Cinematography: Des Whelan

Direction Anthony Byrne

Cast Vanessa Redgrave · Imelda Staunton · Brenda Fricker · Joss Ackland

Synopsis Ellie (Hayley Atwell), a free-spirited and headstrong young woman, is left in charge of a retirement home over the Christmas holidays. Her youthful inexperience brings her into bitter conflict with the four grumpy old residents known as the “Hard Core”:...

Direction Terry George

Cast Brendan Fraser · Colm Meaney · Martin McCann · Yaya DaCosta

Synopsis In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio...

Direction Mary McGuckian

Cast Geraldine Chaplin · Brid Brennan · Geraldine James · Hugh O'Conor

Synopsis This film is based on the one act play by W B Yeats and concerns another great figure from Irish literature, Jonathan Swift, whose spirit, with those of his two lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emergrs in a series of seances...

Direction Mary McGuckian

Cast Samantha Morton · Ross McDade · Richard Harris · Gabriel Byrne

Synopsis The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan (leader in militant underground and pal of Malachy's brother Padhar), who wants Malachy to...

Direction Veit von Fürstenberg

Cast Christoph Waltz · Antonia Preser · Peter Firth · Leigh Lawson

Synopsis A rendition of the classic tale of Tristan and Isolde, this drama revolves around the dilemma of a medieval knight who is forced to choose between the love of a woman and the love of his country.