Sean McGinley

Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community near to where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters around them unfolds through the rituals of work, play and the passing seasons as this enclosed world becomes an everywhere.

Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.

Una madre y su hija se convierten en sospechosas de realizar brujería por una devota comunidad rural.

A meditation on the love of a father for his estranged daughter. A last meeting, a reparation, a benign waiting to tell her goodbye.

This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

In the remote Scottish Highlands an aging stalker sets his wits and grit against a poacher who is taking the heads of his best stags.

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.

The film, based on the novel of the same title by Edna O'Brien, is a dark story about love and land set in County Clare in the West of Ireland.

Un grupo de jóvenes americanos viaja a Irlanda para ir de camping a un pequeño bosque de la zona con Jake, un viejo amigo de la universidad. La idea es ir en busca de setas alucinógenas. Parecía un buen plan, pero ahora que están colocados la cosa ha perdido su gracia. Uno de los chicos ha desaparecido. Tara afirma haber tenido una visión sobre su muerte, pero nadie la cree porque piensan que es efecto de las setas. Hay algo ahí fuera, algo que les vigila, algo que les matará si no consiguen salir del bosque y encontrar ayuda.

When fourteen- year- old Chris is sent across the city to deliver a tonic to his sick grandfather, his journey becomes a chilling trip of self-discovery as he strays from the path into domain of the Black Dog.

A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

Dos gemelos idénticos son separados al nacer. Uno, Liam, es un exitoso aunque estresado promotor inmobiliario de la nueva Irlanda, descreída y codiciosa; el otro vive en Leeds como un vagabundo sin hogar. Un día, cuando cae en manos del vagabundo un artículo sobre su hermano y su fortuna, se propone arrebatarle su acomodada vida y su esposa. Y lo consigue, pero no encuentra más que deudas y preocupaciones. Liam, en cambio, se siente aliviado al verse liberado de su mujer y de las responsabilidades que implica la riqueza.

Irlanda, 1920. Dos hermanos se alistan en la guerrilla para combatir contra las tropas británicas que intentan impedir la independencia de Irlanda. El amor por su país hace que Damien abandone su prometedora carrera de médico y se una a su hermano Teddy en la lucha por la libertad. Tras sufrir varias derrotas y un escalofriante número de bajas, el Gobierno Británico decide pactar con los rebeldes para poner fin al sangriento enfrentamiento. Pero el acuerdo alcanzado provoca divisiones entre los irlandeses y desemboca en un nuevo y fraticida conflicto armado.

Seamus is a 9 year old boy who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. In search of a miracle, he sets off to find God before God comes for him. Inspired by Saint Columcille, Seamus sets out in a small boat without oars or sail.

After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel.

Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal's favorite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row. Meanwhile, Donal's mother, Kate, must adjust her life when O, a man from her past, returns. The political climate of Ireland serves as the backdrop of this story.

Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of £50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, the likely lads head south on a road trip in the hope of seeing a man about a dog. Foul-mouthed and funny, Man About Dog is full of great craic.

Sean Veil (Lee Evans) es un sospechoso de asesinato ultra-paranoico que se graba en vídeo alrededor del reloj para tener una coartada sólida por si es acusado de algún otro crimen. Pero sucede un nuevo asesinato, y la cinta que podría demostrar su inocencia desaparece misteriosamente. Entonces empezará una carrera personal para crear su coartada. Tendrá que fabricar las pruebas de las horas que faltan.

When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.

Tommy es un joven holgazán que vive en un apartamento destartalado, no tiene prisa por nada y considera que la vida está hecha para ser vivida. Sin embargo, su situación cambia abruptamente cuando vuelve con su insufrible ex-novia Jean. Durante una de sus frecuentes peleas domésticas, Jean se cae accidentalmente, se golpea la cabeza y muere. A pesar de que fue un accidente, Tommy teme ir a la cárcel, así que decide deshacerse del cuerpo en el bosque local, sólo para descubrir que no es el primero. Mientras está cavando la tumba se encuentra con otro cadáver enterrado.

A tangled web of deciet pitches three lovers together with the added proposition of a baby.

New York City, 1863. Antes de la ciudad que conocemos hoy, llena de riqueza, poder y sueños infinitos, New York era un lugar diferente, una ciudad naciente donde el deseo por una vida mejor enfurecía a su gente y generaba violencia en las calles. Mientras la superviviencia del país se debatía en la Guerra Civil, un vasto y peligroso grupo de personas crecía en el bajo mundo. Pero en la joven y naciente ciudad, llegaba el momento de luchar contra los despiadados, contra la intolerancia y el miedo. Había llegado el momento del extraordinario valor de aquellos que impulsaron al borde de la lucha la libertad de futuras generaciones.

When Clare, a bored house wife, finds her self stuck in a rut she decides to take to the skies. But where does that leave her family left below?

1867. Fiebre del oro en California. Kingdom Come es una pequeña ciudad minera dominada por Daniel Dillon. La inminente construcción del ferrocarril que atravesará la población representa una amenaza para su poder. Pero lo que verdaderamente perturba la vida de Dillon es la llegada a la ciudad de dos mujeres que remueven en su memoria terribles hechos del pasado.

Los solteros de un pequeño pueblo rural deciden organizar una caravana de mujeres para encontrar esposa.

There are five survivors in a futuristic library. Bam is their supreme dictator, and has the others interrogated and tortured, believing them to have said where. What Bam means is unclear, but he distrusts all.

