Official Selection 2025

Official Selection 2025

Sep 8, 2025

 

We are pleased to announce the official selection for the 2025 Short Film Festival.

This year’s program will feature 89 films representing diverse voices and perspectives from around the world. We extend our congratulations to the selected filmmakers and our appreciation to all who submitted their work. The festival will be held from October 3 to 5, 2025.

  • May the Beasts Come, Directed by Manuela Matassini, Drama, Spain, 2024, 20min
  • SMS, Directed by Lucian Dănilă, Romania, Drama, 2025, 21min
  • The Christmas Spirits, Directed by Neil Seery, Comedy, Ireland, 2025, 6min
  • A Guest in My Country, Directed by John Gray, USA, Drama, 2024, 15min
  • Immortal Reflection, Directed by Andrea R. Ciobanu, Horror, Romania, 2024, 10min
  • It’s My Turn, Directed by Tom Lynch & Carl Murphy, Comedy, Ireland, 2025, 6min
  • Flirt, Directed by Aisling Kane & Louis Flanagan, LGBTQ-Drama, Ireland, 2025, 12min
  • Free Fish, Directed by Bisan Owda, Documentary, Palestine, 2025, 23min
  • Clutter, Directed by James Card, LGBTQ-Drama, UK, 2025, 15min
  • Zero One, Directed by Peter Corrigan, Animation, Ireland, 2025, 2min
  • The Passing, Directed by Donal O’Dea, Drama-Poetry, Ireland, 2025, 3min
  • Fiber, Directed by Natalia Nylec, Drama, Poland, 2024, 20min
  • Out in The West, Directed by Emer Bishop, Animation, Ireland, 2025, 3min
  • Money Talks, Directed by Tony Mucci, Noir-Drama, USA, 2025, 25min
  • No Worries! Directed by Chris Dicker, Animation, Ireland, 2025, 2min
  • Everything you Need, Directed by Catherine Parokkil & Milly Staniforth, Music Video, Ireland, 2025, 4min
  • Where Are My Sunglasses, Directed by David Moser, Comedy-Drama, Austria, 2025, 21min
  • Dropped, Directed by Lucy Hirschfeld, Tv Pilot, USA, 2025, 16min
  • Irish Baba, Directed by Vivek Srikumar, Comedy, Ireland, 2025, 20min
  • Return, Directed by Rosie Barrett, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 15min
  • This Is Me Now, Directed by Loes Janse, Documentary, Netherlands, 2021, 12 min
  • You and Me Against the World, Directed by Eddie Jackson, Music Video, Ireland, 2025, 4min
  • Coffee, Directed by Noel Thomas Brady, Drama-Comedy, Ireland, 2025, 5min
  • Culture Nights, Directed by Oisín Fleming, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 8min
  • Dairy Babes, Directed by Patrick Fogarty, Drama-Comedy, Ireland, 2025, 7min
  • The Choolers: Capitaine T, Directed by Monsieur Pimpant, Music Video, Belgium, 2025, 5min
  • Dance of The Cranes, Directed by Pádraig J Dunne, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 28min
  • Fire & Spirits: The Story of the 1875 Dublin Whiskey Fire, Directed by Maxim Bunea Jivanescu, Documentary, Ireland, 2025, 10min
  • The Outer Voice, Directed by Gavin Butler, Comedy, Ireland, 2025, 9min
  • Our Father, Directed by Sheila Moylette, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 11min
  • Coast, Directed by Tracy Martin, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 18min
  • Childhood, Directed by Cian Geoghegan, Documentary, Ireland, 2025, 10min
  • 38a, Directed by Dylan Kirwan O Brien, Animation, Ireland, 2025, 3min
  • Brebenel, Directed by Alexandru George Fiț, Comedy, Romania, 2025, 15min
  • Morning After, Directed by Dorothy Duffy, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 10min
  • Come Back, Directed by Helen O Reilly, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 15min
  • Nobody Moves, Directed by Andy Baker & Ferry Gouw, Music Video Animation, USA, 2024, 2min
  • Mile 24, Directed by Colin Peppard, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 12min
  • Galar, Directed by Niall Duffy, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 25min
  • Stranger, Directed by Jens Glomnes Hertzberg, Drama, Norway, 2024, 26min
  • Civil, Directed by Rob McCarthy, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 18min
  • “I am Odium” An Axis of Perdition, Directed by Randal Plunkett, Music Video, Ireland, 2025, 6min
  • The High King’s Daughter, Directed by Joël Gibbs, Animation, Ireland, 2025, 5min
  • Soldier, Directed by Liosa Mack, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 9min
