Ryan McParland

Good Vibrations (2012)

The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Barros D'Sa  •  Glenn Leyburn
CAST:  Richard Dormer  •  Jodie Whittaker  •  Liam Cunningham  •  Karl Johnson

The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lisa Barros D'Sa  •  Glenn Leyburn
CAST:  Richard Dormer  •  Jodie Whittaker  •  Liam Cunningham  •  Karl Johnson

Tale of Tales (2015)

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matteo Garrone
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Vincent Cassel  •  Toby Jones  •  John C. Reilly

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matteo Garrone
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Vincent Cassel  •  Toby Jones  •  John C. Reilly

The Survivalist (2015)

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In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Fingleton
CAST:  Mia Goth  •  Martin McCann  •  Olwen Fouéré  •  Barry Ward

In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Fingleton
CAST:  Mia Goth  •  Martin McCann  •  Olwen Fouéré  •  Barry Ward

SLR (2013)

SLR is a short thriller about a man obsessed with "voyeur pornography". When he makes a shocking discovery online, he is forced onto the trail of an anonymous photographer known only by his user name of ANORAK.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Fingleton
CAST:  Liam Cunningham  •  Amy Wren  •  Richard Dormer  •  Ryan McParland

SLR is a short thriller about a man obsessed with "voyeur pornography". When he makes a shocking discovery online, he is forced onto the trail of an anonymous photographer known only by his user name of ANORAK.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Fingleton
CAST:  Liam Cunningham  •  Amy Wren  •  Richard Dormer  •  Ryan McParland

Kissing Candice (2018)

Candice longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, but when a boy she dreams about turns up in real life, she becomes involved with a dangerous local gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aoife McArdle
CAST:  Ann Skelly  •  Ryan Lincoln  •  Conall Keating  •  Ryan McParland

Candice longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, but when a boy she dreams about turns up in real life, she becomes involved with a dangerous local gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aoife McArdle
CAST:  Ann Skelly  •  Ryan Lincoln  •  Conall Keating  •  Ryan McParland

Boots on the Ground (2017)

The story of five British soldiers trying to stay alive on the last night of the Afghan War, facing not just the Taliban, but also supernatural forces more terrifying than anything they've encountered before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Melville
CAST:  Ryan McParland  •  Tom Ainsley  •  Ian Virgo  •  Valmike Rampersad

The story of five British soldiers trying to stay alive on the last night of the Afghan War, facing not just the Taliban, but also supernatural forces more terrifying than anything they've encountered before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Melville
CAST:  Ryan McParland  •  Tom Ainsley  •  Ian Virgo  •  Valmike Rampersad

Daphne (2017)

Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, she is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is not happy. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Mackie Burns
CAST:  Emily Beecham  •  Tom Vaughan-Lawlor  •  Nathaniel Martello-White  •  Ritu Arya

Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, she is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is not happy. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Mackie Burns
CAST:  Emily Beecham  •  Tom Vaughan-Lawlor  •  Nathaniel Martello-White  •  Ritu Arya

Bad Day for the Cut (2017)

A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Baugh
CAST:  Nigel O'Neill  •  Susan Lynch  •  Stuart Graham  •  Józef Pawłowski

A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Baugh
CAST:  Nigel O'Neill  •  Susan Lynch  •  Stuart Graham  •  Józef Pawłowski

Hunters Fall (2015)

When a bully is exposed for who he is, how will he react?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter J. McCarthy
CAST:  Ben Condron  •  Patrick Gibson  •  Clara Harte  •  Ryan McParland

When a bully is exposed for who he is, how will he react?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter J. McCarthy
CAST:  Ben Condron  •  Patrick Gibson  •  Clara Harte  •  Ryan McParland

Doing Money (2019)

A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels. Her shocking true story offers a tense and thought-provoking thriller exposing how, in modern Britain, slavery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynsey Miller
CAST:  Anca Dumitra  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Turlough Convery  •  Sergiu Costache

A young Romanian woman is snatched in broad daylight from a London street, trafficked to Ireland and used as a sex slave in a series of pop-up brothels. Her shocking true story offers a tense and thought-provoking thriller exposing how, in modern Britain, slavery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lynsey Miller
CAST:  Anca Dumitra  •  Dragos Bucur  •  Turlough Convery  •  Sergiu Costache

Calm with Horses (2020)

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rowland
CAST:  Cosmo Jarvis  •  Barry Keoghan  •  Niamh Algar  •  Ned Dennehy

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rowland
CAST:  Cosmo Jarvis  •  Barry Keoghan  •  Niamh Algar  •  Ned Dennehy

The Invisible Boy (2020)

When a child goes missing in a small town, a troubled fisherman is forced to confront the past that destroyed his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Fitzgerald
CAST:  Darren Cahill  •  Killian Coyle  •  Carrie Crowley  •  Ryan McParland

When a child goes missing in a small town, a troubled fisherman is forced to confront the past that destroyed his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Fitzgerald
CAST:  Darren Cahill  •  Killian Coyle  •  Carrie Crowley  •  Ryan McParland

Ballywalter (2022)

Ballywalter follows a university drop-out living with her mum and making money as an unlicensed minicab driver, who picks up a budding stand-up comic whose marriage has recently broken up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Prasanna Puwanarajah
CAST:  Seána Kerslake  •  Conor MacNeill  •  Patrick Kielty  •  Joanne Crawford

Ballywalter follows a university drop-out living with her mum and making money as an unlicensed minicab driver, who picks up a budding stand-up comic whose marriage has recently broken up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Prasanna Puwanarajah
CAST:  Seána Kerslake  •  Conor MacNeill  •  Patrick Kielty  •  Joanne Crawford

Gateway (2021)

A gang of desperate criminals seek refuge in what appears to be a perfectly ordinary house - but discover it houses something much more sinister, and much more otherworldly, than they'd initially thought...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niall Owens
CAST:  Tim Creed  •  Kevin Barry  •  Laurence Ubong Williams  •  Fiona Hardy

A gang of desperate criminals seek refuge in what appears to be a perfectly ordinary house - but discover it houses something much more sinister, and much more otherworldly, than they'd initially thought...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Niall Owens
CAST:  Tim Creed  •  Kevin Barry  •  Laurence Ubong Williams  •  Fiona Hardy