On this day, Maeve has set a deadline. As she goes about her routine, hoping it will be broken, life pushes and pulls her in its riptide. She struggles to see how everything fits, all the while trying to protect her son from the coldness that tortures her.
A short film about an eighty-year-old tidal pool in Margate, and the swimmers who find solace and community in her waters during these turbulent times. Filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson and writer Anna Hart explore the magical healing nature of the sea, and the value of a true community pool.
Official Selection Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018 - World premiere
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019 - International Competition
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of him is to help him dig.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2018 - Discovery
A troubled traditional Irish musician re-enters the fold after a long absence. An emotionally stunted friend wants to offer an apology. When words fail them both, music is all they have to bring them together.
One night Majella O'Donnell took her teenage son Philly to be shot in both legs. Majella, Philly and his shooters all live within an extraordinary community in Derry, Northern Ireland. The “Troubles” officially ended in 1998 but they are still at war. They do not accept the government or police.
All this happens within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.
How do you bring your son to be shot? What happens afterwards? How does family life continue? How does a community respond? When do wars really end? For five years Sinéad O’Shea has filmed this shocking but darkly humorous portrait of a post conflict society.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - World premiere
Alex Gibney reopens the mysterious unsolved case revolving the 1994 Loughinisland massacre. On 18 June, in the small village of Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, six men were brutally murdered and a few others were wounded in a pub while watching the World Cup soccer match. Despite a long investigation by the police and many confusing leads, no perpetrators of the attack were ever found.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - International premiere
A film exploring the subtle dynamics of brother and sisterhood. Cara, the first kid in the family to graduate, returns to a celebration in her honour. Older brother Nathan, forced to quit his degree after a life-changing injury, is conflicted. But for the accident, this should have been his party.
An ex-RUC Special Branch Detective serves the remainder of his career in an English coastal town hoping to heal wounds from a violent past, until the murder of his only daughter shatters his faith and sends him on a headlong hunt for the killer.
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2017 - Midnight - World premiere