  • Why Wouldn’t You?, Directed by Fiona Murphy, Maria Loftus, Lukasz Machowski & Katarzyna Machalek, Documentary, Ireland, 2025, 13min
  • Unfortunate Events that made us Fortunate, Directed by Jan Paul Lodzinski, Drama, Ireland, 2025, 16min
  • Your Ears, Directed by Alexandre Isabelle, Comedy Drama, Canada, 2024, 13min
  • Love in Yanbian, Directed by Tong Nian, Music Video, China, 2022, 5min
  • Earmark, Directed by Ste Murray, Drama Comedy, Ireland, 2024, 11min
  • Swept Off His Feet, Directed by Donncha O’Dea, Drama Comedy, Ireland, 2024, 12min
  • The Girl, the Boy and the Machine, Directed by David Quin, Animation, Ireland, 2025, 6min
  • To the Water, Directed by Savvy Hanna, Horror, Ireland, 2025, 8min
  • Sounds of Life, Directed by Wael Najjar, Music Video, Lebanon, 2024, 3min
  • Rail Against, Directed by Sean O Boyle, Animation, Ireland, 2025, 3min
  • I Can’t Go On, Directed by Laoisa Sexton, Comedy, Ireland, 2024, 13min
  • The Listeners, Directed by Tommy Creagh, Drama Poetry, UK, 2024, 4min
  • The Land, Directed by Joseph Butler, Drama War, Ireland, 2024, 13min
  • Poison, Directed by Seán Maher, Drama Comedy, Ireland, 2024, 14min
  • Boobs, Directed by Nicola Leddy, Documentary, Ireland, 2025, 16min
  • Neuro, Directed by Wes Ellis, Sci-Fi, USA, 2025, 14min
  • Dealing With It, Directed by Santiago Rivas Pertile, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 15min
  • Camping in Paradise, Directed by Eirik Tveiten, Drama Comedy, Norway, 2023, 23min
  • Jenny & Johnny, Directed by Fabio Ciccarelli, Music Video, Ireland, 2025, 3min
  • Picking a Guitar, Directed by Eddie Brannigan, Felipe Cândido de Brito, Comedy, Ireland, 2024, 9min
  • Ar Snámh [Float], Directed by Anna Czarska, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 13min
  • The Pomegranate, Directed by Mehrdad Jalali, Drama, Iran, 2024, 14min
  • Hope in a Crack Epidemic, Directed by Patrick Doran, Documentary, Ireland, 2025, 21min
  • Here, Directed by Mark Lynch, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 15min
  • For You, Directed by Carina Vera Wachsmann, Music Video, Spain, 2024, 3min
  • The Voice of Plants, Directed by Daniele Guarnera, Sci-Fi, Italy, 2025, 8min
  • The Fear, Directed by Eoin Ó hAnnracháin, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 7min
  • Five Turns, Directed by Sam Dixon & Sixto Perea Rubio, Horror, UK, 2024, 9min
  • Morning Vigil, Directed by David M. Night Maire, Horror, France, 2025, 10min
  • Little Caesar, Directed by Amy Tierney, Animation, Ireland, 2024, 6min
  • The Space You Need, Directed by Sam Peter Jackson, LGBTQ Sci-Fi, UK, 2024, 21min
  • Graphite on Canvas, Directed by Jaka Jože Prosenik, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 15min
  • TurmOil, Directed by Daragh O’Shea, Animation, Ireland, 2024, 5min
  • Two Wheels One Job, Directed by Joel Zeiser, Documentary, Ireland, 2024, 6min
  • Memories Crumble, Directed by Jason Branagan, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 10min
  • Perdón, Te Amo, Directed by Rafi Franco, Music Video, Mexico, 2023, 7min
  • Dead on Arrival, Directed by Niamh McAllister, Comedy Horror, Ireland, 2024, 14min
  • One More Round, Directed by Barry O’Connor, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 17min
  • Mother’s Child, Directed by Naomi Noir, Animation, Netherlands, 2024, 9min
  • Obit, Directed by Ben Tedesco, Drama, USA, 2024, 22min
  • Siúcra – Anxiety, Directed by Oisín Gwyn Ó hEartáin, Music Video, Ireland, 2024, 5min
  • Where the Old Man Lives, Directed by Sonya O’Donoghue, Drama, Ireland, 2024, 20min
  • Survivor, Directed by Dion Marcos, Drama, Ireland 2024, 17min

 

 

 

 

Interview with David Nicholas Winner Best Score 2024

Interview with David Nicholas Winner Best Score 2024

Dec 23, 2024

Interview with David Nicholas Winner Best Score, DISFMF 2024, short film Tethered, Directed by Stephen T Lally, Fantasy-Drama, Ireland, 2023

1. Just tell us about yourself.
I started my career as a session musician about 12 years ago, playing bass guitar for various artists and TV shows such as X Factor and The Voice. I slowly made my way into film composing & music production around 8+ years ago and have straddled both the indie film and commercial worlds.

