2025
DUBLIN DUBLIN SMARTPHONE SMARTPHONE FILM FILM
FESTIVAL FESTIVAL
ROBERT FITZHUGH
ROBERT FITZHUGH
Robert Fitzhugh Robert Fitzhugh
Festival Director Festival Director
Falling
Denmark I AI Short Film Director: Vibeke Bertelsen
This animated short follows a person’s descent into darkness and unexpected redemption, exploring how small, genuine moments of connection, not curated appearances, bring healing. Produced with AI tools, it highlights the creative potential of AI in filmmaking.
The Coat
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Donal O'Dea
On a desolate frozen tundra, a girl mourning her loss discovers that a mysterious coat offers more than warmth. It holds memories, secrets, and an unexpected connection that may heal her heart and change her fate forever.
The Other 90 Percent
United States I Best Documentary Short
Director: Alexandra Guillossou
This short offers a raw glimpse into the life of a woman battling Multiple Sclerosis for over 40 years, showing how secondary progressive MS affects 90% of sufferers. It highlights the harsh reality that, for many, the disease ultimately prevails.
United States I International Short Film Director: Stanislav Kapralov
In a post-apocalyptic world where oxygen is lethal, survivors live in masks and carry O2 tanks. The film reflects on how we chase future goals, neglecting love and the present. Only facing death reveals true happiness was always within reach.
Looking for Home
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Patrick Moloney
In modern-day Ireland, on Christmas Eve, a hardworking man, influenced by the antiimmigrant rhetoric around him and in the media, faces a lifealtering event that forces him to confront his own prejudices and realise the humanity behind those he once feared.
Idol Innovation
Japan I Music Video Director: Hisanori Tsukuda
This animated short follows a person’s descent into darkness and unexpected redemption, exploring how small, genuine moments of connection, not curated appearances, bring healing. Produced with AI tools, it highlights the creative potential of AI in filmmaking.
A Little Strange
Australia I International Short Film Director: Kieton Beilby
A man is tasked with bringing his distant, shutin stepbrother to the funeral of a family friend at his mothers request. While getting ready, they're crashed by a group of eccentric neighbours who quickly turn the somber gathering into chaos.
Ebb Tide
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Colum Higgins
Ebb Tide is a word and music tribute to the creator's late Father Liam Higgins. The words and images evoke memories of walks past and present. The talented Aoife Cudmore composed and performed music in response to the words and images.
A Tourist Story
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Will McConnell
After her divorce, Wen Jiao travels to Belfast from China to visit the Titanic, The Giant’s Causeway and the peace walls. On her journey she dictates a letter ruminating on her childhood, and life ahead.
BenWilson,ChewingGumMan: HiddenWorldsBeneathYourFeet
United Kingdom I Best Documentary Short Director: Jon Gill
Ben Wilson has painted over 600 tiny pictures on discarded gum along London’s Millennium Bridge. This short film explores his work and the people worldwide who believe it’s too important to be removed and destroyed.
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Ciarán Mc Glynn
Facade explores the mental wellbeing of a young woman suffering in silence. Through subtle moments and inner turmoil, the film reveals the invisible weight she carries, highlighting the disconnection between outward appearances and the emotional battles within.
Marco Polo
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Jerren Annah
I think I Hate My Son
Ireland I Best Documentary Short Director: Jonny Farrelly
Two men discuss the uncomfortable, almost taboo, realisation that they haven't bonded with their young son's as much as they hoped... only to find out the heartbreaking reason why...
When one says, "Marco" the other says, "Polo," but the game takes a sinister turn of events when an unfamiliar voice calls out on the other end.
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Amy Redmond
Two Eyes This Blue
Netherlands I Best Documentary Short Director: Barbara De Baare
At 100, Herman longs to leave life, but his body persists. The filmmaker opens with, "I heard you don't like life much anymore..." capturing an intimate portrait of the final moments between a grandfather and his granddaughter.
An isolated asylum seeker struggling in overcrowded accommodation in rural Ireland finds a solution for his insomnia through an unlikely connection and nightly activity.
Sheetless
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Áine Fahy
In the quirky short film Sheetless, a struggling musician faces an unexpected crisis he runs out of paper.
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Reuben David Armstrong
An experimental short film delves into the paralyzing numbness of mental anguish, using abstract visuals and haunting sounds to capture the suffocating il h i
Population 1
Ireland I Young Filmmakers Director: Aroush Imran
Quirky protagonist Alex unknowingly signs a contract with a maths app that takes over her life. the app completes her homework but demands her disappearance as payment. Now Alexis on borrowed time to save her identity before she literally becomes a calculation casualty.
Ireland I Best Documentary Short Director: Emily Cleodie O’Callaghan
Jim is the sole inhabitant of an island off the west coast of Ireland. In this interview, he philosophises about his choice to live in such an isolated manner and ponders the mysterious hold that Acaill Bheag has on him.
Two Halves
Ireland I Irish Short Film Director: Patrick Osborne
A football referee goes through a quiet, introspective morning as he readies himself for an underage match. The film explores his thoughts, routines, and emotions, subtly revealing the pressures of authority, responsibility, and personal reflection in the lead-up to the game.
Ireland I Animated Short Director: Steven Fraser
Keith tells the story of a filmmaker who discovers a dead body behind his flat in Glasgow. Using various apps and communication methods, he uncovers the deceased's identity, with animation reflecting his neurodiversity, distractions, and building tension.
WORKSHOP WORKSHOP
In addition to screenings, DubSmartFF is hosting a dynamic workshop and panel discussion with ShiftCam, delving into the evolving landscape of mobile design filmmaking
ShiftCam World Leaders in mobile lens and award winning mobile accessories. ShiftCam has garnered acclaim from the photography and videography community, receiving the highly coveted CES Innovation Award and the esteemed Reddot Design Award multiple times.
Bringing together industry leaders, cinematographers, and creative directors, this session will explore how smartphone technology is reshaping the filmmaking industry, making high-quality storytelling more accessible than ever 1pm - 2:30pm
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