|  In this hard-hitting emotional thriller, the outwardly unassuming
Joe Yumba (Eriq Ebouaney – Kingdom of Heaven) fights
for his life and the lives of those close to him when he
is forced to take part in a hazardous bank heist under the
command of ruthless gangster Eddie Gilroy (James Frain –
The Tudors). Tearing through the streets of Dublin in a
desperate attempt to escape ferocious felons, relentless
detectives and raging gunshots, he will stop at nothing
to save a child and guard his true identity.
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 Doug, an aspiring country singer in his forties, has spent
his life as a loser in a non-descript small town, where
nobody believes in his heartbreaking voice and talent as
a musician. When the last of his music pupils deserts him,
Doug is forced to face up to the fact that his music career
is going nowhere. Only his best friend Bill, a macho small
engine repair man, has any faith in Doug's talent; Doug's
wife Agnes gave up on him years ago. When Burley, their
volatile friend who's just got out of prison for a hit and
run, shows up in town again, he takes the only other job
that Doug could do, forklift driver at the local plant.
Doug has hit rock-bottom but with the help of Bill and local
bar owner Big Eddy, Doug is handed one last chance to show
he can make to the big time...A quiet self-assured debut
feature from newcomer Niall Heery.
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| Written and directed by: David Gleeson
Produced by: Nathalie Lichtenhaeler/ James Flynn/ Phillip
Homberg/ Adrian Sturges/ Lena Rehnberg
Cast: Eriq Ebouaney, Gerard McSorley, James Frain
Production company: Wide Eye Films
Distributed in Ireland by: Buena Vista International
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Written and directed by: Niall Heery
Produced by: Tristan Orpen Lynch and Dominic Wright
Production company: Subotica Entertainment |
 How does life measure up for a 13-year old girl?
Dublin 1979. The Northside. Maeve
Brennan gets up and puts on her first bra. The summer holidays
beckon for Maeve and her trio of friends, Ruth, Orla and
Claire. But they still have to suffer the indignities of
the vigilant Sister Una as she patrols the school for latecomers.
At home, the put-upon Maeve washes her bra and fears it’s
already lost its luster…uUntil an encounter with Brian
Power, the local heart-throb, sets her on a collision course
with her friends. Ruth needs her support when her estranged
father wants to meet her, but Maeve is torn when Brian asks
her to the Grove, the local club. It’s Clery’s
clock vs. the Grove… Is Maeve woman enough to make
the right choice?
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 'Once' is a modern-day musical. Set on the streets of Dublin,
it features eight songs by Glen Hansard - Of Irish band
The Frames - who also stars in the film. 'Once' tells the
story of a busker and an immigrant who fall in love over
an eventful week, as they write, rehearse and record a number
of songs.
Essentially a mood piece, 'Once'
is an attempt to make an unselfconscious musical which will
appeal to a more modern audience. The use of actual musicians
over professional actors, real locations, and a free-form
camera and editing style, lends a refreshing element of
realism to a genre which contemporary viewers can often
find hard to stomach.
Hansard's music already has a huge following in Ireland
and abroad, and the intention of 'Once' was to make a kind
of visual album, set against the backdrop of a fast-changing
city. At its heart the film is a simple, classic story of
two artists falling in love.
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| Written and directed by: Marian
Quinn
Produced by: Tommy Weir
Co-producer: Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
Executive producer: James Flynn
Production companies: Janey Pictures and Flying Moon
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Written and directed by: John Carney
Produced by Martina Niland and David Collins
Production Company: Samson Films
Distributed in Ireland by: Buena Vista International |
The story of a group of friends who emigrated to England in the late 70’s promising to return to Ireland rich and successful. Now 25 years on, only one of them is going home, Jackie – his body was found on the railway, crushed by a passing train. It is when his friends are forced to confront the possibility it was no accident, but suicide, that they must face up to the bitter chill of truth.
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