GAZE Online

Experience GAZE wherever you are with GAZE Online, a specially curated collection of bold, vibrant and unforgettable Irish LGBTQIA+ short films, available to rent on IFI@Home for a limited time.

PHOBOSPLUNKER (4’)

• Director: Bee Mulvihill
• Writer: Bee Mulvihill
• Producer: Bee Mulvihill
• A hungry inventor must traverse the inside of her own mind in order to defeat the source of sudden, wormy hallucinations

Little Miss Fortune (10’)

• Director: Conor Toner
• Writer: Conor Toner
• Producer: James Hall
• A young journalist must find a story before midnight or lose his job. Luckily, he stumbles upon two of the most unhinged besties in Belfast.

Would You Rather (11’)

• Director: Sophie O’Donovan
• Writer: Sophie O’Donovan
• Producer: Aoibhín Murphy
• After recovering from a mental breakdown, a young woman shows up uninvited to a friend’s gathering, where a party game threatens to push her over the edge.

Queen Lizzy (14’)

• Director: David McDonagh
• Producer: Keith Bogue
• This raw and honest documentary portrays the life of Elizabeth Connors, a queer Traveller woman and spoken word poet, and her relationship with her family who have yet to come to terms with her sexuality.

Out of Shadows (15’)

• Director: Pradeep Mahadeshwar
• Writer: Pradeep Mahadeshwar
• Producer: Adam Rael, John Dillon Breen
• Through sumptuous visuals and lively choreography, three queer immigrants living with HIV share their journeys of finding safety, identity, and community in Ireland.

Cork is Burning (15’)

• Director: Andrea Foley
• Writer: Andrea Foley
• Producer: Andrea Foley
• Dive into the Cork drag scene and meet the people who make up this community of artists, from veterans to first-timers, professionals to hobbyists, all united in their desire to combat prejudice and make Cork a home for all.

bailey.banshee (8’)

• Director: Jack Warren
• Writer: Jack Warren
• Producer: Jack Warren
• A trans content creator leaves America for the greener grass of Ireland – but something has followed her across the ocean. Something that might never let her go.

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• Director: Elisa Beli Borrelli
• Writer: Elisa Beli Borrelli
• A young trans masc from a distant country finds a new home in Ireland, but the nation’s own problems quickly start to take a toll on him.