Friday 17th | 11.30am | Kino Cinema

Olive

Neasa Hardiman

Ireland | 2003 | 11mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

Scéal grá ó scoil cailíní. Cailiín uaigneach í Deirdre, nó go dtagann Olive, cailín in aon rang léi, i gcabhair uirthi - toitíní, gadaíocht etc! Ar an ól dóibh, cailleann Deirdre cara, ach tagann sí uirthi féin.

A romance set in a girls' school. Deirdre is 15 and lonely until her classmate Olive teaches her how to smoke and takes her shoplifting. Then they get drunk and Deirdre loses her new friend ... but finds herself.

An Cuainín
The Cove

Chris Roufs

Ireland | 2003 | 15mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

Sa léiriú maoithneach seo ar chairdeas na hóige, casann beirt seanchara lena chéile ag cuas Gaeltachta a nóige. Ag dul siar ar bhóithrín na smaointe, faigheann siad amach gur i dtreise atá an cairdeas tar éis dul.

Duncan Murphy returns to the cove in the Gaeltacht and comes across his childhood friend, Seamus. Reminiscing about their childhood friendship, they realise that the bond they made so many years ago never ended. In fact, it only grew stronger.

An Cruthaitheoir
The Inventor

Damon Silvester

Ireland | 2003 | 13mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

Is i saol a shamhlaíochta féin a mhaireann Eoin. Ní thuigeann a athair é, agus bíonn sé ag iarraidh a dhearcadh a athrú. Ach is treise samhlaíocht ná éigeann, agus, sa drama álainn seo, éiríonn le Eoin fiúntas a bhealaigh féin a thaispeáint dá mhuintir.

An Cruthaitheoir is about a boy who shapes his world through invention. Bullied by his father, who tries to make him less of a dreamer, the boy finally finds a way to help his family understand him.

An Fiach Dubh
The Raven

Declan De Barra

Ireland | 2003 | 4mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

Maraítear fear i dtimpist gluaisteáin tar éis oíche ragairne. Filleann sé ón mbás i gcruth an fhiaigh dhuibh, chun teachtaireacht a thabhairt dá bhean, atá ag iompar linbh.

A man dies in a car crash after a night out with his friends. He returns as a raven, desperate to communicate with his pregnant wife.

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

Daniel O' Hara

Ireland | 2003 | 13mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

Síneach a fhágann duairceas a thíre dhúchais ar thóir an dea-shaoil. Tré sheans is go héirinn a thagann sé, áit a thugann sé faoin bpríomhtheanga oifigiúil a fhoghlaim. Mór a iontas, mar sin, gan í a chloisint nuair a thugann sé faoin bpríomhchathair.

Yu Ming wishes to escape his dull life working in China. A spin of the globe leads him to choose Ireland.Learning the official language of Irish, upon his arrival in Dublin, Yu Ming is puzzled to find that nobody understands a word he says.

An Dúil
The Desire

Cathal Watters

Ireland | 2003 | 14mins | Beta | Colour | Subtitled

Tá Kevin agus Rose pósta le fada an lá. Tá an saol breá bog acu go dtí go ndeireann Kevin scéal do Rose. Tá a léamh féin aici ar an scéal céanna. Kevin and Rose have been married for 23 years.

Their life together is routine until a confession from Kevin elicits an unlikely response from Rose.