2. How was to work with Stephen T Lally.
I met Stephen several years ago on Shooting People (online film forum). I loved what he was doing so I dropped him a message and we’ve worked on several projects so far including ‘Tethered’ and a fantasy comedy called ‘Empress Clawscream’.

3. On what project are you working right now, if you cant talk about them.
Since October I have been very much involved in the Christmas season being a musician and musical director for several Christmas concerts. Early 2025 will see me back in the studio working on an album of cinematic pop songs. This album began following a song I wrote with a friend which was used for a recent BBC drama. I realised I needed to write more so that is my on-going side project, it has turned into a collab with various artists with a variety of voices and styles but all focused through a cinematic/film score lense.

4. Where we can find samples of you work, do you have a link?
You can find my latest work on my site: www.flat6music.com

5. How did you find out that you have won the award for Best Score/Music.
I knew Tethered was going to be shown at the DISFMF but I didn’t know I ‘d won until Stephen dropped me a message, and I was very pleased! The paintings are such a unique way of celebrating art, love how individual they are.

6. If you want to give your contact details, instagram, email, etc… so filmmakers can get in contact if they are interested to work with you.
I’m always keen to meet other filmmakers, feel free to email or catch me on instagram. dave@flat6music.com / @davidnicholas_music (insta)

 

2024 Winners

2024 Winners

Oct 6, 2024

Winners 2024

Best International Short

I’m not a robot, Directed by Victoria Warmerdam, Drama-Comedy, Netherlands, 22min, 2024

Best LGBTQ

Sucker’s Death, Directed by Krzysztof Grudziński, Drama-LGBTQ, Poland, 20min, 2024

Best Music Video

Meekz – Mini Me’s, Directed by KC Locke, Music Video, UK, 5min, 2024

Best Horror

Mean Ends, Directed by Émile Lavoie, Horror, Canada, 15min, 2023

Best Comedy

Baps and Buns, Directed by Noel McInerney, Comedy, Ireland, 13min, 2023

Best Animation

Highschool, or : I’m not saying I want to kill myself but it sure would be nice to be in the hospital for a month or two, Directed by Meta Laitko, Animation, Netherlands, 13min, 2023

Best Sci-Fi

Beyond the System, Directed by Fergus Mulligan, Sci-Fi, Ireland, 16min, 2024

Best Score

David Nicholas –Tethered, Directed by Stephen T Lally, Fantasy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2023

Best Student

Eisspin, the oh so Terrible, Directed by Adrian Doll, Animation, 15min, Germany, 2023

Best Irish Short

Callus, Directed by Ciarán Hickey, Drama-Horror, Ireland, 18min, 2024

Best Actor

Paul Butler Lennox, Marauders, Directed by Randal Plunkett, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2024

Best Actress

Úna Ní Bhriain, Tethered, Directed by Stephen T Lally, Fantasy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2023

Best Documentary

Culture vs War. Liberov, Directed by Kadim Tarasov, Documentary, Ukraine, 26min, 2023

Best Tv Pilot

Marauders, Directed by Randal Plunkett, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2024

 

 

Nominations 2024

Nominations 2024

Oct 6, 2024

 

Nominations 2024

o Best International Short Film

Objects Are Closer Than They Appear, Directed by Ahmed Sobhy, Drama, Egypt, 18min, 2022

Braccato, Directed by Eugen Neagu, Drama, Italy, 13min, 2024

The Last Butterfly, Directed by Sizhuo Li, Drama, USA, 15min, 2023

Loser, Directed by Colleen McGuinness, Comedy, USA, 12 min, 2024

I’m not a robot, Directed by Victoria Warmerdam, Drama-Comedy, Netherlands, 22min, 2024

o Best Tv Pilot

The Ekspats – We’re Going to Africa, Directed by Ron Myrick, Animation-Tv Pilot, USA, 20min, 2024

Marauders, Directed by Randal Plunkett, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2024

o Best LGBTQ

Nota Bene, Directed by Miriam Devitt, LGBTQ, Ireland, 7min, 2024

Sucker’s Death, Directed by Krzysztof Grudziński, Drama-LGBTQ, Poland, 20min, 2024

