PROGRAMME
MARCH 25th/29th – CASA DEL CINEMA, ROME
➣ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th
20:00 – Welcome address: Embassy of Ireland
following:
CHRISTY (2025, B. Canty) – 95′
Director Brendan Canty will attend
➣ THURSDAY, MARCH 26th
20:00 – CRAZY LOVE (2025, J. Byrne, K. Treacy) – 89’
following:
Q&A with directors Jason Byrne and Kevin Treacy
➣ FRIDAY, MARCH 27th
16:00 – SHORT FILM COMPETITION: ANIMATION (30’)
Brón, Catherine Mangan Williams / Meteoric, Paul Ó Muiris / The Cloud Herder, Aidan McAteer / Éiru, Giovanna Ferrari
following
BEHIND THE SCENES OF CARTOON SALOON
Animation Masterclass with Giovanna Ferrari
18:30 – SHORT FILM COMPETITION: LIVE ACTION (120’)
A Day in the Sun, Edwin Mullane – An Buachaill Nua, Diarmuid Timmons – Growing Pains, Ellie Wildman & Conor Toner – I Found a Place, Zoë Gibney – Man in a Wheelbarrow, Sean J Moiselle – Mary Christmas, Colm S. Herron – Outlasting, Lewis Doherty – Stutterbug, Matthew Tallon – I Will Go On Missing You Till Then, Tresca Mallon – The Invitation, Sinead O’Brien – Three Keenings, Oliver McGoldrick
Filmmakers will attend
21:00 – A QUIET LOVE (2025, G. Keane) – documentary, 94’
➣ SATURDAY, MARCH 28th
15:30 – Irish Classic: MICHAEL COLLINS (1996, N. Jordan) – 132’
18:00 – WE ONLY WANT THE EARTH (2025, A. Gilsenan) – documentary, 88’
following:
Conversation with Alan Gilsenan
20:30 – THE SONG CYCLE (2024, N. Kelly) – musical documentary, 85’
following:
Words and music with Nick Kelly and Seán Millar
➣ SUNDAY, MARCH 29th
15:30 – BEO FAOIN BHFÓD / BURIED ALIVE (2025, D. Collins) – documentary, 52’
Director Daire Collins will attend
following:
Winning Short Films
18:00 – AONTAS / UNION (2025, D. McCann) – 91’
following:
Q&A with actors Bríd Brennan and Seán T Ó Meallaigh
20:30 – SAIPAN (2025, L. Barros D’Sa, G. Leyburn) – 90’
Screenings in original language with Italian subtitles
Free entry until full capacity is reached
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