New Irish Shorts: Programme Four.

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In Wake of John Doyle

A priest, excommunicated for rising from the grave, returns to the island that was formerly his parish. Strikingly captured on Hi-8 video tape, an uncanny feeling is rendered through murky textures and drained colours, creating an unnerving artefact that sticks in your head.

Pub House

After separating from her husband, Emily and her young son move into a new place above a pub. While helpful at first, their new landlord becomes increasingly more invasive. An intense exploration of power dynamics and relationships.

Swedish Death

In this unique take on the survival thriller, Caroline becomes a minimalist to maintain control over a chaotic life, but fate and irony combine when a severe winter storm strikes and she is snowed in. With no power and no options, she must decide which of her most meaningful belongings to feed the fire with if she wants to live.

Dragon’s Teeth

A hauntological exploration of Northern Ireland’s landscapes and the remnants of its occupied past, blending together eerie archive footage and voyeuristic location shooting as a ghostly figure lingers through the shadows of a long-abandoned military fort.

The Stone Claims

The oral tradition of the ghost story is brilliantly deconstructed in this atmospheric short. A woman, unnervingly portrayed by Luna Kalo, recounts a spectral encounter from her past and considers how it has shaped the rest of her life.