4pm / Irish Shorts 2 / 88 mins / Screen 6

Foster Fail
Fran Cassidy / Ireland / 2004 / 10 mins
A film-maker struggles and then fosters an abandoned dog

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David Ian Bickley / Ireland / 2022 / 11 mins
Celebrated Irish literary photographer, John Minihan, returns to Paris, and to the locations that evoke memories of his most well-known subject, the Nobel laureate, Samuel Beckett.

Knuck & Knuckle
Ellie Marron, Sean Horgan / Ireland / 2024 / 14 mins
The gripping tale of Lee Reeves, a young Limerick man who used his love of boxing to overcome the pain of losing his mother to suicide. Reeves is now a keen advocate for boxing and sport as tools for positive mental health for young men, particularly those from the Irish Traveller community where suicide rates are seven times higher than average.

Recording Is Winning
James Redmond / Ireland / 2024 / 15 mins
Nestled away in an old community centre, participants in an alcohol and drug recovery program gather to embark on a unique journey: a podcast project. Amidst the echoes of shared struggles and whispered dreams they find solace and strength in each other's stories.

Bishop Cox
Nicky Larkin / Ireland / 2024 / 11 mins
Bishop Michael Cox, the ultimate outsider, belongs to the Orthodox Tridentine Catholic Church - dissidents unrecognised by Rome. A renegade and a rebel, he's never shied away from controversy, and is perhaps most famous for ordaining Sinead O'Connor to the priesthood in 1999. Now coming to the end of his life, he wants to tell his side of the story...

Two Mothers
Anna Rodgers / Ireland / 2024 / 12 mins
An unusual bond compels an Irish mother to travel to war torn Ukraine in order to bring her former surrogate and her family to safety.

The First Game
Naoise Hallissey / Ireland / 2024 / 15 mins
In 2023, the Irish national team qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time. This coincided with the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Irish Women's National Team. The documentary explores the history of women’s football in Ireland from the perspective of Linda Gorman, a former player on the first national team.