Peter Coonan

Behind the scenes of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit electric railway, capturing ordinary and extraordinary days through the experiences of those who work and travel on it

A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in, and all of those in it.

Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.

Ireland, 1845 on the eve of The Great Hunger. Colmán Sharkey, a fisherman, a father, a husband, takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier in the Napoleonic wars arrives just ahead of 'the blight,' a disease that eventually wipes out the country's potato crop, contributing to the death and displacement of millions. As the crops rot in the fields, Colmán, his brother and Patsy travel to the English Landlord's house to request a stay on rent increases that Colmán predicts will destroy his community. His request falls deaf ears and Patsy's subsequent actions set Colmán on a path that will take him to the edge of survival, and sanity. It is only upon encountering an abandoned young girl that Colmán's resolve is lifted. Just in time for the darkness of his past to pay another visit.

When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home he discovers his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his trust in the small community's lone retired police officer, Labhaoise, to investigate. As the search takes an unexpected turn, some uncomfortable truths are revealed. Meanwhile the storm looms ever closer.

A bereaved man, grieving and drunk, idly asks for a way out. Unfortunately, in doing so, he irritates someone that could give him just that.

After the sudden death of his parents, a young man must choose between returning to his home village in the west of Ireland to care for his estranged younger brother, and a bright future in Canada.

En Shirleyville, Vermont, durante los años sesenta, las hermanas Merricat y Constance, y su tío Julian, enfermo y confinado a una silla de ruedas, viven aislados en una gran mansión situada en la colina que domina la ciudad, atormentados por los recuerdos de una tragedia familiar ocurrida hace seis años. La llegada del primo Charles amenazará el frágil equilibrio de sus mentes, perseguidas por la locura, el miedo y la superstición.

Sara está casada con Daddy Mannion, uno de los hombres más poderosos de Dromord y patriarca de su familia. Su gran amor es, no obstante, su hijo Doggy Manion, un recluso que vive en las montañas que rodean su pueblo. También siente estima por Martin Mannion, el hermano pequeño, un granjero de pollos de poca monta. Con todos ellos, Sara guarda algún tipo de vínculo que, en cierto momento, acaba destapándose como fatal para el futuro de una familia que ni se imagina lo que está a punto de vivir.

Two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.

Father Eion O'Donnell is unambiguous about the need to use violence to force Britain out of Ireland. He influences a young impressionable boy, Antaine to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty years later Antaine arrives in Derry as an experienced gunman. This appearance throws Eoin back to the cause of his breakdown in 1916. Eoin's influence on young Antaine echoes in Antaine's dark influence on an Altar boy, Feidhlim.

Una amistad poco convencional se desarrolla entre un batería bipolar de un grupo de rock y un adolescente con síndrome de Asperger que está recluido en una institución.

Gridlock is a thriller set during a traffic jam on a country road. When a little girl goes missing from one of the cars, her father forms a desperate search party to find her, and soon everyone is a suspect.

On the night of September 29, 2008, the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system.'The Guarantee' tells the story of that night, and what led to it.

Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff who doesn’t care about his dead-end job. That is until, he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie. Academy award winner, Brenda Fricker and Love/Hate star Peter Coonan lend their voices to this bittersweet animated short about life, death and dancin'!

Cuenta la historia de una mujer dedicada a la fotografía de guerra que se debate entre conservar a su familia y su trabajo. La cinta está inspirada por el trabajo del director como corresponsal de guerra para Reuters y otras agencias de noticias, Juliette Binoche tiene el papel principal de la fotógrafa en conflicto que arriesga la vida todos los días.

King of the Travellers is a contemporary drama grounded in the traditions of the Irish traveller community and driven by emotive Shakespearean themes of love, betrayal, friendship and revenge. The story follows John Paul Moorehouse on his destructive quest to uncover the truth about the killer of his father twelve years ago. John Paul's desire for revenge is swayed as he falls for Winnie Power, the daughter of the man he suspects killed his father. John Paul must now battle between his consuming passion for justice versus his desire to be with the woman he now loves.

Una historia ambientada en la Dublín actual y gira en torno a un grupo de privilegiados adolescentes en el verano tras terminar los estudios. Entre ellos está el deportista Richard, cuya vida cambia irremediablemente tras un episodio violento. La historia se basa libremente en la premiada novela del irlandés Kevin Power "Bad Day at Blackrock" (2008).

A mentally unstable homeless man attempts to save his new and only friend from the world and drug dealers that make his life a living hell.

Three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.

Vince is about to kill himself - but that crazy beggar keeps killing the mood.