LIGHT HOUSE SHORTS

The second monthly Shorts at Light House Cinema is happening at the later time of 21:00 next Monday, July 30th.  Tickets are priced just €7.50 and proceeds are going to The Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin 7. BOOK NOW!

We've finally picked the short films that will make up the first installment. I say picked, but it was decided by lottery, which is just as well because the standard was truly exceptional. Seriously, it would have been impossible to pick just 90 minutes worth.
Below is a list for the first screening (in alphabetical order by title).  We've 9 films, for a runtime of 75 minutes.

If your film didn't make it out of the hat this time, don't worry, Shorts at Light House Cinema will be happening on the last Monday of every month.  The submission deadline for the next event is August 13th, full details on Light House Shorts and applications can be found here.

The Bookbinder’s Daughter (7 mins)
Denis Murphy

There are 800,000 unmarked graves in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. This is the story of one. A Dublin family discovers that the family grave has a mysterious occupant - a 2 year old girl, buried there 140 years ago. Who was she, why was she buried there, and what should be done?

Dead Event (9 mins)

Stephen Bradley

Pro-wrestler Battleaxe Barry is trying to make his way back to the top. Unfortunately he has one small problem to deal with first, the impending zombie apocalypse.

The End of the Reel (11 mins)

Ailish Bracken

His desire for life extinguished by the grief of losing his beloved wife, Edward waits to die. With little money to pay for the proper funeral he wants, he discovers a fellow elderly patron has died in the local cinema, prompting the management to pay for the funeral, so begins to devise a plan to end his life in the way he sees fit.

The Gardener (5 mins)

Eamon Nolan

“They mess you up, your mum and dad, they may not mean to but they do...”

A cathartic and honest non-fiction piece about a struggling family relationship.

Hilipati (9 mins)

Jouko Kallio

A lonely elderly woman decides to become a carer for a simple elderly man. A modern twist on Hansel and Gretel.

Subtitled.

Homo Sapiens Project (8 mins)

Rouzbeh Rashidi

Homo Sapiens Project is an ongoing series of personal video works by Rouzbeh Rashidi. They are highly experimental, part cryptic film diaries and part impressionistic portraits of places and people, and often suffused with an eerie sense of mystery reminiscent of horror cinema.

Nunday  (5mins)

James Keating

A short documentary about a town in Co. Kerry trying to break a world record for most nuns in a single place in order to raise funds and awareness for a suicide counselling service.

Peto (10 mins)

Joonas Makkonen

A dark comedy about two brothers, the girl next door and a dog named Peto, set in 1990s Finland.

Subtitled.

Shellshock (11mins)

John Corcoran

A young man returns home to Ireland after having served in the British Army during World War One. His memories are haunted by the trenches as he struggles to readjust to civilian life.