After ‘16 is a once-off shorts initiative to commemorate, celebrate and ruminate on 1916.  Commissioned by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, nine short films went into production in the summer of 2015.

ADIFF is delighted to host the World Premieres of these nine new films.

A Father’s Letter
DIRECTOR: Joe Dolan / 2016 / Ireland / 14 mins
On the eve of his execution on May 7th 1916, Michael Mallin’s two-year-old son Joseph was  brought to see him in Kilmainham Gaol. That night, his father wrote a letter that would change Joseph’s life forever.

A Terrible Hullabaloo
DIRECTOR: Ben O’Connor / 2016 / Ireland / 10 mins
The story of young Vinny Byrne, a fourteen-year-old boy who found himself fighting for Ireland in the Easter Rising.

Baring Arms
DIRECTOR: Colm Quinn / 2016 / Ireland / 10 mins
There are many ways to commemorate the 1916 Rising, only one involves bloodshed.

Goodbye, Darling
DIRECTOR: Elena Doyle / 2016 / Ireland / 12 mins
Goodbye, Darling is one day in the enduring love story of Irish Volunteer Michael Joseph O’Rahilly and his wife Nancy.

Granite and Chalk
DIRECTOR: Patrick Hodgins / 2016 / Ireland / 12 mins
Delving into declassified British intelligence documents, this documentary tells the story of two spies, codenamed Granite and Chalk, who could have changed Irish history.

Mr. Yeats & The Beastly Coins
DIRECTORS: Laura McNicholas, Ann Marie Hourihane / 2016 / Ireland / 10 mins
Ten years after the Easter Rising, the Free State government asked W.B. Yeats to chair the design committee for creating new coinage for the new state.

My Life For Ireland
DIRECTOR: Kieron J. Walsh / 2016 / Ireland 14 mins
Dublin, Easter 1916. Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the grips of the British Empire. Owen, a young patriot, wants to join them.

The Cherishing
DIRECTOR: Dave Tynan / 2016 / Ireland / 15 mins
When The Rising starts the local sweet shops are the first to be looted by Dubliners living in the tenements.

The Party
DIRECTOR: Andrea Harkin / 2016 / Ireland / 13 mins
Laurence welcomes his friend and man-on-the-run Mickey to a party of drinking, dancing and young love. By morning, reality catches up with them.