CIFF 2026: Family Friendly Shorts Program

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. NOT RATED

CINEÁL FIÁIN
[WILDKIND]
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 watercolor 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, Arabic and English 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, 2024, color, 7 min. NOT RATED

Approx. runtime: 27 min.

Run Time: 27 Minutes

Opening Date: Saturday, February 28, 2026

Genre: Shorts program

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