Signatures is a short film scheme for the making of live-action, fiction films that act as a proving-ground for Irish creative talents aspiring to write, direct and produce films for the cinema. The scheme aims to encourage strong, original storytelling, visual flair, and production values appropriate to the big screen.

Reality Bites is a scheme to enable the making of short documentaries. The scheme aims to encourage experimentation and the realisation of fresh approaches to non-fiction filmmaking.

The Hatch

Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman

Ireland | 2011 | 12mins | Beta | Colour

On a stormy night, on-board a fishing trawler, a fisherman and his son witness a glowing object fall to sea. As they battle the elements to get it on board, the boy loses his life. The grieving father is left alone to deal with the otherworldly object, and its unexpected contents.

Home Turf

Ross Whitaker

Ireland | 2011 | 12mins | Beta | Colour

A fascinating visual celebration on the ancient art of cutting turf in Co Kerry.

Stairwell Mother

Ross McDonnell

Ireland | 2011 | 12mins | Beta | Colour

The harrowing but ultimately triumphant tale of one woman’s life in the iconic Ballymun flats.

Jonny Boy

Laura Way

Ireland | 2011 | 8mins | Beta | Colour

After a lifetime of love, faithfulness and loyalty, Nell’s final words before she dies give her husband Jonny the key to his heart which she has kept hidden for thirty five years.

Foxes

Lorcan Finnegan

Ireland | 2011 | 14mins | Beta | Colour

A young couple trapped in a remote estate of empty houses and shrieking foxes are beckoned from their isolation into a twilight world. A world of the paranormal or perhaps insanity.

Buddy

Pat Comer

Ireland | 2010 | 8mins | Beta | Colour

A good man helps a woman in distress, but a bad man wins the day and an innocent little boy is the only true victim.

Quarantine

Tadhg O’Sullivan, Feargal Ward

Ireland | 2011 | 14mins | Beta | Colour

Each Tuesday in St. Luke’s hospital the door to Radioactive Iodine Suite B is shut behind a patient who remains there, alone, until the end of the week. We witness intimate portrait of one woman’s solitary time with illness, fate and faith.

Two Hearts

Darren Thornton

Ireland | 2011 | 16mins | Beta | Colour

Lorna has worked hard to stay on the right track. But when a man from her past is released from prison, her emotions spiral out of control, and she finds herself inextricably drawn back to a life, and a love, that’s forbidden.

The Fisherman

Tom Burke

Ireland | 2011 | 13mins | Beta | Colour

Following the death of Pake Walker, his son Pat climbs the high hill of Bull na Mór, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, to honour his father’s memory and to contemplate a life spent at sea.

Cluck

Michael Lavelle

Ireland | 2011 | 19mins | Beta | Colour

Feathers are ruffled at the orphanage when a new arrival threatens to upset the pecking order…