Documentaries

SPOTLIGHT ON DOCS AT #IRISHFILMFEST21 

Screening Online March 17 - 21, 2021

Films have been scheduled in the traditional fashion, with new films ‘premiering’ at designated times during each day of the festival. Each online film will be available to unlock for 72 hours after it premieres and you will have 48 hours to finish watching the film once you hit play. Each screening is limited to a select number of attendees so if you want to make sure you see a film, the safest option is to pre-book. If you have any questions about booking, please contact us at tickets@irishfilmfestival.com.

AVAILABLE Wednesday, MARCH 17, AT 3:00 PM

A love letter to Galway from her artistic community.

Through the eyes of six Galway artists this is an art film exploring the confluences which have shaped Galway and Connemara’s unique cultural fabric.

Featured artists include writer Mike McCormack, poet Rita Ann Higgins, singer Róisín Seoighe, street theatre director Noeline Kavanagh, visual artist Pádraic Reaney and musician Máirtín O’Connor. Comedian Tommy Tiernan also adds his distinctive voice to Cumar.

AVAILABLE Thursday, MARCH 18, AT 3:00 PM

The Hunger tells the epic story of the last major famine to have struck Europe, how it sparked political turmoil and revolution and caused the deaths of 100,000 people in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Prussia during the 1840s. In Ireland, where half the population of 8 million people survived on the potato as their primary food, the failure of the potato crops over successive years caused the deaths of more than 1 million people and caused 2 million to emigrate. Why Ireland, then part of the United Kingdom, the richest and most powerful nation of its day, suffered so much is among the startling revelations of this moving and challenging documentary.

Liam Neeson narrates. 

AVAILABLE Friday, MARCH 19, AT 3:00 PM

Eighty-something bachelor farmer Bobby Coote has always wanted to fly. He's determined to make his dream to be a pilot come true. Even if it's the last thing he does.. 

AVAILABLE Saturday, MARCH 20, AT 3:00 PM

She lost it all. She wants it back. Can the world’s greatest female boxer become World Champion again after Olympic disaster?

For the first time, Katie Taylor, the world’s greatest female boxer, allows unprecedented access to her life. Unbeaten for ten years, credited with raising the profile of women’s boxing and bringing the sport into the Olympics, Katie suddenly begins a losing spiral in 2016, as the result of conflict within her close-knit family. Katie is a riveting and highly emotional documentary that cuts to the core of Katie’s demise and tells the story of her attempt to rebuild her life.

Winner of our 2020 Global Vision Documentary Award.

AVAILABLE Sunday, MARCH 21, AT 3:00 PM

When Women Won tells the emotional inside story of the Together for Yes campaign to repeal the 8th amendment and change Irish society forever. In the aftermath of the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, three Irish feminists joined forces and set about establishing a grassroots, women-led social movement. Working with teams in every county in Ireland, they ultimately delivered a landslide victory. Compelling and insightful, this documentary brings you back to the highs and lows of the tumultuous campaign, and captures the most seismic shift in Irish society in the past 35 years.