CIFF2026 - Family Friendly Shorts Program
Saturday, February 28 • 11:00 AM • T3 • Approx. runtime: 27 min.
ÉIRU
Éiru is the smallest child of an Iron-Age clan. All she wants is to be a mighty warrior who is taken seriously by her kinfolk. But when the village’s well mysteriously dries up, only she is small enough to descend into the belly of the earth to investigate and bring the water of life back to her people. ÉIRU is the story of a child in search of a challenge, and a goddess in search of a champion.
DIR/SCR Giovanna Ferrari; PROD Nora Twomey. Ireland, 2025, color, 13 min. In English. NOT RATED
WILDKIND (CINEÁL FIÁIN)
Voiced by three generations of one family, WILDKIND is a poem painted to awaken the senses—a fluid journey of hope and healing across our shared watercolour motherland. A universal bedtime story; a call to nurture a life wild and kind.
DIR John McDaid; SCR/PROD Ciara Tinney. Northern Ireland, 2025, color, 7 min. In Irish with English subtitles. NOT RATED
ONE TRACK MIND
Sophia the squirrel embarks on a journey of self-discovery, helping her navigate emotions of grief after the loss of a close friend.
DIR/SCR Faye Isherwood Wallace; PROD Rachel Graham. Northern Ireland, 2025, color, 7 min. No dialogue. NOT RATED
