Screen Ireland
Shorts –
Retrospective 2

Boiled Eggs ‘n’ Beer

3 minutes/2002/Ireland/Colour/Digital

Director // Mark Cumberton

Producer // Mark Cumberton, John Rice

A couch potato character sets himself an equally lazy task of demolishing a large pile of eggs and beer.

Changes

3 minutes/2005/Ireland/Colour/Digital

Director // Lorcan Finnegan

Producer // Cormac Fox

Two caterpillars wildly in love embark on a journey of change, but will they feel the same way when they emerge from their chrysalises?

The Parish Letter

3 minutes/2006/Ireland/Colour/Digital

Director // Cat Little

Producer // Annette Kinne

This is a simple tale full of charm, dear little old ladies, shivering organists, disgruntled bell-ringers and the all-encompassing joy that is the hot water bottle.

Escape

7 minutes/2004/Ireland/Colour/Digital 

Director // John Rice

Producer // Mark Cumberton

After a violent crime, a man is arrested and sentenced to life in prison. His refusal to interact with the other prisoners isolates him, plunging him into a world of guilt and torment. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn the true nature of his crime – one of passion – as he sets on a journey to find escape and ultimately redemption.

Donkey

6 minutes/2009/Ireland/Colour/Digital 

Director // Louise Bagnall

Producer //Niamh O’Donoghue

Donkey is sick of his minimum wage job at the beach. Best Animation Award, Darklight Film Festival 2009

Guns, Bees and Tadpoles

6 minutes/2009/Ireland/Colour/Digital 

Director // John McCloskey

Producer // Pearse Moore

Set in seventies Northern Ireland, a summer’s day takes a turn to the extraordinary for a normal family in not so normal times.

Geist

11 minutes/2015/Ireland/Colour/3D

Director // Sean Mullen, Ben Harper, Alex Sherwood

Script // Sean Mullen, Ben Harper, Alex Sherwood

Producer // Daniel Spencer

A shipwrecked fisherman takes shelter in an abandoned house on a remote island, but soon realises he is not alone.

City of Roses

10 minutes/201f/Ireland/Colour/Digital

Director // Andrew Kavanagh

Producer // Jackie Leonard

One Halloween night, a smouldering suitcase was pulled off a bonfire in Dublin, saving a true story of love, loss and hope.

Second To None

7 minutes/2017/Ireland/Colour/3D

Director // Vincent Gallagher

Producer // Damian Farrell

Frederick Butterfield has always been runner up to his twin brother Herman. When Herman, the older by a mere minute, becomes the world’s oldest man, Frederick finally sees an opportunity to be first place.

Departures

9 minutes/2017/Ireland/Colour/Digital

Director // Aoife Doyle

Producer // Niamh Herrity

An Irish grandmothers unexpected departure from her lonely life.