Date and Time
- Friday, Feb 27, 2026 6:30pm
Details
Presentation of the Norman Houston Short Film Award | Q&A with filmmaker Colin McIvor, moderated by The Irish Stew podcast hosts Martin Nutty and John Lee | Post-screening reception sponsored by the Northern Ireland Bureau, North America
THREE KEENINGS
This year’s Norman Houston Short Film Award winner follows a struggling and down-on-his-luck actor, Ian, (Seamus O’Hara, HOUSE OF GUINNESS, AN IRISH GOODBYE) who finds work in the unconventional role of a professional mourner while caring for his ailing father. As he tours the rural Northern Irish countryside, his practiced mask of apathy begins to slip amongst the humour and heartache of the local funeral circuit. DIR/SCR/PROD Oliver McGoldrick; PROD Natalie Remplakowski, Cade Featherstone, Chloe Langton. Northern Ireland, 2024, color, 10 min. NOT RATED
East Coast Premiere
NO ORDINARY HEIST
Inspired by an extraordinary true story, the film follows two bank employees who become pawns in one of the largest cash heists in UK history, stealing £26.5m to save their families’ lives, without the real thieves ever setting foot inside the bank. This tense thrill ride from filmmaker Colin McIvor (ZOO) features an all-star cast including Eddie Marsan (RAY DONOVAN, VERA DRAKE), Éanna Hardwicke (SAIPAN, LAKELANDS), Michelle Fairley (GAME OF THRONES) and Eva Birthistle (BAD SISTERS, KATHLEEN IS HERE). DIR/SCR Colin McIvor; SCR Aisling Corristine; PROD Ruth Carter, Johanna Hogan, Damon Lane. UK/U.S./Ireland, 2026, color, 99 min. NOT RATED
Presented in association with the Northern Ireland Bureau, North America, and the Georgetown University Global Irish Studies Initiative.
