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Underground Cinema
Final Screening 2022

As technology allows greater access to short films as well as filmmaking tools, an increasing number of people are turning to short filmmaking as a form of expression and an opportunity to explore creative freedom. The fact that we received 200 more submissions in this category than last year speaks to that. Within them we saw a wave of truly original and outrageously distinctive films united by their uncompromised spirit. 

 

Below you will find our Season Finale Online Program.  Its our biggest online program so far and it will be available to view from midday Friday September 30th until midnight Sunday October 2nd.

 

On Monday October 3rd we will be announcing the full list of films that are nominated for the 13th Underground Cinema Awards which will be held in the magnificent Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire on Saturday November 5th

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Candlelight
06:47
Directed by Scott Newton

Candlelight

In a dusty attic, a tall dinner candle springs to life. As the playful and curious candle explores, learning to hop, skip and dance, it discovers a second candle. The two play and dance their way through the attic, falling in love. However, a shocking discovery is made when both candles realise that the heat from their combined flames, whenever they touch, causes them to rapidly melt. Splitting up, the two must decide whether life without the other can still be magical, or if they want to sacrifice everything for love.
Interview With Ian
06:59
Directed by Janice Baker

Interview With Ian

A detective plays on a killer’s celebrity fantasy to extract a confession to his crimes.
A Haiku In My Mind via Limerick
07:22
Directed by Jonny Farrelly

A Haiku In My Mind via Limerick

A man recites a Haiku, A Poem and A Limerick that chronicle his journey of dealing with depression over the past 13 years.
Gods Of Diostóip
09:34
Directed by Peter O'Toole

Gods Of Diostóip

A experimental short piece about life routine of three entities from the Irish mythology living in a dystopian timeline.
Saoirse
12:05
Directed by Sinead Ralston

Saoirse

A working mother maintaining harsh beauty standards doesn't realise the effects on her daughter Saoirse.
Chinese Pioneers - Western Australia
09:24
Directed by Ying Chu

Chinese Pioneers - Western Australia

In end of 1829, the Chinese immigrant to Western Australia had come with the British settlers who came to the colony. The Chinese faced unwelcoming and even hostile circumstances after 1901. The Chinese community organisation "Chung Wah Association" was officially registered in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on 12 July 1910. For 200 years, the Chinese settlers made own contributions to promote Chinese culture and fostered goodwill between the Chinese and local community.
It Was Only A Joke
08:30
Directed by Cian Monks & Eoin Foley

It Was Only A Joke

Two Friends just want to hang out and go for a drive but they get into a verbal altercation with three dodgy looking loiterers across the road. The three loiterers go over to confront the two friends in their car as they try and deescalate the situation before someone gets hurt.
The Hole In The Wall
03:40
Directed by Gráinne Holmes Blumenthal

The Hole In The Wall

On a hill side in Amantea, Calabria, Southern Italy, there is a hole. In this hole is another hole. A body emerges from the hole. An experimental dance piece filmed in the town of Amantea, the body follows a procession from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the sea. Inspired by the Procession of Saint Anthony, with music by LOWER MARS.
An Irish Goodbye
08:30
Directed by Cody Farren

An Irish Goodbye

As ALEX, a young man played by Parnell Scott (E4's William Of Orangedale), struggles to compose a suicide note for his parents, he begins to reflect on his relationship with the contemporary Irish youth culture and makes observations about love, drugs and politics.
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