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Showcasing both first-time and established short filmmakers from all parts of Ireland, our short film programme this year is heaving with talent.
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Showcasing both first-time and established short filmmakers from all parts of Ireland, our short film programme this year is heaving with talent.
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We are delighted to announce that Robert Carlyle will introduce this film, personally chosen by him as one of his best, and under-appreciated films.
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To mark Lenny Abrahamson's visit to Belfast Film Festival we screen one of his earlier films.
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Two Showgirls travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of one of the Showgirls’ fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
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Written by Tess McGowan, directed by Shelly Love and produced by Louise Gallagher, the film centres around the awkward relationship between immature mum Pamela and disapproving daughter, Allegra.
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An attractive stylish portrayal of shallow serial killer, based on a real life, baby-faced murderer in 1970s Argentina
Read More →Bill Nighy, Sam Riley and Alice Lowe star in this stylish and heartfelt comedy-drama about a Scrabble-obsessed tailor searching for a lost son.
Read More →Pond Life is a perfectly formed coming of age tale set in a quiet mining village outside Doncaster in the mid 90s with breakout performances from a talented cast of young actors.
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John Butler’s (Handsome Devil) latest comedy/drama sees the filmmaker return to the themes of empathy and unlikely friendship. In this case, the bond forms between a well-heeled, gay presenter and an older, straight, labourer from Mexico.
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The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock hovers over this lusciously designed psychological thriller set in 1960s Brussels. Two neighboring suburban housewives are best friends — until a tragic accident breaks the harmony between their clans, and paranoia and distrust take hold.
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Seduction, glamour, corruption, drugs and raucous poolside parties: the life and times of scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi have long-demanded a screen depiction, and who else to deliver it than Paolo Sorrentino, the Academy Award-winning director of ‘The Great Beauty’ and ‘The Young Pope’.
Read More →Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman) directs Julianne Moore in this remake of his 2013 film about a free-spirited, middle-aged divorcee hoping to find love on the dance floor.
Read More →Alicja suffers from dissociative fugue, a condition that has made her forget her identity. After suffering an episode, she disappears. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will, her role as wife, mother and daughter.
Read More →Carmel Winters’ second feature revolves around a young Irish woman and aspiring boxer and her father, who has just been released from prison in 1960s Ireland.
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An actress struggles to connect with her disfigured co-star on the set of a European auteur’s debut. Through pitch-black satire, ‘Chained for Life’ examines the treatment of disability on screen and on set.
Read More →The filmmaking team behind the sublime Embrace of the Serpent addresses the origins of the Colombian drug trade.
Read More →Heartbreak and resilience fuel this quietly epic saga, in which one woman’s fortitude and knack for crime carry her through a rapidly changing China.
Read More →Based on the book written by legendary Polish war correspondent Ryszard Kapuściński. Another Day Of Life tells the story of a journalist, left to himself to write a feature story on the civil war in Angola on the advent of its regaining independence in 1975.
Read More →A look through the eyes of a Barista serving coffee from a little Coffee Kiosk in the centre of Belfast.
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A seventy-year-old man, a British Indian lives in plight after being abandoned by his family, except for his married daughter called Udita, who nurtures him.
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Four friends deal with the various trials and tribulations of a flawed film, five years in post-production.
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Paul and Matthew Owens, father and son who are forced to endure the cruel aspect of homelessness.
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After a bar fight with a local drunk, a young man becomes talk of the town. The once simple story of self defence changes with every retelling and soon becomes a tale of mindless violence and malice. In this town, retribution is swift and punishment is chosen by a few but it doesn’t always fit the crime.
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Martin, a former paramilitary involved in the abduction and murder of ‘The Disappeared’, visits the senile wife of one of his victims everyday in search of atonement.
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