People's Picturehouse Showcase March 2026 - The Migrant Special
- Apr 28
- 3 min read
It was a People's Picturehouse favourite this month - our Migrant Special, which featured a host of brilliant shorts from talented migrant filmmakers of all backgrounds.
The showcase was hosted by the wonderful Daniel Lukas and brought us beautfiul dramas, comedies, music videos and more.
We had a lovely crowd on the night- but if you missed it, or want to reflect on the evening's festivites, you came to the right place.Let’s take a quick look back at the works shared on the night!
Thanks to those who joined us on the night, those who submitted their films for screening, and thank you to @thepav.ie as usual for hosting us!
Bull: A Butch Elegy/ Adri Newman
Cast & Crew
Director: Adri Newman
A sensual solemn video collage thinking on Butchness. As we mull over the elusive “cowboy” and all the swagger and melancholy that accompany the trope, we posture “the butch” before us and examine them with all the tenderness and reverence they deserve.
No Palco/ Aline De Oliviera
Cast and Crew
Director: Aline De Oliviera
A meeting point where art is exchanged.
No Palco (On Stage) brings together artists and curious minds in an open space to share work, creativity, and resistance in the city of Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil.
Records of a Colourless World/ Jan Fuduric
Cast & Crew
Director: Jan Fuduric
James lives alone in a grey and empty world. Hope and desire do not exist here. One day, when a necklace falls from the sky, it opens up a beautiful, incomprehensible world to him and challenges his hopelessness in the grey world.
Nicole DeLarge / Rua Rí - Johnny Workman
Cast & Crew
Director: Nicole DeLarge
Video for "Johnny Workman" by Rua Rí, from his debut album 'Tell Your Mother I Saved Your Life' out May 1st on Soft Boy Records.
Nicole DeLarge / Irvine - Maria
Cast & Crew
Director: Nicole DeLarge
Video for Irvine's debut single.
A Bummer Day/ Rachel Melita
Cast & Crew
Director: Rachel Melita
A Bummer Day follows a Young Black Tomboy living in Dublin whose poor decisions trigger escalating misfortunes leaving her feeling the universe is against her as her troubling day unravels.
Sometimes, This Place / Shane Vaughan
Cast & Crew
Director: Shane Vaughan
This films tells the stories of several young people living in an International Protection Centre in Lisdoonvarna.
Visitor in a Dream/ Portia Amayeli Garzia Cruz
Cast & Crew
Director: Portia Amayeli Garzia Cruz
They say poets are the ones who get left behind by trains, if life is like a big train station. We join the night that Nico's dream of being a poet awakens in a reality from which he cannot escape. This is the story of the train that leaves Nico behind.
Skin to Skin Talks/ Pradeep Mahadeshwar
Cast & Crew
Directed by Pradeep Mahadeshwar
In a mythic landscape inspired by Indian folklore, a dark-skinned alien descends from the infinite darkness into an unfamiliar world, drifting like a dandelion seed in search of a place where he can finally take root.
Non Excusat/ Vjekoslav Vondra
Cast & Crew
Director: Vjekoslav Vondra
A man is sent on a mission in unfamiliar territory with only one way out. Alongside a mysterious voice in his head, will he be able to see it through?
That's all for this month's look back - see you next month and every month for fantastic short films, great chats and creative community.
