Bealtaine Festival X DIFF

CLUB 18+120 min

Following the success of last year’s event, Bealtaine Festival once again invites DIFF’s Silver Screen Critics to programme a selection of shorts on the theme of Lust for Life, to be shown as part of Bealtaine 2025. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. In association with the Dublin International Film Festival.

The Nicest Person in the World

Director: Andres I. Estrada

To prove who is the nicer person, two men embark on a competition to outdo each other in displays of thoughtfulness and politeness towards the other.

Country of production: Canada

Duration: 02:58

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Director: Nebojša Slijepčević

In 1993, during the Bosnian War, a passenger train is stopped for an ethnic cleansing operation. One man among 500 passengers becomes a lone voice of defiance.

Country of production: Croatia, France, Bulgaria, Slovenia

Duration: 13:41

Inside, The Valley Sings

Director: Nathan Fagan

Trapped in the horror of prolonged solitary confinement, three individuals in prisons across the United States seek comfort in the boundless vistas of their own imaginations.

Country of production: Ireland

Duration: 14:59

THE WILDE SISTERS

Director: Táine King

In 1871, a party ends in tragedy when two fiery figures fall into the snow. In the present, two sisters face a Death Officer in a civil service office.

Country of production: Ireland

Duration: 11:15

Palestine Islands

Directors: Nour Ben Salem, Julien Menanteau

Maha, a Palestinian refugee, seeks to bring joy to her blind grandfather by convincing him the separation wall has fallen and a return to his homeland is possible.

Country of production: France, Palestine

Duration: 22:29