Based on a short story by Roddy Doyle this poignant and comedic short film deftly captures the experience of being the new boy in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine-year-old African boy. 





Granny O'Grimm, a seemingly sweet old lady, loses the plot as she tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter. 







A humorous tale of a bored young Chinese man who learns Irish in order to visit Ireland and is surprised by what he finds.
Welcome to the Ireland on Screen UAE 2012 website supported by the Embassy of Ireland, Abu Dhabi. The aims of the program are to provide local audiences with a sample of Irish cinema and to raise cultural awareness and appreciation in the United Arab Emirates for Irish and Irish-related film and cinema. The films being shown include director Ken Loach's "The Wind that Shakes the Barley" (2006) and director Jim Sheridan's "The Field" (1990)