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A story of youthful misadventure set against the backdrop of a lawless border terrain during the last gasps of the Irish boom.

Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect is a feature documentary film that considers many of the key architectural questions through the 70 year career of Pritzker Prize winning Irish-American architect Kevin Roche, including the relationship between architects and the public they serve. Still working at age 94, Kevin Roche is an enigma, a man with no interest in fame who refuses retirement and continually looks to the future regardless of age. Roche's architectural philosophy is that 'the responsibility of the modern architect is to create a community for a modern society' and has emphasised the importance for peoples well-being to bring nature into the buildings they inhabit. We consider the application of this philosophy in acclaimed buildings such as the Ford Foundation, Oakland Museum and at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for whom Kevin Roche was their principal architect for over 40 years.

LAST HIJACK is a true tale of survival in Somalia told from the pirate's perspective. Combining animation with documentary storytelling, the film takes an innovative hybrid approach to explore how one Somali pirate - Mohamed - came to live such a brutal and dangerous existence. Animated re-enactments exploring Mohamed's memories, dreams and fears from his point of view are juxtaposed with raw footage from his everyday life in an original non-fiction narrative. Somalia is the worldwide capital of piracy, and Mohamed is one of Somalia's most experienced pirates. But in his homeland, a failed state, Mohamed is just another middle-aged man trying to make ends meet. Far removed from the glamour and adventure of the pirates of books and movies, Somali pirates face increasing scrutiny and stigmatization both at home and abroad. Now Mohamed is engaged and both his parents and his in-laws pressure him to change his ways before the big wedding day. Mohamed senses that the golden age of piracy may be coming to an end, and with pressure mounting to provide for his loved ones, he must decide whether to risk everything for one last hijack.

Exploring the rise of Scotland's independent music scene in the '90s, led by cult label Chemikal Underground.

An intimate and philosophic film that contrasts the concerns of present day living in New York with the bohemian wildness of the city in the late 70's, reflected through the lives of artists, musicians and friends of the filmmaker.

Pyjama Girls presents the chaotic friendship of Irish teenagers Lauren and Tara as they navigate the trials of life, dressed all the while in their uniform of rebellion: pyjamas. Balancing tenderness with hilarity, Pyjama Girls tracks the explosive micro-dramas of teenage life against the bleak backdrop of Dublin's inner city flats. Lauren's future is uncertain, although she did well in first year, she now finds herself suspended form school for disruptive behaviour. Over the course of the film we learn about the challenges that life throws her - from her addict mother to the disruptive world of the flats - and understand the crucial importance of her friendship with Tara.

An elderly man returns to a remote island of the coast of Italy where 60 years before during the Fascist era he was imprisoned with hundreds of other men for being homosexual.

An hour north of Dublin beside the sea is a bizarre looking collection of grey cement buildings with brightly painted doors and run down fairground rides. Until recently, Mosney was a Butlin's holiday camp, a place where Irish families would escape the daily grind of work in order to relax, to dance, enjoy themselves. A visit to Mosney today presents a radically different picture, but still a picture of escape. This former holiday camp is now a camp of another kind, being home to immigrant asylum seekers from all corners of the globe. Once brought here, how do traumatically displaced people adapt to their strange new environment? How does prolonged detention affect their aspirations, ambitions, their mental health? Living day-to-day in this global village of sorts, deportation is a constant fear - one never knows what the next moment will bring. Is this a place to begin healing, or do these anxieties create new forms of trauma? And how does the culture of hospitality carry over with staff, many of them working here for forty years? Over three years, the filmmakers lived in Mosney, gaining the trust of the residents who share their stories. The film presents an intimate look into their lives...waiting to be either accepted into Ireland, or sent back to the horror from which they fled.

Eddie has built a basic shack on a river estuary in Ireland, not far from a motorway. He and his son Andrew fish the waters and prepare for the winter, in this spare observational portrait of life on the margins of society.

The 21st century looks back at the ruins of the 20th century.

The life, past and future (as imagined by himself), of Irish musician Adrian Crowley.

Do we know what's in our food or where our food comes from? Johnny the urban seagull hasn't got a clue but when he sees fresh fish for the first time he gets determined about learning to catch one.

In a barren snowy landscape a man falls to the ground. Searching to continue his fall, he discovers other men. He joins them, hoping they will lead him to his destination. What he is led to is incomprehensible. We, The Masses is a short animated film based on the artwork of Robyn O'Neil. The film was conceived of at Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School and funded by the Frameworks scheme with the support of the Irish Film Board, RTE and The Arts Council of Ireland.

Tabu Flo are Uganda's hottest hip-hop dance crew. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime, they decide to create a show about a traditional belief in grave-digging spirits.

Dublin, 1981. Nuala is a glamorous electronics whizz. Donnchadh is an egomaniacal Gaeilgóir poet. Rita's an ex-camogie fiend. 'Miscalculation' is what happens when their disco lifestyles are rocked by a terrible incident.

In a swirl of pom poms, twirling batons, sparkle and feathers, Rialto Twirlers captures a secret moment of unity and beauty as a dance troop rehearse their routine for the final time before a national majorette competition.

In a small Irish town a woman is brutally murdered. When questioned by police, Paddy gives his workmate John a cover story. Twenty years later DNA profiling develops and a cold case is opened. John is charged with murder and Paddy's lie is now an alibi.

DIVESTMENT is set in a corporate board room during the Irish financial collapse. The dialogue is drawn from actual divestment 'war room' scenarios, terms used by the Irish property industry and investment bankers.