John Kavanagh Movies

A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.

Monster (Grattan Smith), a diminutive young Dubliner, dreams of going abroad in search of opportunity and adventure. Finding his plans consistently...

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

A daughter grapples to understand her dying mother through fables from her childhood. From present London to 1950s Ireland, a surreal, unsentimental...

Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole...

Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery

An ageing Elvis impersonator finally faces up to his demons as he travels through the Irish midlands with his long-lost brother, who has recently...

An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.

Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful...

A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his ill-fated love affair with his...

The connection between a young girl and her grandfather transcends both a generation, and family politics. When Etain's grandfather moves into a...

In this melancholic rural drama set in 1960s Ireland, a widowed father is unable to communicate with his young son about their shared sadness.

The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in...

Sean races against the clock to his mother's deathbed in possession of his mother's dying wish while dealing with inter-family politics over the...

Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that,...

Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. Kevin, an IRA recruit, and Father...

A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.

Kelvin's quiet life is turned upside down when a new neighbour turns out to be a beautiful woman.

Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, visiting the places...

The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade; Hetty Fortune and her TV documentary...