New Irish Shorts
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Irish shorts are the beating heart of GAZE, and as always we have spread them throughout our programme in various shorts blocks and pre-feature slots. The six films screened as part of New Irish Shorts represent the breadth of Ireland’s film-making talent, concerning lesbian desire, parenthood, drag, HIV, and Gaeilge as a secret sapphic love-language. We are honoured to welcome some of the makers with us for a post-show conversation, so please join us. This year, we are excited to introduce a second screening of Irish Shorts with access elements.
There will be a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers.
This Is Not An Attack On Your Parenting
Rory Fleck Byrne/ Ireland/ 2024/ 19m
A mother and her gay adult son, who has recently suffered a breakdown, explore their opposing views on parenting.
Writer: Rory Fleck Byrne
Producers: Killian Casey, Philip Emo
Homofónia
Luke K. Murphy/ Ireland/ 2023/ 11m
As their Debs application deadline approaches, a closeted couple sort their domestic issues as Gaeilge, to prevent their classmates from knowing they’re an item. However, translation issues leave their relationship in jeopardy.
Writers: Alana Daly Mulligan, Luke K. Murphy
Producer: Alana Daly Mulligan
Concerned
Hazel McGuire, Jenny Roche/ Ireland/ 2024/ 13m
Concerned ponders the gap between public ‘concern’ around gender, identity, child and parent roles, and the private reality of those who are actually concerned; gender nonconforming people and their families – all told through the filmmakers’ own personal daughter/mother relationship.
Writers: Hazel McGuire, Jenny Roche
Producers: Hazel McGuire, Jenny Roche
Terratoma
Liadán Roche/ Ireland/ 2024/ 24m
A trans woman tries to recreate a traumatic relationship for a film project.
Writer: Liadán Roche
Producer: Molly Donnery
Spins, Splits, Stories
Alan Power/ Ireland/ 2024/ 5m
Leon Pinto, a singer and pole dancer from Australia, shares his personal story of growing up in Australia and Ireland, culminating in a captivating performance at The George. A film that invites you to take a moment and revel in his raw and heartfelt recollection.
Writer: Alan Power
Dirty Talk
Eva Wyse/ Ireland/ 2024/ 15m
Copy: On the quest for intimacy in the middle of a global pandemic, Tar and Anna meet for the first time in the hopes of having a socially distanced hook up. No touching, just (attempted) dirty talk.
Writer: Madi O’Carroll
Producer: Danilo Zambrano
Pregnant with a Drag Queen
Colin Brady/ Ireland/ 2024/ 22m
Pregnant with a Drag Queen unfolds the journey of how Enda McGrattan, growing up as a queer person in 1990s Dublin, unlocked something within themselves by giving birth to the vibrant drag persona Veda. Sharing their transformative experiences on a live TV chat show, Enda contends with a sceptical host before the show is suddenly derailed by the most beautiful woman in the world… in their price range.
Writer: Colin Brady
Producer: Steve Sheehy
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