Pat Shortt – MRQE

“Frank of Ireland”

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development whos convinced that the world owes him. He’s also our hero. He has a tenuous hold on reality, a single room in his mothers home, an ex he cant get over and a loyal best friend, Doofus. This is the hilarious story of a mans hapless search for respect. We dont want him to succeed, but its fun to watch him try.

Four Letters of Love

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart.

Animals

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

The Heist Before Christmas

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as Santa, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh. The pair strike up a friendship and go on an adventure.

The Banshees of Inisherin

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

The Flag

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Builder Harry Hambridge is a down-on-his-luck paddy living in London. In one day he loses his job, father and beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On returning home to bury his father, he finds a statement from his Grandfather, claiming that it was he who raised the flag over the GPO during the 1916 Rising, which now hangs upside-down in an army barracks in England. Too long used to the mockery of his life, he sets out with his motley crew to find that fecking flag and maybe his passion for life along the way.

Life’s a Breeze

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An unemployed slacker, his aged mother and his niece must overcome their many differences to find a lost fortune.

SoulBoy

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that’s going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino – the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.

The Closer You Get

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone’s sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she’s fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won’t release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?

Garage

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Due to a learning disability, Josie’s life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss’ girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.