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Listed below is the full list of short films and music videos that are now up for consideration for the 3rd Underground Cinema  Awards. 

On Thursday August 9th in the Kingston Hotel in Dun Laoghaire we will be screening Ninety Seconds Directed by Gerard Lough, Trust Directed by Alan Mulligan and Downpour Directed by Claire Dix.  On this night we will also be announcing the short films which have been nominated for this years Underground Cinema Awards which will be held in the wonderful Royal Marine Hotel on Saturday September 29th.

Nominations are under the following categories:

• Best Independent Short Film
• Best Funded Short Film
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Screenplay
• Best Editor
• Best Cinematographer
• Best Score
• Best Documentary
• Best Animated Film
• Best Comedy
• Best Music Video
• Best Newcomer

If you worked on any of the short films listed below then there is a chance you could be nominated for an award.

Nomination night kicks off at 8pm and admission is just €6

• Bad Reception – Directed by Kevin O’Dowd
• Kiss Kiss – Directed by Randal Plunkett
• Holidays – Directed by Cormac Cavanagh
• Papas Boy – Directed by Leevi Lemmetty
• Martin – Directed by Sean Branigan
• Dutch Darkness – Directed by Steve Woods
• Breaking News – Directed by Paul Henderson
• The Shed – Directed by Tommy Fitzgerald
• Guiltfish – Directed by Rosie Pender
• Timeless Man – Directed by Brian O’Neil & Paul Bushe
• The Pride of Wade Ellison – Directed by Sean Branigan
• Prey – Directed by Randal Plunkett
• 3 Epanko – Directed by Tony Flynn
• Rosebud – Directed by Anna Byrne
• Rose – Directed by Peter O’Brien
• For the Kids – Directed by Tommy Fitzgerald
• A Taxing Night – Directed by Brian O’Neill & Paul Bushe
• Happy Family – Directed by Hugh Noonan
• Mass – Directed by Robbie Hamilton
• In So Many Words – Directed by Alan Dunne
• Nude – Directed by Colin Reid
• Untitled – Directed by Eamon Tutty
• Walt – Directed by Randal Plunkett
• Sin e – Directed by Sean Branigan
• Cold Kisses – Directed by Tess Motherway
• Withdrawal – Directed by Philip Sheerin
• Promised Land – Directed by Daniel Corcoran
• Black Mess – Directed by Marius Puodziunas
• Sports Day – Directed by Andrea Cleary, Diane Jennings & Rua O’Donnachu
• Spoon – Directed by Declan Cassidy
• Danny – Directed by Laurence Henson
• Lilly the Toaster – Directed by Tess Masero
• Love me Longer – Directed by Michael Higgins
• Ursulas New Job – Directed by Paul Sheehan
• The First Fireworks – Directed by Jason Figgis
• No Messages – Directed by Cian McGarrigle
• Shiloh – Directed by Dave Kavanagh
• Man on a Hill – Directed by Jeremy O’Hanlon
• Nuts – Directed by Irvine Welsh
• Killer Instinct – Directed by Ian Blair
• The Road of Souls – Directed by Garret Daly
• True D – Directed by Noel Brady
• Bogman – Directed by Garret Daly
• Borrowed Parts – Directed by Jason Figgis
• Past Pupil – Directed by Graham Cantwell
• Working it Out – Directed by Paul Heary
• Patience – Directed by Roy Lecane and Don Field
• Fallen – Directed by Karl Argue
• Scrap – Directed by Alan Coughlan, Chris O’Halloran & Joe Griffin
• The Hatch – Directed by Mike Ahearn & Enda Loughman
• Belles Present – Directed by Sarah Keogh
• Hyena – Directed by Padraic Farrell
• Fairycatcher – Directed by Kealan O’Rourke
• Within Lonlieness – Directed by Kitty Leung
• Area 51 – Directed by Carl Collins
• Impetuous – Directed by Dave Thorpe
• Searching for Ten – Directed by Sean Bhreathnach
• The Proposal – Directed by Darren Donohue
• Unspoken – Directed by Patrick Bridgeman
• The Dark Room – Directed by Philip A McCarthy
• No Comment – Directed by Gerard Shannon
• Yell(ow) – Directed by Jason Figgis
• Communion Day – Directed by Alan Mulligan
• A Fistful of Lies – Directed by Jeff Doyle
• Flippin the Bird – Directed by Maureen Walsh
• Imbalance – Directed by Daniel J Doody
• Oz – Directed by Wale Atoyegbe
• City Skippers – Tess Motherway
• Loss – Directed by Paul Scarfe
• The Game – Directed by Jon Pegg
• Partly Cloudy – Directed by Mark Cogan
• Through – Directed by Dave Thorpe
• Shellshock – Directed by John Corcoran
• Wedding Planners – Directed by Declan Cassidy
• A Scare Less Ordinary – Directed by Rita Marie Lawlor
• The Boy in the Bubble – Directed by Kealan O’Rourke
• Rapunzel – The Blonde Years – Directed by Fiona Ashe
• For Sarah – Directed by Vincent McEntee
• Dark Side of the Lens – Directed by Mickey Smith
• The Underground – Directed by Stephen Patrick Kenny
• Give it Back – Directed by Jeff Doyle
• Taryn Barker – Directed by Zoe Kavanagh
• My Fathers Son – Directed by James Mulholland
• When Life Gives You Lemons – Directed by Jeff Doyle
• Guerrilla – Directed by Blaine Rennicks
• Scratch – Directed by Jeff Doyle
• Ninety Seconds – Directed by Gerard Lough
• Trust - Alan Mulligan
• Downpour - Directed by Claire Dix
• Nunday - Directed by James Keating

 Music Videos Up For Consideration

• Isolation - Directed by Paul Heary
• Sparrow and the Wolf - Directed by John Philipson, Elton Mullally & Rob Davis
• Yo and Me - Directed by Vasco Mendes
• The Brutal Here and Now - Directed by Ian Lawton
• Silicone Poppers - Directed by Mia Mullarkey
• Cheer Up - Directed by Anthony Downes

Ninety Second

Arcadia Films

In a city of the near future a surveillance expert takes on a job that may prove to be his downfall

Written & Directed by Gerard Lough

Running Time 27 Mins

Trust

Full Sure Productions

This is a tragic story of hurt, of how a meaningless sexual act can have a disturbing effect on the people we love.
In one moment…. with one selfish Act…. you can ruin everything

Written and Directed by Alan Mulligan

Running Time 13 Mins

 Downpour

Zucca Films

This short film is a celebration of Irish rain. A bride-to-be recalls pivotal moments in her relationship that all took place in a shower a drizzle or a downpour.

Written and Directed by Claire Dix 

Ruinning Time 3 Mins

Nunday

A James Keating Film

A documentary short about a town in Kerry attempring to break the world record for the most nuns in a single place to raise awareness about suicide.

               Directed by James Keating

                  Running Tim 5 Mins