On March 27th, in collaboration with Out of Frame, we proudly hosted the Cork Migrant Filmmaker Special at the People’s Picturehouse! This showcase celebrated the diverse voices and stories of Cork’s migrant filmmaking community through an incredible selection of shorts and documentaries. Where the films are not available online, we suggest getting in contact with the creators if you’d like to view them.
Hyphen / Lord Puttnam Scholarship 22
Cast & Crew
When Akin arrives in Ireland without his biological parents, he is overwhelmed by strange faces, customs, and institutions. At every turn he must admit that he is different, and as he embarks on a difficult journey to cultivate a new sense of identity in this strange country, he finds solace in something he shared with his parents. Something colourful, and comforting.
Water under the Bridge / Rehan Ali
Cast & Crew
An awakening for Bilal, a Direct Provision resident, is on the horizon. But is he ready to come face to face with his own reality?
Wanderlust / Nicole DeLarge
Cast & Crew
A foreign student stays in her friend's house after losing hers, which leads to a conversation about her experience abroad.
Stolen Childhood / Julie Pourlavie
Cast & Crew
Terrorist state is stealing Ukrainian lives and especially childhoods
The Yellow Place / Elena Binnig
Cast & Crew
Directed by Elena Binnig
Sound - Twilight Belle
Voice-over: Rebecca Treiber
Many thanks to: Maximilian Le Cain, Ciara Chambers, Peter McDonald, Film and Screen Media Department UCC, and everyone who made this film possible.
Whilst reading a woman suddenly finds herself transported into a dreamlike space in which she revisits a mysterious, yet not unfamiliar building. As she starts to roam around the ghostly place reality and fiction start to blur and she asks herself the question: „How do you tell someone they may be talking to a ghost?" Written, directed and shot mainly in Cork City, "The Yellow Place" revisits Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story within new places. By exploring locations like the abandoned mental hospital in Cork City and incorporating archival audio, the film aims to capture a woman's journey that transcends time and space.
Em Mohammad / Layan Anabtawi
Cast & Crew
A home movie about my grandmother, Em Mohammad.
Turf / Ara Devine
Cast & Crew
Written and Directed by Ara Devine
Produced and Edited by Isabella Djalili-Devine
DOP: Thomas McKeown
Sound: Stevie Lennox
1st AC: Michael Boyle
2nd AC: Colm McGlone
Music: Joel Grainger
Poster: Bahiyyih Devine
Funded by Future Screens NI
Starring Micheál McDaid & Fayez Bakhsh
A Derryman and a Syrian asylum seeker spend a day working on a bog with a complicated journey across the Irish border.
Dear Ishan / Asish Prasai
Cast & Crew
In the wake of Ishan's passing, Ashish grapples with grief as he immerses himself in the recollection of cherished memories, finding solace in the melodies of his late brother's guitar. Through poignant reflection, Ashish navigates a nuanced exploration of both the past and the unfolding present, pondering the complexities of life and loss
R / Sergiu Junior Cecan
Cast & Crew
A mixed media piece.
Return to the river/ Artem Trofimenko
Cast & Crew
By Senan O Connor, Artem Trofimenko, and Sophia Santabarbara
Return to the River is a collaborative experimental film project started in Cork, Ireland at the begging of the pandemic, may 2020. This collaboration “Paper Lily production” is formed by the artists Senan O Connor, Artem Trofimenko, and Sophia Santabarbara. The film is a dream like surrealist journey in an oneiric land. It is a three act intertwined narrative of a failed miracle, a drunken sailor and a bear.