docs ireland 2025

Docs Ireland is back for its seventh festival with the best in new documentary film from around the world and an exciting line-up of screenings, panels and guests, in a packed programme that will delight both documentary lovers and makers.

Docs Ireland: Operation Bogeyman

Operation Bogeyman: The Folk Horror Landscape of 1970s Northern Ireland is an essay film that navigates the intersections of folklore, horror,...

24 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: From Ground Zero

From Ground Zero is an anthology film directed by 22 different Palestinian directors.

24 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.

24 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: North Cormorant Island

North Cormorant Island was filmed over ten years (between 2014 and 2024) in the remote fishing village of Kitaushima (which means North Cormorant...

25 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Creative Documentary Making in Focus

This event will open the doors to documentary filmmaking talent from the UK & island of Ireland in a friendly and inclusive...

26 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Latina, Latina + Q&A

A hybrid documentary on fascist-era architecture in Italy. Narrated by renowned Northern Irish author, Wendy Erskine.

26 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: A State of Passion

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals,...

26 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: The Shadow Scholars

Oxford Professor Patricia Kingori investigates the hidden, global multi-billion dollar ‘fake essay’ industry, leading her to the young...

26 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Atlantean

Atlantean is a quartet of documentary films and accompanying book (The Atlantean Irish, 2005).

26 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Meet the Broadcasters

In advance of the sixth Docs Ireland Marketplace, the festival welcomes guests and attendees to join us for a networking event.

26 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Amanda + Q&A

Amanda has painted in isolation for years, using art as both expression and refuge. Now, she must face the challenge of speaking out about a painful...

27 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Sane Inside Insanity - The Phenomenon of Rocky Horror

Sane Inside Insanity chronicles the extraordinary journey of “Rocky Horror” from its inception in early 1970s London to its status as a...

27 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: You Need This

From the makers of the Oscar-nominated Don’t Look Up comes a thought-provoking documentary that unpacks hidden forces shaping our lives.

27 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Queen's University Belfast Film Student Showcase

Docs Ireland presents a selection of short documentary films from QUB Film Studies students.

27 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Competition Shorts Programme 1

Docs Ireland presents Programme 1 of their Competiton Shorts, 2025.

28 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Competition Shorts Programme 2

Docs Ireland presents Programme 2 of their Competiton Shorts, 2025.

28 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Joe Bini: Live - Editor's Commentary of Grizzly Man

Werner Herzog's longtime collaborator editor Joe Bini joins us for a unique event to show Grizzly Man as it has never been seen before.

28 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Outstanding Contribution - Bob Quinn

Docs Ireland are delighted to award Bob Quinn with the Docs Ireland Outstanding Contribution to Irish Documentary.

28 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Bogancloch

Bogancloch is where Jake Williams lives, nestled in a vast highland forest of Scotland, the film portrays his life throughout the seasons,...

28 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Silent Trees + Talking Heads (Short)

These films are part of a wider collaboration between Docs Ireland and the Krakow Film Festival in Poland, bringing us the best in new Polish...

28 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: A Want in Her + Q&A

When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her.

29 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: 2000 Meters to Andriivka

A brutal and unflinching film comes directly from the frontline, where a small group of soldiers fight their way two kilometers through a harsh...

29 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Hunting Captain Nairac + Q&A

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.

29 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: aemi + Q&A

Selected by aemi for Docs Ireland, this screening brings together two recent works, both radically different and both engaging with humour and...

29 June 2025

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Docs Ireland: Belfast Docs

Belfast Film Festival was commissioned by Belfast 2024 to deliver a community-focused training series in documentary filmmaking.

29 June 2025

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