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Irish Language Program

  • Cáca Milis (The Cake)

    Directed by Jennifer Keegan.
    With Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Bradley.
    Ireland, 2001, video, color, 16 min.

A chance encounter on a Dublin train between a woman and a blind man (played with remarkable range by Brendan Gleeson) takes a nightmarish turn in this taut psychological drama.

  • Clare Sa Speir (Clare in the Sky)

    Directed by Audrey O’Reilly.
    With Sean McGinley, Brid Ni Neachtain.
    Ireland, 2001, video, color, 15 min.

A charming comedy about a taken-for-granted housewife who one day resolves to make a stand by breaking the world’s record for longest time spent living up in a tree.

  • Limbo

    Directed by Anne Crilly.
    With Francis Quinn, Kevin McCallion.
    Ireland, 2001, video, color, 26 min.

This moving and beautifully photographed drama about the agony of mourning draws parallels between the experiences of the families of the "Disappeared" in Northern Ireland and of the women whose unbaptised children were refused last rites.

  • Tubberware

    Directed by Paul Mercier.
    With Liam Carney, David Herlihy, Dawn Bradfield.
    Ireland, 2001, video, color, 18 min.

This eccentric satire is set in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht region of Connemara, where an ancient well becomes the focus of the local community’s conflict over language, identity, and cultural beliefs.

  • Dillusc

    Directed by Dearbhla Walsh.
    With Helen Norton, Aidan Kelly.
    Ireland, 2001, video, color, 23 min.

This beautiful and haunting film about the power of faith and magic follows a group of passengers who board a boat to view the fabled dolphin Dillusc, whose magical powers are reputed to heal the sick. When the creature is proven not to exist, a mutiny takes place against the boat’s unscrupulous captain.

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