FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd
PART ONE, 7pm:
Songbird
by Viko Nikci (14.41)
Yana, a young Ukrainian girl, struggles to assimilate into her new Irish school until she meets with Chloe who helps her settle and find some hope in this new country.
Dúirt tu/You said
by Shaun Dunne and Zoe O’Riordáin (8.38)
Two former partners are divided by distance. Structured in the style of a fever dream, this Irish language film explores ideas around reconciliation and coercion, love, and control.
Stan by me
by Rachel Dixon (9.58)
In this senior citizen ‘coming of age’ story, a bitter and resentful Mervin rails against the relentless positivity of his nuisance neighbors. But when he discovers that Stan shares similar struggles, Mervin realizes that although ageing may be hard, dealing with it on your own is harder!
Malcolm – Caleb J Roberts (11.3)
In the aftermath of an emotionally abusive relationship, a man seeks couples counselling with a sock puppet likeness of his ex-boyfriend, Malcolm.
Pork by Gareth Lyons
An omniscient pig narrates the events of a doomed relationship between the man who kills them and the woman who serves them as an in-flight meal.
The street where you live by Myles O’Reilly 11.43
Both in their 80’s, Eddie and Elsie are the sweetest, kindest, most loving, and wise people you are ever likely to meet. Their love for each other, and their love for the world at large and everyone in it, is a triumph for humanity.
PART TWO, 8.20pm:
Legends of the mountain by Nuala Dalton (15:00)
Folktales surrounding an ancient sacred site, hold within them a turbulent and painful history, yet they also carry messages of hope and possibility.
Bad Vibes by Emily Foran (14.5)
A newly married couple seek to spice up their love lives with a visit to a Belfast sex shop.
Lady Betty by Bobby Moloney (7:25)
The grisly folk tale of Lady Betty, the only female executioner in Ireland, as told by two old friends who can’t agree on the details.
An Irish Goodbye by Ross White and Tom Berkeley (23:00)
A black comedy following the reunion of estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan after the untimely death of their mother. The brothers discover an unfulfilled bucket list belonging to their late mother, and Lorcan senses an opportunity: he’ll only agree to leave the farm once he and Turlough have themselves completed every single wish on their mother’s list…all one hundred of them!
OSCAR /BAFTA winner James Martin of An Irish Goodbye will join us in discussion after the program.
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