New Irish Shorts - Programme 1

A programme of six short form works addressing memory and fractured realities.

That sanity be kept
Ireland/UK 2025, 10 min (TBD)
Playing with audience imagination and fragmented archival footage, this provocative piece revisits the bizarre real-life case of serial ear bitings that took place in mid-1990s Derry. - Nathasha Orlando Kappler
Director: Michael Barwise

Three Keenings
Ireland/UK/USA 2024, 10 min
Mired in the role of a professional mourner, a struggling actor's detached facade begins to crack under the weight of unexpected humour and quiet grief. - Nathasha Orlando Kappler
Director: Oliver McGoldrick

Dealing With It
Ireland 2024, 15 min
While struggling from the loss of her boyfriend, a young woman resorts to an experimental drug treatment that lets her revisit past memories. - Nathasha Orlando Kappler
Director: Santiago Rivas Pertile

Dragon's Teeth
Belgium/Ireland/UK 2024, 22 min
Memories of South Armagh's military occupation during the Troubles linger in this hauntological exploration of Northern Ireland’s landscapes and its silenced past. - Nathasha Orlando Kappler
Director: Lennart Soberon

Gabriel's Trumpet
Ireland/UK 2025, 20 min
Set amidst a crumbling Belfast, a young man’s disappearance triggers a harrowing pursuit. - Nathasha Orlando Kappler
Director: Thomas Bennett

Bunker Baby
Ireland 2024, 17 min
In the midst of Ireland's housing crisis, a soon-to-be father's neurosis leads him to become obsessed with a mysterious project. - Nathasha Orlando Kappler
Director: Conor McCormick