Imbolg: Women Who Terrify

19/02/2026

Originally from the States, Emmy-winning filmmaker Marissa Aroy has been making bold and moving films that have screened across the world. Now her work can be seen in the exhibition 'How Can You Forget Me' at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

In this Film Ireland Podcast, we are delighted to welcome guest host Mark Hernandez, who chats with Marissa. Now based in Wicklow she shares her inspiration, influences, and her creative processes.

Marissa’s short film Recipe has just screened at Imbolg: Women Who Terrify, and her latest short film, The Parting - funded by National Talent Academies Ireland - is about to have its world premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival on 20th February.

Listen back here, fans!

https://www.filmireland.net/podcast-in-conversation-with-emmy-winning-filmmaker-marissa-aroy/

17/02/2026

Check out this interview with Imbolg Filmmaker Tania Notaro in Headstuff!

Tania is a screenwriter, director and actor from Dublin who makes socially conscious films from a female perspective. In 2023 she wrote, directed and starred in her short film Postpartum supported by a Sharp Shorts Bursary from Virgin Media. Postpartum screened as part of the horror shorts programme at Imbolg: Women Who Terrify Film Festival in January 2026.

Here, Tania sits down with writer and performer Polina Cosgrave to talk about Postpartum, in which life takes a dark turn when a young woman, Mary, is faced with the horrors of postpartum depression. The expectations of motherhood become spectres and her psychosis rendered through warping visuals and an unnerving soundscape.

Q: Where did the idea for Postpartum come from?

I’m not really someone who wants kids. And, you know, anytime anybody asks me: do you want children or children? And I say ‘no’, it’s always met with a kind of hostility and that it’s the greatest thing that can ever happen to a person. But I’ve witnessed different. I was watching Louis Theroux’s documentary on women struggling with postpartum psychosis. And it was just really horrific. They were living out real nightmares in the horror films in their heads, thinking that their baby was evil, the devil, and that they were doing them a favour if they wanted to kill them. Some women actually went through with it. The question for me is: how does a woman ask for help when she wants to kill her baby? So that’s kind of where it came from.

And I don’t use any dialogue in the film because it’s all about the isolation of going through that kind of psychosis, not being able to speak, not being able to use your voice, cutting people off, everything like that.

Q: What was the moment when you decided: I’m going to make this film a reality?

I applied for the Virgin Media Sharp Shorts Award, and I got it. So it was like, right, we have to do this now. The script was difficult. Now the script was completely different to what we shot on the day because we had no money....

Read the full piece here.

https://headstuff.org/entertainment/film/tania-notaro-on-postpartum-i-like-

17/02/2026

"What initially plays out like the beginnings of a rom-com, set in a vibrant and picturesque suburbia to the strum of a jaunty guitar, soon shifts to a tone of unease."

Shannon Goodfellow says her prayers in her review of Nadia Moosa's debut short, winner of the Síle Na Gig Best Student Short at Imbolg: Women Who Terrifyg: Women Who Terrify, In The Season Thereof.

https://www.filmireland.net/short-film-review-in-the-season-thereof/

16/02/2026

Recorded in person on the wonderful campus of Griffith College Dublin, in this Phoenix Fm broadcast, Dáire Walsh talks to the wonderful filmmakers screening their work at Imbolg: Women Who Terrify. First, he chats with Vanessa Gildea about her experimental short, on leaving you. Then listen back as Dáire hosts a lively Q&A panel. (Apologies for the technical issues - completely our fault!) Finally, his coverage concludes with a chat with Nadia Moosa, whose film In the Season Thereof won the Sile na Gig award for Best Student Film.



https://www.filmireland.net/phoenix-films-in-collaboration-with-film-ireland/

05/02/2026

3 days off = no excuses for having no plans! 🙌

Your weekly 6 in the City guide is here to save your bank holiday weekend! If you are looking to make the most of the extra day off, Sarah Hanrahan [] has you covered! 🏙️

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05/02/2026

We had a wonderful Friday evening, at Griffith College Dublin, screening some truly inspiring and powerful short films from filmmakers around the world.

The Best International Film award was presented to Aicha, directed by Sanaa El Alaoui. The award was presented to Mr Mohammed Bouasria, Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Morocco in Dublin who was in attendance.

Thank you to the wonderful filmmakers who shared their work, and especially those who travelled so far to present it to us!

Check out these gorgeous photos of Friday's screening by by Ana Paula Sii (.ie on Insta)

05/02/2026

Thank you so much to the brilliant Griffith College Dublin and their absolutely lovely team for having us - until next year!

30/01/2026

Tickets for tomorrow's talk with filmmaker Laura Moss and free screening are available here:

Talk:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1980516563355?aff=oddtdtcreator

Screening:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1980385372961?aff=oddtdtcreator

"birth/rebirth feels both classical and subversive.... it resists being pinned to a single issue. It’s messier than that, and all the more brilliant for it. "

With birth/rebirth screening at Griffith College Dublin as part of Imbolg: Women Who Terrify Film Festival, our in house horror expert Conor Bryce takes a look at what makes it so gripping.

Read the full review here:
https://www.filmireland.net/review-birth-rebirth/

30/01/2026

It’s all kicking off today… and this evening we’ll be presenting a fantastic line-up of terrifying shorts in the wonderful Griffith College Dublin.

We’re very grateful for this write-up in Dublin Gazette — have a peek at their latest digital edition here:

https://dublingazette.com/digital-catalogue/

So why not ring in the start of the bank holiday weekend and enjoy fantastic cinema with like-minded cinephiles?

Check out the full line-up here:

https://www.filmireland.net/imbolg-women-who-terrify-film-festival/

28/01/2026

“This Was Our Chance to Say ‘F**k It!”

Screening as part of our festival, A Lobster Named Desire is a surreal, grotesque short from Panama that follows Conchita. This lively, spirited girl, is invited to her favourite restaurant by Renzo who intends to propose marriage. Writer Holly Buckley spoke to directors Sol Moreno and Risseth Yángüez Singh about the film’s origins, their collaborative process, surreal symbolism, and what it means to screen their work at the festival.

Read the full article here:

https://www.filmireland.net/article-this-was-our-chance-to-say-f-k-it-directors-sol-moreno-risseth-yanguez-singh-on-a-lobster-named-desire/

27/01/2026

This Saturday at Griffith College Dublin, book your free ticket to Faoin Talamh, an audio-visual piece that combines reproduced ancient Irish music with visuals of modern Ireland's natural landscape.

This is a collaboration between composer Oisín Murray and visual artist Róisín Doyle, this audio-visual piece features an original score made with the sampled sounds of Irish Bronze Age reproduction instruments. The imagery is made up of many pulsating layers of photographs that complement the atmosphere of the ancient horn music. The film takes inspiration from Irish folklore and sacred historical sites, some of which are featured visually.

Róisín is a multimedia artist from Dublin. Her work makes use of modern video editing technology but is rooted in the Irish impressionist and expressionist movements. Róisín's artistic practice involves the layering, meshing and animation of many original photographs of Irish nature.

Oisín is a composer from Dublin. Having studied Irish Bronze and Iron Age music culture, he began writing new ancient Irish music using samples of reproductions based on 2,000 year old artefacts found all over the island.

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/audio-visual-experience-faoin-talamh-tickets-1980478048155