Deirdre
John, un limpiador de ventanas de 35 años, dedica su vida a criar a su hijo Michael, un niño de cuatro años a quien su madre abandonó justo después de nacer. Ambos llevan una vida simple, elaborada a través de rituales diarios, en una relación de amor sin fisuras. Por desgracia, a John sólo le quedan unos cuantos meses de vida. Dado que no tiene familia, decide invertir los días que le quedan en buscar una nueva familia que adopte a Michael con el fin de salvar a su hijo de descubrir la terrible realidad de la vida.
Mrs Lorimer
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
Director
Ferozmente observado drama inquebrantable de Abbie Spallen explora las vidas entrelazadas peligrosamente de la gente común que tratan de escapar de su monótona existencia en una ciudad irlandesa rural.
Susan - 1975
Lurgan, Irlanda del Norte, 1975. Una guerra civil de bajo nivel se ha ido gestando, con el IRA, que apunta a legitimistas británicos; y la Fuerza de Voluntarios legitimista del Ulster, que exige la venganza contra católicos que ellos consideran militantes republicanos. Alistair Little, de 16 años, es el líder de una célula UVF (Fuerza Voluntaria del Ulster) impaciente por derramar sangre. Él y su cuadrilla reciben el visto bueno para matar a un joven católico, James Griffin. Cuando se perpetra el golpe, Joe Griffin, de 11 años de edad, ve con horror cómo muere su hermano. Treinta años más tarde, Joe y Alistair deben encontrarse, ante las cámaras, de cara a una reconciliación. Alistair ha cumplido su condena, y la paz se ha establecido en Irlanda del Norte, pero Joe Griffin tiene otros planes en mente.
Mrs Quinn
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell - on whose life much of the film seems to be loosely based - was the first woman Republican to be refused political status in 1976. By 1980, when the film is set, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and doggedly resolute: “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime.” Silent Grace seeks to capture the struggle for the restoration of political status that was at the heart of prison protests in Northern Ireland - not just by the more celebrated male prisoners - but by a smaller number of women prisoners, led by Farrell, at the Armagh Women’s Prison.
The Morrigan
It's Samhain (Hallowe'en) in old Ireland, and King Connor is haunted by his life, his legacy, and the enemies he killed in his time. Based on the famous Ulster Cycle.
Teresa, The Model
Reefer and the Model is a 1988 Irish film written and directed by Joe Comerford. It concerns Reefer, a former Irish Republican Army man who operates a ferry using an old trawler between the Galway coast and the Aran Islands; his friends Spider and Badger; and the pregnant Teresa ("the Model"), who has abandoned a life of drugs and prostitution in England. The group become involved in the armed robbery of a post office and are pursued by the Gardaí. The film premièred in Galway in August 1988. Reefer and the Model won the Europa Prize at the Barcelona Festival, and Best Feature at the Celtic Film Festival in Wales. At the 1988 European Film Awards, the film was nominated for Best Young Film, Carol Scanlan was nominated for Best Actress, and Ray McBride was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
Siobhan
Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He catches sight of a youth being beaten up and dragged away. When he investigates, witnesses seem to melt away, and life-long friends reveal a sinister indifference. Or is it fear?
