Irish Film London presents: Safe Havens - Irish Short Films for St Patrick’s Day

To celebrate St Patrick's Day, Irish Film London presents this eclectic mix of short films, combining comedy, drama, documentary and beautiful animation from new and emerging Irish voices.

Films in this programme include:

Forever Hold Your Peace (2022) Dir. Jason Branagan

As the 36th anniversary of her brother's disappearance looms, a woman starts to receive phone calls which she believes hold the clues to what happened to him all those years ago.

The Happy Herd (2022) Dir. John James Kennedy

A short documentary following an artist and storyteller that lives nearly entirely off grid with a herd of goats in rural South Kerry. The film shows how Seán has created a growing international community through the shared love of stories and goats.

Haven (2022) Dir. Maureen O’Connell

Carmel is a lonely sheep farmer in her 70's & a survivor of a Mothers and Baby's Home. She strikes up an unlikely friendship with Tanaka, a young girl living in Direct Provision (an asylum seeker refuge) who wants to learn how to be a farmer.

Agape (2022) Dir. Ethan Donaghue

A young Traveler Women is forced into a marriage to a man she can't love, while the Women she does love is forced to watch everything unfold.

A Gentle Push (2022) Dir. Arabella Burfitt-Dons

Still reeling from a messy break-up, a Dublin journalist apprehensively agrees to re-enter the world of dating.

Whale (2022) Dir. Lorna Fitzsimmons

Mam seeks refuge at a women's shelter with her teenage son, Cian. Their situation is complicated and the system fails them so Cian saves Mam the only way he knows how.

The Small Makings of a Storm (2022) Dir. Avery Angle

From rising mists to billowing clouds, water weaves its way through every environment leaving an impression on even the smallest of creatures. Expanding to loftier heights, these drops of water begin to transform into something far more commanding – a force of nature.

Sparkle (2021) Dir. Gerard Walsh

Feeling stuck in the drudgery of domesticity. Irene Carr (Andie McCaffrey) needs to change her life, before she loses her identity completely. When her friend Jan invites her to try out the new fitness fad Aerobics she jumps at the chance. But the government in Ireland in 1984 have other ideas & propose a ban on Aerobics. Irene must look inside herself and fight the ban in order to keep the newly found joy she has discovered in life again.