographer Alba Fernandez, producer/screenwriter Philip Emo & director/screenwriter Hiram Harrington.