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BBFC Ratingf-rated FilmDocs Ireland: Irish Short Film Competition 2

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CertificateNot Rated
Year2021
GenreDocumentary
Director(s)Various
CountryIreland
Running Time1HR 15MINS
SeasonDocs Ireland 2023

This year Docs Ireland again showcases the island’s best short documentary work in the Irish Documentary Short Film Competition.

Speaking in Silence (Dir: Zoe Tweedy / Runtime: 14 mins)

Speaking in Silence gently explores the experience of Selective Mutism. Told from the filmmaker’s perspective the documentary forms a time traveling poem-come-warning of the challenge to agency faced in the condition.

How to Fall in Love in a Pandemic (Dir: Michael-David McKernan / Runtime: 10 mins)

A capsule romance accelerates dramatically against the backdrop of the pandemic as two filmmakers are forced to move in together after two weeks of knowing each other.

Armour Off (Dir: Anna Rodgers / Runtime: 14 mins)

Armour Off is a dance film that captures a performance by dancer Linda Fearon who in lieu of presenting a cancelled live performance was instead filmed at her home in Co. Armagh, Ireland at the height of lockdown 2020.

Death & Robyn G Shiels (Dir: Tristan Crowe / Runtime: 12 mins)

In the middle of the woodland of Garvagh forest lies an empty tomb in the form of a 21 foot high pyramid. In this film musician Robyn G Shiels discusses his own dark history around the Pyramid and how it has shaped his music and his relationship with death.

Clown (Dir: Shane O'Neill / Runtime: 10 mins)

A seasoned professional clown on the eve of retirement reflects on a lifetime of adoration & rejection, humour & heartbreak.

Broken Sleep (Dir: David Stephenson / Runtime: 14 mins)

Broken Sleep is a personal meditation on the dreamtime liminal space of the last 15 months and how the world turned inwards, took a deep breath and let silence in. It is a reflection on the ephemeral nature of being and how we all pass through our own histories against the background of world history.

If you would like to read more about the measures QFT are taking to reduce the risk from COVID-19 please see here. This is a Docs Ireland screening and therefore if you have any questions please contact boxoffice@docsireland.ie. 


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