Deirdre Donnelly

Deirdre Donnelly

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Deirdre Donnelly

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Barber
Lily Dunne
Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Set in Dublin against the background of a global pandemic, Barber’s initial investigation into Sara’s disappearance quickly darkens. Secrets start surfacing in unexpected ways. Before too long, Barber finds himself entangled with powerful men of shady morals determined to thwart his investigation. Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
Rialto
Miriam
Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive figure in his life, Colm struggles with his relationship to his own son, whilst at work a recent takeover threatens his job. Unable to share his vulnerability with his wife, Colm’s world is falling apart around him. In the midst of this crisis, Colm finds a comfort that no one else can provide but Jay.
The Ferry
Bertha
Soon after the death of her adopted mother, Aoife searches for her birth mother and unveils a past that entangles two other women in town.
Homemade
Joan
Cracks
Miss Lacey
Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
The Lilac Bus
The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.
An Inside Job
Voice
A man in a dentist chair finds himself helpless in the clutches of a schizophrenic kleptomaniac.
The Fantasist
Fionnuala Sullivan
A young Dublin woman is stalked by a telephone charmer who poses victims nude and then stabs them.
Attracta
Geraldine Carey
An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Barmaid
Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his family's circumstances, that leads him to revelations on the nature of art, beauty and politics. However his personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his own country, and forces him to make a choice between exile as artist or staying and facing personal defeat.