New Irish Shorts: Programme Two

Due to the nature and content of these programmes, this event is for those aged 18 and over.

Great Trees

A TV personality finds the making of his new documentary on trees grating and deflating. When his long-time producer/best friend announces he is leaving London to return to Ireland, he wonders what exactly will be left of that personality.

Roundabout

David and Stella wake up together after a night out then part ways - their lives, friends and artistic endeavours intertwine until they meet again at a film screening months later. The frustrations of the creative process and the stifling complexities of relationships clash in this self-reflexive and visually inventive piece.

What Do You Want?

Two women try to understand what the other wants. Behind the scenes, their actresses try to understand what the director wants. Their director tries to understand what the actresses want. A playful and thought-provoking exercise in meta-filmmaking, exploring how an intonation, angle or glance can alter intention.

C'est Moi dans la Poubelle

The writer Samuel Beckett visits the poet Ezra Pound in his Venice apartment in the 1970s. They don’t speak a word, but the silence they share says enough. The brooding writers are brought to life by Vincent Higgins and Lalor Roddy, effortlessly conveying the weight of the world through the flicker of an eye.

Karavidhe

Dee, an immigrant worker, gets a job painting a house with newcomer Adrian, but it doesn’t go as planned. They slowly open up and reveal more about their pasts, bonding whilst being forced to think outside the box for dinner. An intimate and touching portrait of two men trying to make ends meet.

Eldritch Karaoke

Death, shame and karaoke all collide in this animated short about the performative trend of exploiting trauma, triggered by a young woman trying to escape her past. This absurdist odyssey into the afterlife is strikingly animated and features an unnervingly rousing score.

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