SHORT FILM IFTA 2012 Nominees | Irish Film & Television Awards

Cluck
Michael Lavelle, Tilted Pictures Ltd
Feathers are ruffled at the orphanage when a new arrival upsets the pecking order...
Downpour
Claire Dix, Zucca Films
This short film is a celebration of Irish rain. A bride-to-be recalls pivotal moments in her relationship that all took place in a shower a drizzle or a downpour.
Foxes
Lorcan Finnegan, Lovely Productions
A young couple trapped in a remote estate of empty houses and shrieking foxes are beckoned from their isolation into a twilight world. A world of the paranormal or perhaps insanity.

The Boy in the Bubble
Kealan O' Rourke, Igloo Films
Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever.

The Shore
Terry George, All Ashore
Jim (Ciaran Hinds) fled Belfast and the Troubles 25 years ago, now he's returning for the first time with his American daughter Patricia (Kerry Condon). Amid the welcome celebrations Patricia learns of her father's unspoken past, of a fiancee Mary (Maggie Cronin), and a best friend Paddy (Conleth Hill) who is now married to Mary. Despite Jim's reluctance, Patricia insists on a reconciliation, but nothing goes as planned

NOMINEES 2012