Séasúir Shorts: SummerTBC85 min
Synopsis
Séasúir Shorts is a quarterly screening event, bringing short films back into the cinema at Pálás. Séasúir Shorts is made possible with the support of Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland.
Our inaugural summer programme features 8 short films that celebrate the pleasures of taking a break. Whether literal or metaphorical, the characters and the people portrayed in these films find solace and salvation in summer days and activities, or taking a complete break from their routines and realities.
BARDO (2021) 4’
Director/Writer: Aisling Couroy
Producer: Claire Lennon
A woman questions her lifestyle choices when the travails of urban living are one day jolted into juxtaposition with a simpler way of life in this award-winning animation.
BREAK US (2020) 9’
Director/Writer: Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair
Producer: Claire Mc Cabe
Mark (Gavin Drea) and Sophie (Danielle Galligna) plan to rob a post office but as things go awry, they each discover what they are really made of.
KACHALKA (2019) 9’
Director: Gar O’Rourke
Producer: Ken Wardrop
A documentary journey into the heart of what is widely considered the world's most hardcore gym - Kiev's enormous open-air "Kachalka" gym.
SAFE AS HOUSES (2022) 16’
Director: Mia Mullarkey
Producer: Claire McCabe, Emma Scott
On a hot summer's day, a woman with Down Syndrome living independently in a small community estate offers shelter to a young girl when her home is not so welcoming.
CÚILÍN DUALACH (2004) 12’
Director: Nora Twomey
Producer: Ross Murray
Cúilín Dualach lives in a small town in the west of Ireland. Everywhere he goes, people stare at him. Cúilín strives to fit in as best he can but that can be a difficult thing to do when your head is on backwards!
Cónaíonn Cúilín Dualach i mbaile beag in iarthar na hÉireann. I ngach áit a dtéann sé, bíonn daoine ag stánadh air. Déanann Cúilín a dhícheall a bheith ag luí isteach chomh maith agus is féidir ach is rud deacair é sin a dhéanamh nuair a bhíonn do chloigeann ar gcúl!
TWO FOR THE ROAD (2023) 9’
Director/writer: Lochlainn McKenna
Producers: Grainne Dwyer, Natalie Britton
Amidst spontaneous travels around 1990s Ireland, Oscar, a young boy, finds himself navigating the true essence of adventure and chaos with his father (Steve Wall), one spirited weekend away at a time.
MOVERS AND SHAPERS (2023) 10’
Directors: Ciara Kelleher, Alanna MacNamee
Producers: Ciara Kelleher, Alanna MacNamee
A short documentary about the ways a new wave of surfers and shapers on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way are transforming their industry to make it more sustainable.
CANTATA (2023) 12’
Director: Dave Fox
Writer: Fionn Foley
Producers: Rob Earley Mark Griffin
Darren needs help. His fears and anxieties are manifesting themselves in the most unusual of ways-through the medium of opera. He visits his therapist to find a quick solution, but sometimes restoring harmony is about facing the music.