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TITLE | SYNOPSIS |
Deletion | The world is in apocalyptic ruin initiated by a virus pandemic as a government analyst considers his future by pondering on his past. |
Blood Battle | The American Civil War and the aftermath of the Battle of Amelia Springs is the setting for a game of cat and mouse between a Union soldier and a Confederate soldier as they fight for their principles in a battle for survival and death. |
The Pattern of Seamie O'Connell | A young man stands by his Father’s fresh grave mourning his loss and the failure of his Father to achieve his dream. Or did he? A local legend of Gaelic Football appears and relates a story of sporting drama and great leadership. |
Life | A girl on the verge of self-harm meets a man with a story of joy and sadness based around a young couple’s effort to conceive a child. |
The Banshee Of Ballyhoo | A young boy’s childhood experience with the supernatural. |
Hope Lives | A heartbroken man who plans to commit suicide after the death of his wife crosses paths with a woman who looking forward and travelling to be with her fiancé during a major storm at Christmas in 1997. |
Heart Of Steel | A man has a double brush with death due to cardiac arrest |
Hounslow West To Leicester Square | An Irish professional on a business trip takes a train on the London Underground from Hounslow West to Leicester Square on the Piccadilly Line and observes the comings and goings of the other passengers. |
The Pillow Torturer | A private detective is obsessed with the possibility that his former lover’s partner is a serial rapist and killer. He believes he is in a race against time to prove it and to save her and their daughter. |
The Majors Wife | Set during the gruesome Apaches Wars with the Cochise led Chiricahua Apache in the 1800’s. It is the story of love triangle between a young U.S. Cavalry Officer, his wife and an older officer. |
The Ballad Of Sam Stone | An Irishman relates the story his grandfather in America told him about an ancestor who was a legendary gunfighter in the Wild West. |
The Sub | A junior hurling championship match is viewed from the perspective of one of the substitutes. |
Horse Sense | Two bachelor brothers living on a farm in the 1970’s try to figure how their horse disappeared. |
The Finish | The finish of a steeplechase where the dark horse battles the favourite in a close finish. |
Chasing Donkeys | A boy tries to catch two donkeys for a neighbour in the hope of a special reward. |
The Missing Horse | Story of two bachelor brothers living on a farm in the seventies and the disappearance their working horse. |
The Greatest Story Ever | A writer lies awake trying to come up with the greatest short story ever written. |
Heaven In A Storm | A couple have a lustful romantic encounter during a blizzard. |