Ticker, Directed by Thom Petty, Drama-LGBTQ, UK, 9min, 2023

o Best Music Video

Dance, you are alive (Celebrating world peace), Directed by Mythravarun Vepakomma, Animation-Music Video, Ireland, 4min, 2023

The Puppet Groove, Directed by Stefan Eling, Music Video, Germany, 5min, 2023

Khruangbin: A Love International, Directed by Scott Dungate, Music Video, USA, 5min, 2024

Meekz – Mini Me’s, Directed by KC Locke, Music Video, UK, 5min, 2024

Colour Me Pink, Directed by Anika O’Hagan-Ploug, Music Video, Ireland, 3min, 2024

Burning Blue Sun, Directed by Paul Blee, Animation-Music Video, Ireland, 5min, 2024

The Anchor and the Kite, Directed by Jeff O’Brien Myers & Forest Blakk, Music Video- Animation, USA, 3min, 2024

o Best Horror

Mean Ends, Directed by Émile Lavoie, Horror, Canada, 15min, 2023

Wired, Directed by Will Jewell, Horror-Thriller, Uk, 18min, 2024

Never Alone, Directed by John Farrelly, Christian Gerring, Drama-Horror, UK, 13min, 2023

ShadowFable, Directed by Margaret Kane-Rowe, Ireland, Horror, 3min, 2024

o Best Comedy

Off-Pudding, Directed by Tjelle Vejrup, Comedy, Denmark, 18min, 2023

My Life with Brian, Directed by Mollie Newman, Comedy, Ireland, 16min, 2024

Soulmate Wanted, Directed by Zoë Brennan-Whitmore, Comedy, Ireland, 14min, 2022

Baps and Buns, Directed by Noel McInerney, Comedy, Ireland, 13min, 2023

Picture Day, Directed by Jason Branagan, Comedy-Fantasy, Ireland, 12min, 2023

Ghosted, Directed by Jeda De Brí, Comedy, Ireland, 14min, 2022

Will of Fortune, Directed by John Sweeney, Ireland, Comedy, 15min, 2024

Barry Vs the Binman, Directed by Craig Moore, Drama-Comedy, Ireland, 12min, 2023

A Grind, Directed by Neil Seery, Comedy, Ireland, 16min, 2023

o Best Animation

My Turn!, Directed by Isabelle Maria Tumboimbela & Daisha Lin Sherman, Animation, USA, 5min, 2024

Dance, you are alive (Celebrating world peace), Directed by Mythravarun Vepakomma, Animation-Music Video, Ireland, 4min, 2023

Highschool, or : I’m not saying I want to kill myself but it sure would be nice to be in the hospital for a month or two, Directed by Meta Laitko, Animation, Netherlands, 13min, 2023

The Box, Directed by David Brian O’Connor, Ireland, Animation, 4min, 2023

Vinny, Directed by Declan Boyle, Animation, Ireland, 3min, 2024

Sad, Directed by Hedvig H-S, Animation, Sweden, 4min, 2024

Book!, Directed by Chris John Georgenes, Animation, USA, 2min, 2024

o Best Sci-Fi

Beyond the System, Directed by Fergus Mulligan, Sci-Fi, Ireland, 16min, 2024

The Erebus, Directed by Sean Raynor, Sci-Fi, USA, 24min, 2024

Wired, Directed by Will Jewell, Horror-Thriller, Uk, 18min, 2024

o Best Score/Music

Simon N. Müller – Eisspin, the oh so Terrible, Directed by Adrian Doll, Animation, 15min, Germany, 2023

David Nicholas -Tethered, Directed by Stephen T Lally, Fantasy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2023

Score: Alessandro Loro, Theme Song: Derek Toner – A Christmas Gift, Directed by Fiona Ashe, Drama, Ireland, 10min, 2024

Shane Rutherrfoord-Jones – Black Sunday, Directed by Andrea R Ciobanu, Fantasy-Animation, UK, 9min, 2023

Patrick Kirst – Far Away, Directed by Nathaniel McCullagh, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2023

Ethan Lawrence, Greg Andersen, The Erebus, Directed by Sean Raynor, Sci-Fi, USA, 24min, 2024

o Best Student

Eisspin, the oh so Terrible, Directed by Adrian Doll, Animation, 15min, Germany, 2023

My Life with Brian, Directed by Mollie Newman, Comedy, Ireland, 16min, 2024

Object of Affection, Directed by Juliana Cooper, Drama, Ireland, 10min, 2024

Highschool, or : I’m not saying I want to kill myself but it sure would be nice to be in the hospital for a month or two, Directed by Meta Laitko, Animation, Netherlands, 13min, 2023

