Short Films that explore the dark side of life – the post-apocalyptic, the gothic, the vampiric and even the darkly comedic.
AFTERLIFE – directed by Daniel Butler
Afterlife is a dark supernatural comedy set in Clones, Co. Monaghan about a deadman who discovers he’s a vampire and is persuaded to go through with his own wake in order to enjoy his ‘afterlife.’
TERRIBLE THINGS – directed by Ciarán Hickey
Amidst the dead uninhabitable world of the future, the refuge of a forgotten country cottage affords a lone wanderer opportunity to acknowledge the lingering strands of her own humanity.
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TEMPVS – directed by Jason Branagan
When a mute patient begins to recite a foreboding prayer, a child psychologist recognizes the invocation from his own childhood as a song that is a harbinger of a monster he knows as The Tick Tock Man.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY – directed by Tracy Martin
In a world where music and dancing is banned, a mother is determined to give her daughter a birthday to remember.
CHANGELING – directed by Marie Clare Cushinan, Ryan O’Neill
Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland.
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FAMILY TREE – directed by Emmet O’Brien, Nathan Erasmus
An animation short about Seymour, a lonely sycamore tree who becomes excited when a new family moves into the house on the grounds where he lives.
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MOMENTO MORI – directed by Paul O’Flanagan
A storm brews over Victorian Dublin as post-mortem photographer, Mr.Huxley, returns to his hallowed practice within the gloomy townhouse in which he resides. His latest subject is a recently-deceased young woman, whose presence conjures the demons of Huxley’s character – compelling him to confront the narcissistic life he has chosen to lead.
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