Latest Films
I Dream in Photos
I Dream in Photos is a feature length documentary that explores the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Cathal McNaughton, who quit “the best job in the world” at the peak of his career aged just 40. Through this intimate narrative film, we learn of his courageous work in the field in some of the world’s most harrowing trouble spots. We find Cathal at a time of deep reflection. His obsession, his art, drove him away from his family and son. As he rebuilds personal relationships in his now almost monastic life, far from the adrenaline filled front line, he is challenged by the demons of his past. Directed by Gary Lennon, this documentary explores through Cathal’s breathtaking 25-year body of work the importance of photojournalism in a world saturated by social media and fake news.
Upcoming Screenings
Monday, October 15, 2023
Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF), California
North American Premiere
Friday, October 20, 2023
New Haven Film Festival, Connecticut
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Cork Film Festival
Piano Dreams
There are currently 40 million piano students in China. With many practising up to ten hours a day, pianomania has truly gripped the nation. We follow three young hopefuls and their dedicated families as they chase their dreams in the ultra-competitive world of piano education. This is both an intimate portrait of remarkably talented young musicians and a glimpse into the lives of the new Chinese middle class: their aspirations, their sacrifices and their sheer drive to succeed.
The Reserve
A film by Michael J. Whelan
A journey to a remote corner of Ireland where an invisible border delineates a reserve that is both a refuge for life, and a beacon of environmental responsibility. A place where pre-Christian beliefs share the magical landscape with traditional Catholic ceremonies. Where Ireland’s rare indigenous lizards walk across ancient fossils made by the first ever life to walk out of the sea. But mostly, this is a place of refuge: From the first peoples that landed on its shore’s millennia ago, to the Ukrainian refugees escaping the war. Whether physically through experiences of blindness, or metaphysically through our relationships to death. This is a film about exploring what’s on the edge of our perception - what lies in the darkness. Weaving together experiences of zoology, spirituality, astronomy, music and dance, THE RESERVE joins together a diverse tapestry of animals and people that call this place home.
Castro’s Spies
“As thrilling as any espionage movie”
The thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban spies sent undercover to the US in the 1990s.
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A Doctor’s Sword
A young Irish doctor survived the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki and was given a Samurai sword for the lives he saved. 70 years later his family searches for the origin of their father's sword.
Television
In League with Gaddafi
Beef deals, arms deals and a football match that officially never happened.
Kerr’s Kids
The story of Irish football’s golden generation and how they achieved unprecedented success at underage level in the late 1990s.
Broken Rings
A two-part documentary series telling the story of the chaos and heartbreak experienced by the Irish Boxing Team at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Fiction Short
After Words
When old friends meet of an evening, a rising tension mounts until a word on the Scrabble board finally forces the great unsaid out into the open.