The Painted Man - Dan Colley -12 mins

In a grey and lifeless suburb, The Painted Man appears. A street performer who never looks the same twice; his larger-than-life costumes and his entrancing performances capture the attention of quiet young George. The unexpected kinship that blossoms between them is strikingly depicted in this touching ode to outsiders. 

Yara - James Doherty - 12 mins

A Syrian father and daughter find themselves in rural Ireland. Haunted by memories of the past the father descends into a paranoid spiral, sealing himself and his daughter off from the outside world. Prickly, anxious and heartbreaking, Yara is a nightmarish look into the refugee experience.

In Heat - Rory Fleck Byrne - 20 mins

A recovering sex addict on the verge of relapse is pulled into a surreal odyssey of his subconscious. With a stunning central performance from Ben Whishaw, In Heat renders the canyons of the mind through a beachy psychosis, using dance and movement to convey the protagonist’s deteriorating mind.