Article: Our Favourite Films of 2025
As 2025 closes its curtain, Film Ireland contributors take a look back at some of their favourite films from the year.
Pia Roycroft is a film critic and festival programmer. They have worked at the Dublin International Film Festival for two years, first as a screener and now as shorts programmer, and curated for festivals including PRISMA Queer Film Festival in Cork. Member of Young Irish Critics, writing across Irish festivals for four years. As a filmmaker, Pia won Best Horror at People's Picturehouse Cork for Hysterics and was nominated Best Script at the SMEDIAs for Same Old Meat.
As 2025 closes its curtain, Film Ireland contributors take a look back at some of their favourite films from the year.
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