The Way of Tea
WRITER-DIRECTOR: Marc Fouchard / France / 20 mins

A small town in Northern France, Alex, a young skinhead, enters a grocery store.

 

Love is a Sting
DIRECTOR: Vincent Gallagher / Ireland / 18 mins
WRITER: Benjamin Cleary

A struggling children’s writer gains an unexpected house guest in the form of an ageing, hyper-intelligent mosquito named Anabel.

 

The Bathtub

DIRECTOR: Tim Ellrich / Austria / 13 mins

WRITERS: Tim Ellrich, Dominik Huber

Three brothers try to dive back into their childhood through an old family picture of them in the bathtub.

 

The Break

DIRECTORS: Dennis Fitzpatrick, Ken Williams / Ireland / 17 mins

WRITER: Ken Williams

The Break is a story about a family: Tim and his two sons, Seán and Scott. It’s post-economic-crash Ireland and they’re down on their luck.

 

Geist

WRITER-DIRECTORS: Ben Harper, Sean Mullen, Alex Sherwood / Ireland / 11 mins

A shipwrecked fisherman takes shelter in an abandoned house on a remote island, but soon realises he is not alone.

 

How Was Your Day

WRITER-DIRECTOR: Damien O’Donnell / Ireland / 13 mins

A woman is excited about the approaching birth of her first child.

 

Ave Maria

Director: Basil Khalil / Palestine / 15 mins

Writers: Basil Khalil, Daniel Yanez

The nuns of the Sisters of Mercy Convent, have their daily routine of silence and prayer disrupted when a family of Jewish settlers come knocking at their door.

 

Absense

Director: Rob Savage / UK / 3 mins

Writers: Rob Savage & Jed Sherperd

A short film about the grieving process starring Paul McGann