August 2025: 2nd Birthday Party!

The Peoples' Picturehouse Cork
Aug 29
3 min read

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating 2 years of The People’s Picturehouse Cork last night!

We’ve had 14 showcases, 3 film challenges and 189 films screened this year which is simply amazing. However none of it would be possible without all of the talented artists that submitted their work over the years and the INCREDIBLE audience that come out and support us each month ❤️

Thank you to all of the filmmakers, our audience, our committee and an extra special thank you to @thepav.ie for being our home for the past 2 years 🫶

And the winners of each category are as follows…. 🏆

• Film of the year: The Wilde Sisters - Taine King

• Best Experimental / Tone Poem: IS IT TOO LATE? - Kreated By Naty

• Best Committee Film: Better When You’re Dancing - Kyra Owers

• Best Comedy: The Letter D - Brian Bowler

• Performer of the year: Liam O’Caoimh

• Best Drama: Mír - Brian Benjamin Dwyer

• Best Student Work: The Keeper - Martha Scanlon

• Best Animation: Under the Weather - Patrick O'Mahony

• Best Horror: Monster Luv - Bjornism

• Best Documentary: Bádoireacht - Mickael Do Couto

• Best Music Video: Yellow Door - Patrick O'Mahon

See all the film, music videos, animations and that we screened to kickstart our third year! Where the films are not available online, we suggest getting into contact with the creators if you want to view them.

Lola - Katie Swayne / Kane Geary O'Keefe

Cast & Crew

Written & Directed by Sarah Kelly

Cinematography & Edited by Graham McSweeney

Starring Eoghan Hennessy, Caoimhe Parsons, Lizzie Kelly, Sarah Kelly & Benjamin Kingston

Music Video for 'Lola' by Katie Swayne.

Joan Escaper / Matthew Murphy

Cast & Crew

Directed by Darren O'Mahoney

Starring Gillian Egleston (Lúila)

Joan goes for a drive to see the man she 'Loves'

Fragile Silence / Zack Walsh

Cast & Crew

Written, Directed & Edited by Zack Walsh

DOP: Damon Conway

Starring Leah Buttimer Foley

A young woman fights with her sobriety.

Ger / Shane Kelleher

Cast & Crew

Directed by Shane Kelleher

Produced by Shane Kelleher & Ger O'Brien

Ger, an EFT Therapist and Life Coach, discusses his work and personal beliefs with Writer and Director Shane Kelleher. Through their interview, we are granted a deep insight into the life of an extraordinary man.

10 Second Animation Challenge #2 / Filip Dippel

Cast & Crew

Featuring Animations From:

Abby Crowe, Shannon Bowman, Padraig O'Sullivan, Paul Delmer, Amy McCarthy, Kayla Marok, John Michael O'Brien, Dylan Walsh Dreher, Barry McCarthy, Cormac Ó Fionnáin & Filip Dippel

The 10 second Animation Challenge returns with 8 new animated shorts about “Gulls”

Method Acting / Lawrence Cook

Cast & Crew

Directed by Lawrence Cook

"We were late applying to the 48-Hour Challenge so we decided to just make a film about making a film in 48-hours in 48 hours, just for the craic. We tried our best to follow the guidelines of the competition, choosing Noir and Mockumentary, ""Method acting"" as our final line, and Red Abbey Tower as out Cork location. We began our 48-hours at 10:30pm on Saturday, June 28th." - Lawrence Cook