During the 1950s, Ireland had the highest rate of psychiatric hospital use globally. Using archival documents, filmmakers Cáit McClay and Éiméar McClay look critically at the evolution of Irish psychiatric institutions across the 20th century, examining the confluence of carceral, therapeutic and socioeconomic incentives that determined their influence.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) 2025 - World premiere
Different forms of communication are explored when a filmmaker attempts to find the name of a dead person they discovered behind their flat in Glasgow.
A ghostly train journey on a forgotten branch line transports a man visiting his dying father in a sanatorium to the edge of a mythic forest. The Quay Brothers third feature film - a tale told through puppet animation and live-action, inspired by the book 'The Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' by Bruno Schulz.
Official Selection Venice Days 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025
STRANGEWAYS floats and flows beyond our own strangled world. It’s where corridors twist into gardens, and fingers scribble sketches of dreams. Creatures, plants, earth, junk (and the stuff in the gaps between them) all converse with different voices, share wild thoughts, and explore strange ways together.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2024 - Venice Immersive - In Competition - World premiere
An animated documentary, telling the story of Katie who found empowerment, friendship, and healing by plunging into into frigid waters of the North Sea. Addressing themes of isolation and connection, mental health, wellbeing, and climate change, Katie's story relates the physical and mental benefits of cold-water swimming.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
The “parts” are a painting of my own from some time ago, a waveform whose origin I don't remember, and a travelling letter “x” that suggests a stitch bringing them together, though what actually does so is almost certainly the Bach soundtrack.
An intimate VR experience that explores ’dis-ease’ within the body, through the lived experience of patients with breast cancer.
Meticulously crafted and developed in close collaboration with a team of scientists and researchers, this interactive experience tells the stories of patients’ healthcare struggles, with focus on breast cancer treatment. Audiences are led through a visual and sonic world that interweaves excerpts from survivors’ stories. It aims to invoke a more nuanced and holistic understanding of this sensitive topic.
Official Selection Venice Film Festival 2024 - Venice Immersive
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - LFF Expanded
Feed the monster, have a cup of tea, and if it's your first day - don't pay attention to anything peculiar in Sector 3.
Nick shows a new worker around the crumbling Progress Mining Company, while Mary tries to get it shut for repairs.
Official Selection Locarno Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025
Sam's search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - Short Film Competition
A mother, father and their eight year old son set from the suburbs of London to cycle to the South Coast.
What the child experiences on that journey changes his life forever.
Exploring loss and grief through dementia and symbolising the mind's internal structures. We follow the Watchman as he cares for his memories and nurtures new ideas until an environmental deterioration forces him to escape through the window.
As the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
Official Selection Ottawa International Animation Festival 2024
