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Ag Taisteal Siar (Travelling Back) (Year: 2025; Director: Méabh O'Hare; Stars: Kathleen Keenan, Sarah Dunne, Sharyn Ward, Niamh Dunne, Steo Wall)
An exploration of the rich musical heritage of Ireland’s Traveller community, a driving force in Irish music since the 1960s ballad boom.
Born That Way (Year: 2025; Director: Éamon Little; Writer: Éamon Little; Stars: Patrick Lydon)
In a small wooden house in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Patrick Lydon’s life is ebbing away. Throughout his final year he reflects on an extraordinary life that took him from a budding career in rock journalism in America to trailblazing, with his wife, Gladys, the development in Ireland of the radically inclusive Camphill Movement, sharing life in community with people of diverse needs and abilities.
David Keenan: Focla Ar Chanbhás (Words On Canves) (Year: 2024; Director: Paddy Hayes; Stars: Davide Keenan)
Four years after the breakthrough success of his début album Beginner’s Guide to Bravery, Dundalk songwriter, musician, and composer, David Keenan, is at a crossroads. After touring extensively and building a reputation as one of Ireland’s leading live performers, he returns to the studio to record new music.
Hunting Captain Nairac (Country: Northern Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Alison Millar)
On the evening of 14 May 1977, in a crowded bar near the Irish border, undercover British soldier, Captain Robert Nairac sang a rebel song. He was soon to become known as one of the Disappeared. Hunting Captain Nairac follows the search for his remains by an ex-republican prisoner.
Latina, Latina (Country: Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Adrian Duncan; Stars: Wendy Erskine)
An Irish geologist discovers the diaries of her estranged father from fascist-era Italy.
Operation Bogeyman (Operation Bogeyman: The Folk Horror Landscape Of 1970s Northern Ireland) (Year: 2025; Director: Simon Aeppli)
An essay film that navigates the intersections of folklore, horror, and psychological warfare during the Troubles and encompasses a bizarre propaganda operation in which the British army staged fake black magic rituals to smear the IRA as ‘Satanists’.
Full Review See: Interview with Simon Aeppli about Operation Bogeyman: The Folk Horror Landscape Of 1970s Northern Ireland
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