A classic suburban tale of parenthood, bereavement and a mysterious pug.

Award winning Bertie is an unusual comedy about parenthood and bereavement. The film contrasts the end of a life with the beginning of a new one. When Tom and Lisa arrive at their dream picturesque home, they think that have found the ultimate countryside utopia in which they can bring up their newborn son, Charlie. Until they meet their new neighbour Ann and Bertie, an irascible pug, who not only wakes them at night but awakens them to the afterlife.

Awards

Beverly Hills Film Festival 2019 Winner of the Jury Award for Best Short Film.

Cleveland International Film Festival 2019 Winner of the Best Live Action Short Film - Honorable Mention - Best Live Action Comedy Short Film - Honorable Mention.

Savannah Film Festival 2018 - Winner of the Spotlight Award

Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts and records from the James Bulger case, which shocked the world in 1993. Detainment is a 2018 Irish short drama film written and directed by Vincent Lambe, about the murder of James Bulger. In January 2019, it was nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.

Critic Reviews

‘True-crime reenactments have been popular fodder for short-film directors of late, but this one is unusually effective, relying on transcripts of police interviews with the two suspects, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables (played by Leon Hughes and Ely Solan in a pair of stunning child performances), to provide a window into their psychology.’ Variety

Awards

Winner Grand Prix, HCA Award, Odense International Film Festival

Winner of the 'Don Quixote' Award, Krakow Film Festival

Winner of the 'Young Director' Award, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2018

Winner of the 'Young Jury' Award, Best of International Short Films Festival 2019

Winner of the 'Emerging Director' Award, Emerging Directors Awards 2020

Award winning New Boy captures the experience of being the new kid in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine year-old African boy.

New Boy is a 2007 Irish short film based on the short story by Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter, Roddy Doyle. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. The film is about a young boy's experience as he moves from a rural town in Africa to Ireland: a new country, a different school system and a whole new set of customs.

Awards

Academy Awards, USA 2009 Nominee for the Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action

Amiens International Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film

Belfast Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Highly Commended Award

Berlin International Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Crystal Bear - Special Mention for best Short Film

Cork International Film Festival 2007 Winner Audience Award for Best International Short Film

Foyle Film Festival 2007 Winner of the Festival Prize for Best Irish Short

Irish Film and Television Awards 2008 Winner of the IFTA Award for Best Short Film

Kerry Film Festival 2007 Winner of the Festival Prize for Best Irish Short

Manhattan Short Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Grand Prize for Best Short Film

Melbourne International Film Festival 2008 Winner of Outstanding Short Film Promoting Human Values

Rhode Island International Film Festival 2008 Winner of the First Prize for Best Short Film

Seattle International Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Short Film Competition Special Jury Award for Best Short Film

Tirana International Film Festival, AL 2007 Winner of the Audience Award

Tribeca Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Jury Award for Best Narrative Short

Vail Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Best Short Film

The film marks the 2nd instalment of Birdbox.Film’s monthly ‘Film Club’. At 7.30pm on Wednesday the 3rd March, users will be able to tune into a discussion with producer Rachel Prendergast, and exec producer Benjamin Hartley. Director and Writer Richard Prendergast and hosted by The Big Picture Film Club.

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A loving family set off in their car on what seems like a carefree family outing. They sing, stop for ice- creams and play eye-spy. However, it becomes clear that this isn't a happy outing after all and only once the car arrives does the actuality of the narrative fully manifest.

Critic Reviews

‘A remarkable piece with a fantastic central performance, Sylvia is a short film much like its namesake: reliable, not faultless but in pretty good condition, and able to provide you with a fantastic journey. ‘ UK Film Review

Awards

Manhattan Short Film Festival 2019 – Gold Medal Winner *Oscar Qualifying

SCAD Film Festival 2019 – Best Editing

The American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival 2019 – Best Short Film