The Oral Irish, a compulsory language exam dreaded by secondary school students, is the subject of this short directed by Paul Mercier. In a Dublin school, an examiner (Sean McGinley) meets a variety of students to test their proficiency in the Irish language. He encounters low levels of fluency but impressive levels of bravado as memorised answers are regurgitated with more gusto than comprehension. The process soon becomes a test not just for the students but for his patience. He has just about given up hope when he encounters a troubled young man (Barry Ward) with a firm grasp of the language but little interest in the exam. The film provides a vivid reminder of state exams and Irish school life while packing a memorable emotional punch. (Taken from IFI website)

Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid asks the 'Squire' to sell him some land so he can build a railway station, a ruthless businessman from the neighbouring gentile community uses Simon to find out who wants to buy the land so he can 'persuade' him otherwise

Historia de Martin Cahill, un capo de la mafia irlandesa, que mantuvo en jaque a la policía durante 25 años.

Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens) es un adolescente que vive en un ambiente familiar que frustra todos sus deseos y sus sueños. En pie de guerra contra la realidad que lo rodea, y dominado por un padre alcohólico (Stephen Rea) y una madre depresiva, Francie busca desesperadamente un refugio para olvidarse de su vida.

Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.

A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.

Bogwoman charts the experiences of a woman who moves to the city from Donegal in 1958. Down the years she copes with various personal and familiy pressures against the background of the emerging civil unrest and the redeployment of British troops into the area.

A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in prison. He executes the grisly task but ends up captured by a sympathetic British police lieutenant named Ferris (Cary Elwes). The intimidating Chief Inspector of the Belfast Police (Timothy Dalton) convinces Gingy that his best hope is to become an informant and turn in other IRA operatives. As Gingy's marriage unravels under the stress, he is forced to come to terms with the fact that in this war both sides lose. Three men, three political circles, each fighting for their lives, each with their own agenda in the battle for Northern Ireland.

Amanda Foley, una atractiva mujer, acude al psiquiatra para intentar solucionar las pesadillas que la atormentan que y no le permiten tener una vida sexual satisfactoria con su marido. Un día, al salir de la consulta, se cruza con el hombre que aparece en sus pesadillas y que también acude al psiquiatra... (FILMAFFINITY)

En la cárcel, Sean Dowd (Stephen Rea) ha ido perdiendo la fe en sí mismo y en sus camaradas. Su amigo Richard (Brendan Gleeson) y otros compañeros del IRA, encarcelados en la misma prisión, organizan una arriesgada fuga en masa, en la que Dowd participa. Después de escapar, Richard permanece en Irlanda, vinculado al IRA, pero Dowd decide cambiar de vida y se va a Estados Unidos. En Nueva York, se mueve entre los marginados y los yonquis, se aloja en un siniestro hotelucho de transeúntes y trabaja fregando platos. Así es como conoce a un grupo de guatemaltecos. Uno de ellos, Tulio, le salva la vida y, además, le presenta a su hermana Mónica.

Michael Collins (1890-1922) fue un líder revolucionario irlandés que luchó encarnizadamente contra la ocupación inglesa de su patria. Con sus jóvenes pistoleros llevó a cabo una serie de sanguinarios atentados que generaron una no menos cruel represión.

Eddie es un ex-convicto de un pequeño pueblo que descubre tener talento para vender cualquier cosa. Eddie ve una manera de superar su mala vida mediante el uso de ese talento en su beneficio. Con lo que no contaba era con el asesinato y el caos a lo largo del camino.

¿Qué clase de hombre desafiaría a un rey? 'Braveheart' es una historia épica medieval sobre la independencia de Escocia en el siglo XIII, basada en la leyenda de William Wallace, un montañés escocés que arrastra a su clan a luchar contra la tiranía del rey Eduardo I de Inglaterra. Después del brutal asesinato de su joven esposa por los ingleses, Wallace sólo busca venganza. Hambrientos y en inferior número, Wallace lidera a los patriotas escoceses y consigue organizar un ejército de guerreros sedientos de libertad logrando recuperar con ello el espíritu que haría a Escocia libre para siempre.

No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful - which makes her one very dangerous lady. Together, she and her brother Michael are unbeatable but notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put Maura away once and for all - and not everyone in the family think that's such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch, Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past - and the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not make entirely of stone.

Irlanda, años 50. Bernadette "Benny" Hogan y sus dos mejores amigas, la huérfana Eve Malone y la guapa Nan Mahon, dejan la pequeña aldea irlandesa en la que han crecido para ir a estudiar a la Universidad de Dublín. Allí en la capital las jóvenes se enfrentarán a la vida adulta, experimentando la emoción del primer amor y el dolor del primer desengaño.

A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after film script.

In this historical miniseries created for BBC Northern Ireland, four brothers struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s while facing persecution from an agent (Michael Kitchen) of their indifferent English landlord. Looking on in horror as their primary food source dwindles, the Phelan brothers (portrayed by real-life siblings Joe, Mark, Paul and Stephen McGann) are torn between nonviolent protest and bloody revolt.

This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and adultery without the will to chuck him out. John Paul worships his father who's initiating him into the world of beer and football but recoils at Charlo's treatment of mum; asthma and misbehavior at school follow. Daughter Nicola is a young woman, starting work in a garment factory. When Charlo begins to stare at her, she's frightened and Paula's furious.

Irlanda, 1930. Un campesino trata de defender, a toda costa, la parcela de tierra que su familia ha cultivado durante generaciones y cuya subasta pública es inminente. Ni siquiera su propio hijo parece decidido a defender su legado de sangre.

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks

A story of love, rivalry and betrayal – Synge’s best-known work is a must-see from this multi-award winning company.' Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike. Performed at Donmar Warehouse in London's Covent Garden by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway, Ireland.

Inspired by humanity's oldest story, Gilgamesh, this epic tale explores themes of power, love and loss.