First Date | High Drama | Iris Prize Film Festival

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In Brutal, the former doyenne of a cable news channel stumbles upon a sex scandal. First Date has a grieving mother worry about her daughter’s admirer. In Night Ride a late-night tram journey takes an unexpected turn. Tommies takes us back to Regency England and news of a scandal. The stakes are high and emotions frayed in this quintet of stories from the US, UK, Israel, Ireland and Norway.

Tina, a recently widowed farmer, doesn'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.

Dyw Tina, ffermwraig sy’n weddw ddiwedda, ddim am i'w merch symud yn ôl i'r ddinas a gadael hi ar ei phen ei hun. Pan fydd Seamus yn cyrraedd y fferm yn sôn am ddêt, mae hi'n penderfynu ymyrryd.

Year
2022
Runtime
12 minutes
Language
English
Country
Ireland

Director
Clara Planelles
Producer
Pete Moles

4 films in package

Brutal

Jack Roth (Cheyenne Jackson), once the hottest star of cable news, stumbles upon a "newsworthy sex scandal" and ends up facing off against all sides, including the corporation he works for. ‘Brutal’ is director Sam McConnell’s second film shortlisted for the Iris Prize, following ‘The Hunter’ (2020).

First Date

Tina, a recently widowed farmer, doesn'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.

Night Ride

A cold night in December. Ebba waits for the tram to go home after a party, but the ride takes an unexpected turn.

Tommies

In Regency-era London five women waiting for a carriage descend into a frenzy of vicious gossip about a notorious scandal - with devastating results.

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Tina, a recently widowed farmer, doesn'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.

Dyw Tina, ffermwraig sy’n weddw ddiwedda, ddim am i'w merch symud yn ôl i'r ddinas a gadael hi ar ei phen ei hun. Pan fydd Seamus yn cyrraedd y fferm yn sôn am ddêt, mae hi'n penderfynu ymyrryd.

Year
2022
Runtime
12 minutes
Language
English
Country
Ireland

Director
Clara Planelles
Producer
Pete Moles