Irish Goodbye, Directed by AmberAmelia Kelly, Animation, Ireland, 2min, 2024

Hereunder, Directed by Gregory O’Reilly, Drama, Ireland, 16min, 2023

The Next, Directed by Tuo Fu, Drama, China, 18min, 2023

o Best Irish Short

Far Away, Directed by Nathaniel McCullagh, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2023

Tethered, Directed by Stephen T Lally, Fantasy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2023

Flutter, Directed by Shane W. Brennan, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 8min, 2023

I Found A Place, Directed by Zoë Gibney, Drama, Ireland, 8min, 2024

Kiki, Directed by Naomi Sheridan, Drama, Ireland, 14min, 2024

Callus, Directed by Ciarán Hickey, Drama-Horror, Ireland, 18min, 2024

o Best Actor

Michael Patric, Callus, Directed by Ciarán Hickey, Drama-Horror, Ireland, 18min, 2024

Paul Butler Lennox, Marauders, Directed by Randal Plunkett, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2024

Joe McGucken, Picture Day, Directed by Jason Branagan, Comedy-Fantasy, Ireland, 12min, 2023

Christoph Maria Herbst, Eisspin, the oh so Terrible, Directed by Adrian Doll, Animation, 15min, Germany, 2023

Brian Gleeson, I Found A Place, Directed by Zoë Gibney, Drama, Ireland, 8min, 2024

Craig Alan Farnan, After the Bell Rings, Directed by Barry McNamara & Craig Alan Farnan, Drama, Ireland, 14min, 2023

Thomas Fitzgerald- Mary’s Treasure, Directed by Emma O’Brien, Drama-Thriller, Ireland, 19min, 2024

Seamus O’Hara – Far Away, Directed by Nathaniel McCullagh, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2023

Eoin O’Sullivan, A Man of Many Colours, Directed by Kevin O’Murchu, Drama, Ireland, 25min, 2024

o Best Actress

Úna Ní Bhriain, Tethered, Directed by Stephen T Lally, Fantasy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2023

Gemma Curran, Soulmate Wanted, Directed by Zoë Brennan-Whitmore, Comedy, Ireland, 14min, 2022

Caoilfhionn McDonnell, Will of Fortune, Directed by John Sweeney, Ireland, Comedy, 15min, 2024

Ellen Parren, I’m not a robot, Directed by Victoria Warmerdam, Drama-Comedy, Netherlands, 22min, 2024

Angourie Rice, Loser, Directed by Colleen McGuinness, Comedy, USA, 12 min, 2024

Camille Mongeau, Mean Ends, Directed by Émile Lavoie, Horror, Canada, 15min, 2023

Amy Beth Hayes, Wired – Directed by Will Jewell, Horror-Thriller, Uk, 18min, 2024

Daiana Madeira, What If, Directed by Sam Palmer & Daiana Madeira, Drama, Ireland, 14min, 2024

Ella Rose Sands, Far Away, Directed by Nathaniel McCullagh, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2023

o Best Documentary

Culture vs War. Liberov, Directed by Kadim Tarasov, Documentary, Ukraine, 26min, 2023

Man of Arran, Directed by Paul McCambridge, Ireland, Documentary, 19min, 2023

Two Mothers, Directed by Anna Rodgers, Documentary, Ireland, 12min, 2024

Sunflower, Directed by Leonardo Oliveira, Documentary, Ireland, 20min, 2024

Walking the Walk, Directed by Donal Moloney, Documentary, Ireland, 14min, 2024

Making Waves, Directed by Shane O’Callaghan, Documentary, Ireland, 11min, 2023

The Final Chapter, Directed by Terence White, Documentary, Ireland, 12min, 2023

Awards 2024

Awards 2024

Oct 3, 2024

The fourteen paintings for the winners are made by Sara Rus. Sara is a very talented 16 years old Romanian living in Bistrita, in north of Romania, and together with few of her colleagues, Andrea Lopez Prigon, Muresan Alexandra Cristian and Lujan Petrican Nuria from The Art College Corneliu Baba, have made the paintings for 2024 DISFMF awards.

Sara also has done acting at Bistrita Film Studio for the last 5 years and she played a main character in a fantasy feature film Katharina and in few other shorts. 

 

o Best International Short Film
o Best Tv Pilot
o Best LGBTQ
o Best Music Video
o Best Horror
o Best Comedy
o Best Animation
o Best Sci-Fi
o Best Score/Music
o Best Student
o Best Irish Short
o Best Actor
o Best Actress
o Best DocumentaryAwards 

More photos with the awards are on instagram and facebook page.