New Irish Shorts – Programme #4
How do you define yourself? What makes a self? And what happens when elements out of your control threaten your already slippery sense of self? Our final selection of films meditate on different forms of identity as affected by motherhood, landlords and geopolitical leanings.
Reborning
Dir. Alannah McNamee, 14mins
Two women meet in a park, seemingly with nothing in common, yet they forge an unexpected and unshakeable bond. This compassionate piece runs the gamut of human emotion, insightfully touching on love, loss, longing and loneliness.
Sasquatch
Dir. Katie Bridget Murphy, 11mins
In this bright and breezy comedy of yearning and shoe sizes, shy office worker Emily has a crush on her colleague but is too scared to do anything about it. After a chance encounter, she listens to her inner hype-woman and steps into the unknown.
Bootlickers
Dir. Tanith Mh, 15mins
After her evil landlord threatens to evict the entire household, unemployed Steph desperately tries to scrape together the cash to save them all. Begging, busking, betting it all on a cash call, she’ll do anything to keep her house together.
Pulse
Dir. Sam Nutt, 16mins
Heather is slowly returning to normality after undergoing a heart transplant, but something is not quite right. Whether it’s in the unknown tune stuck in her head, or the ‘sláinte’ which slips from her lips, she finds herself questioning her entire way of life.
Me, Myself & Mary
Dir. John Michell, 13mins
An adaptation of the viral tweet thread by Séamas O’Reilly, this vivid and lively animation tells the true story of a young lad who mixes up his days at work and ends up alone in a room with his boss and the President of Ireland. Oh and he’s also high on drugs.