Cordillera International Film Festival 2019 – Jury Award Best of Fest

Pittsburgh Short Film Festival 2019 – Best Narrative Audience award

New Renaissance Film Festival 2019 – Best Actress

Chelmsford Film Festival 2019 – Best Actress

Top Shorts 2019 – Annual Awards – Best Actress

Top Shorts 2019 – Annual Awards – Runner Up Best Short Film

Elba Film Festival 2019 – Silver Best Actress

Elba Film Festival 2019 – Bronze Best Screenplay

Show Low Film Festival 2019 – Best of Fest

Aguilar Film Festival 2019 – Young Jury Award – Best Film

Sydney Indy Film Festival 2018 – Best Film

Norwich Film Festival 2018 – Best East Anglian Film *BIFA & BAFTA Qualifying

Tri-Force Film Festival 2018 – William Bryne Award for Promising Director

Overcome Film Festival 2018 – Best Director

London Independent Film Awards 2018 – Best Short Film

Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival 2018 – Best Short Film

London Lift-Off Film Festival 2018 – Special Mention for Best Short Film

After stealing an old door, a man reflects on the desperate circumstances that led him to do so. The film is based on the "Monologue About a Whole Life Written Down on Doors, the testimony of Nikolai Fomich Kalugin" by Svetlana Alexievich (from her book Voices from Chernobyl). The Irish Film Board provided money for the making of the film. The film won in the Short Film category at the 6th Irish Film and Television Awards in 2009 and was nominated in the category of Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. The film also won awards at film festivals held in Bilbao, Cork and Foyle and won "best director" at the Polish Grand OFF 2009 as well as winning the Sarajevo Film Festival's Katrin Cartlidge Bursary 2009.

Critic Reviews

‘Its hardly a hidden gem, given that it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Short but its a film that i've returned to again and again for its atmosphere; its sparse, haunting script; and its wonderful editing. Its based on the same source text as HBO's Chernobyl miniseries, so it's an interesting companion piece if you were a fan of the series. It's also just a brilliant piece of filmmaking' - Aoife Kelleher

Awards

Academy Awards, USA 2010 Nominee for the Oscar for Best Short Film Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films 2008 Winner of the Golden Mikeldi for Best Short Cork International Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Best First Short by an Irish Director Foyle Film Festival 2008 Winner of the Festival Prize for Best Short Irish Film and Television Awards 2009 Winner of the IFTA Award Best Short Film

Heather is a shy lady who works in a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man, she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.

The Phone Call is a 2013 British short drama film. It was directed by Mat Kirkby and written by Kirkby and James Lucas. It won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards. The film stars Sally Hawkins as Heather, a crisis hotline counsellor trying to dissuade Stanley (Jim Broadbent), an unseen distraught caller, from a suicide attempt following the death of his wife.

Critic Reviews

‘Easily one of my favorite shorts from the 2014 Heartland Film Festival, The Phone Call is a deeply felt and emotionally unforgettable 20 minute short that will stay with you long after you've left the theater.’ The Independent Critic

Awards

Academy Awards, USA 2015 Winner of the Oscar for Best Short Film

American Short Film Awards 2013 Winner of the Jury Award for Best Short Film of The Year

Aspen Shortsfest 2014 Winner of the Audience Award - Special Recognition

Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival 2014 Winner of the Festival Prize for Best Short Film

International Film Festival ASTERFEST 2015 Winner of the Aco Aleksov Award for Best Auteur

Krakow Film Festival 2014 Winner of the Silver Dragon for Best Fiction Film

A lonely old man seems invisible to the world around him. But when he journeys to the heart of London, being 'invisible' proves to be his greatest weapon.

Written by Richard Sainsbury and Directed by Greg Ash, MR. INVISIBLE is an Award Winning Short Film about a lonely old man who feels invisible to the world around him.  When he travels to the heart of London – we realize being unnoticed – proves to be his greatest weapon.

Critic Reviews

‘What makes this film brilliant – is how fragile and stereotypical this character “seems” to be.  The explosive ending – not only takes you by surprise – it makes you realize how inaccurate our perceptions can be’ Take 2 Indie

Awards

Aspen Shortsfest 2014 Winner of the Audience Award - Special Recognition and winner of the Special Jury Award

Austin Film Festival 2013 Winner of the Audience Award

Heathcote Film Festival 2015 Winner of the People's Choice Award

Kerry Film Festival 2014 Winner of the Festival Prize

Newport Beach Film Festival 2014 Winner of the Grand Jury Award

Palm Springs International ShortFest 2013 WinnerBest of the Festival Live Action/Comedy

Phoenix Film Festival 2014 Winner World Cinema Short Award

An 8 year old schoolboy is so besotted with his teacher that he challenges her boyfriend to a duel...to the death.

The Crush is an Irish live action short film, written and directed by first-timer Michael Creagh, and produced by Damon Quinn. The film was shot during Easter 2009 in Skerries, north Dublin. Creagh cast his nine-year-old son Oran in the lead role of the story. The story sees an eight-year-old schoolboy (played by Oran Creagh) fall in love with his teacher, Miss Purdy. One day he gives her a toy ring to show his affection. But heartbreak abounds when he bumps into Miss Purdy and her boyfriend having just bought a very real engagement ring.

The film was awarded Best Irish Short at the 23rd Foyle Film Festival. On 25 January 2011, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.

Critic Reviews

‘In the heartwarming "The Crush,"  by Ireland's Michael Creagh. A precocious schoolboy takes bold action when he learns he has an adult rival for his beloved teacher's affections.’ San Fransisco Chronicle

Awards

Academy Awards, USA 2011 Nominee for the Oscar for Best Short Film - Live Action

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Winner of the Special Mention for best Narrative Short