Category: Film

A curated programme of short films for Phizzfest exploring ‘home’ in the literal sense as well as family, complexity of identity and cultural belonging opens with Fatoumata Gandega‘s Where the Heart Is, an experimental documentary on diasporic, Muslim, and Black experience in the West. This lays the foundation for the rest of the programme as it delves into the multifaceted experiences of eight young people living in Ireland from underrepresented backgrounds.

Phizzfest celebrates the life and work of Edna O’Brien with the screening of the adaptation of her novel The Lonely Girl. It follows the adventures of The Country Girls’ characters Kate Brady (Rita Tushingham) and her flatmate Baba (Lynn Redgrave) in their new Dublin life. Includes many iconic Dublin locations.

I Must Away (2023) 75mins – In his first feature, director Dennis Harvey explores what it means to be a migrant. Narrated through a series of letters to his grandmother in Galway, the film disentangles roots, land, identity and inequality in the age of global migration.

The Building and Burning of a Refugee Camp (2024) 20mins – Three men seeking sanctuary in Ireland find themselves caught on the streets between a hostile asylum policy and an increasingly militant far-right.

Dennis Harvey will join us for a post-screening Q&A presented in collaboration with Phibsboro For All.

The story of Cristian & Cosmo, two brothers who arrive in an Irish seaside town from the Dominican Republic.  In a coming of age story, their award-winning break dancing skills are the key to gaining acceptance in contemporary Ireland. A drama /dance /documentary film that will entrance audiences from the first beat.