Coming of Age | Short Film Programme

Catalyst International Film Festival

Coming of Age | CIFF Short Film Programme

The People's Museum of Limerick

<h2>Films Showing:</h2><h3>Cease</h3>Patti and Trish; best friends on the cusp of college life. A traumatic event, on the eve of their goodbye, will put their friendship to the ultimate test.YEAR | 2021RUNTIME | 15 minutesLANGUAGE | EnglishCOUNTRY | IrelandDIRECTOR | Aisling O&#x27;Regan Sargent SCREENWRITER | Aisling O&#x27;Regan SargentPRODUCER | Philip Emo,Dylan KeenanCAST | Hazel Doupe and Katie White<h3>Appa Appa Appa</h3>Struggling to raise his children after his wife&#x27;s death, Mr. Cho, a Korean immigrant, works two jobs back to back. With barely enough money to feed his family, his problems deepen when his wife&#x27;s gambling debt returns to haunt him.YEAR | 2021RUNTIME | 14 minutesLANGUAGE | English, KoreanCOUNTRY | USADIRECTOR | Anna Sang ParkPRODUCER | Kerstin Glaess, Paulina Erni &amp; Anna Sang ParkSCREENWRITER | Anna Sang Park<h3>First Date</h3>Tina, a recently widowed farmer, doesn&#x27;t want her daughter to move back to the city and leave her alone. When Seamus arrives on the farm talking about a date, she decides to intervene.YEAR | 2021RUNTIME | 12 minutesLANGUAGE | EnglishCOUNTRY | IrelandDIRECTOR | Clara PlanellesPRODUCER | Pete MolesSCREENWRITER | Áine Ryan<h3>I&#x27;ll Wait Here</h3>“Sometimes people don’t have room for you, they don’t have space.” After meeting at an abandoned bus stop a young boy and a heartbroken woman form an unexpected friendship. Exploring the complexities of the other relationships in their lives they offer each other insight into what it means to be loved, ultimately forming a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful.YEAR | 2020RUNTIME | 14 minutesLANGUAGE | EnglishCOUNTRY | IrelandDIRECTOR | Tamryn ReineckePRODUCER | Emma FoleySCREENWRITER | Tamryn ReineckeCAST | Emma Foley, James Keating<h3>Scrap</h3>Ciaran and Michael meet one summer and become quick friends. When school returns and Michael, a member of the Traveller community, attends the same school as Ciaran for the first time, will they stay friends?YEAR | 2021RUNTIME | 14 minutesLANGUAGE | EnglishCOUNTRY | IrelandDIRECTOR | Jamie O&#x27;RourkePRODUCER | Richard BolandSCREENWRITER | Jamie O&#x27;Rourke<h3>cosboi</h3>A genderqueer teen experiments with their identity in a series of anonymous car rides—accompanied by a Greek Chorus of TikToks. cosboi explores trans self-discovery in the age of TikTok, and the sometimes strange and circuitous ways we all go about trying to understand and define ourselves.YEAR | 2021RUNTIME | 14 minutesLANGUAGE | EnglishCOUNTRY | USADIRECTOR | Gosha ShapiroPRODUCER | Zoey Pressey &amp; Eli RaskinSCREENWRITER | Gosha Shapiro<h3>Debutante</h3>Debutante is a contemporary drama set in the world of Irish Jehovah&#x27;s Witnesses. 18-year-old Meg is struggling to reconcile her heartfelt commitment to the religion with the growing pain of shunning her father, a disfellowshipped member of the congregation. An evening alone with her boyfriend Sam, an equally devoted young Witness, turns into an emotional and sexual transgression. What follows is in turns cruel, violating and absurd judicial committee hearing, where three well-meaning congregation elders shatter Meg&#x27;s carefully constructed world.YEAR | 2021RUNTIME | 18 minutesLANGUAGE | EnglishCOUNTRY | IrelandDIRECTOR | Kamila DydynaPRODUCER | Kamila DydynaSCREENWRITER | Kamila Dydyna <h2>Getting here:</h2>Entrance to The People&#x27;s Museum is through the front door at 2 Pery&#x27;s Square. The screenings will take place in the Coach House and as this is an older building we would advise that you wear layers in case it is chilly in the space. We will be following government guidelines in relation to Covid and we ask that you do not attend the screening if you are sick. Do advise us if you need wheelchair access as we have access from Upper Hartstonge Street. BOX OFFICE | 083 0139541EMAIL | ciff.programme@gmail.com

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