The Waterford International Film Festival (WIFF) was founded in 2007 by filmmaker Stephen Byrne, who continues to serve as the Festival Director. Now entering its 19th edition, WIFF returns 15th – 22nd November 2025 with a hybrid format featuring both in-person and online screenings.
WIFF is dedicated to showcasing a diverse range of short films, screenplays, and photography from Ireland and around the world. Our goal is to celebrate creativity across genres and mediums, giving voice to newcomers and award-winning artists alike.
As Ireland’s first film festival to launch a dedicated short screenplay competition, WIFF remains committed to championing creativity, supporting emerging voices, and showcasing high-quality storytelling through short-form content. From comedy to horror, drama to sci-fi, and everything in between — WIFF offers something for every film lover.
Collections
SETU Short Programme 1
Florence
16m
•
Drama
•
2025
The Weight of It All
2m
•
Animation, Experimental
•
2025
Rockett Woman
17m
•
Documentary, Sport
•
2025
Dawn of the Ick
15m
•
Dark Comedy
•
2025
GOOD LUCK/ RASTGELE
5m
•
student, debut
•
2025
Life In Technicolour
6m
•
Music, Satire
•
2025
DONATE A PLATE
14m
•
Documentary, Art
•
2925
The Shepherd's Flock
4m
•
Animation, Romance
•
2025
Tonnta
4m
•
Music, Drama
•
2025
SETU Short Programme 2
Moan
7m
•
Drama, Dark Comedy
•
2025
Baby Blues
8m
•
Documentary, Drama
•
2025
Prayer of the Sea
7m
•
Experimental, Animation
•
2025
Brón
4m
•
Animation, Debut
•
2025
The High King's Daughter
5m
•
Animation, Romance
•
2025
Medicinal
11m
•
Drama, Debut
•
2025
CARBONO
6m
•
Animation, scfi
•
2025
Social
13m
•
Drama
•
2025
Waterford Crystal Shorts 1
The Things We Do
20m
•
Drama, Addiction
•
2025
MAD ANN
10m
•
Animation, Biography
•
2025
Shelter
13m
•
Drama, War
•
2025
Tough Love
10m
•
Dark Comedy, Debut
•
2025
The Laughing Boys
6m
•
Experimental, Drama
•
2025
Two One Two
4m
•
Animation, Documentary
•
2025
I Think I Hate My Son
7m
•
Documentary
•
2025
You and Me Against the World
4m
•
Music Video, Love
•
2025
Panic Switch
5m
•
Stop Motion, Animation
•
2025
I Found A Place
8m
•
Drama, Social Issues
•
2025
Waterford Crystal Shorts 2
The peace of cemeteries
9m
•
Drama, Abuse
•
2025
Themselves Become The Sea
10m
•
EXPERITMNETAL, Drama
•
2025
This Is The Beginning
13m
•
Drama, Experitmental
•
2025
Christopher & the Bug
12m
•
Animation, Comedy
•
2025
Letting You Go
3m
•
Music Video, Dance
•
2025
Fire & Spirits: The Story of the 1875 Dublin Whiskey Fire
10m
•
Documentary, Drama
•
2025
Póg mo Pigeon
7m
•
Animation
•
2025
Knuck & Knuckle
14m
•
Documentary, Sport
•
2025
Grand
13m
•
Comedy, Drama
•
2025
The Axe Forgets
19m
•
History, Drama
•
2025
Short Programme 1
Night Driver
20m
•
Thriller, Drama
•
2025
Little Caesar
6m
•
Animation
•
2025
City in Crisis
7m
•
Documentary
•
2025
Childhood
10m
•
Documentary
•
2025
The Weight of It
16m
•
Drama
•
2025
Prints
18m
•
Thriller, Drama
•
2025
Boobs
16m
•
Documentary, Feminism
•
2025
Reverie
5m
•
Music Video, Magical
•
2025
Short Programme 2
Dad in the Echo
22m
•
Animation, Adventure
•
2025
Pike
12m
•
Drama, debut
•
2025
Departure Time
15m
•
Dark Humor, Thriller
•
2025
AFTER THE BOMB
18m
•
Documentary, debut
•
2025
Cliff Edge
3m
•
Student, Documentary
•
2025
Poison
14m
•
ROMANTIC, Comedy
•
2025
Conveyance
15m
•
Comedy, Horror
•
2025
I'm Grand
19m
•
Documentary
•
2025
Galar | Short Film
22m
•
Drama
•
2025
Short Programme 3
We're Blood
15m
•
Drama, Social
•
2025
The Gathering Light
11m
•
EXPERITMNETAL, student
•
2025
Bunker Baby
17m
•
Comedy, Drama
•
2025
Culture Night
8m
•
Drama, Debut
•
2025
The Mood Swings
19m
•
Documentary
•
2025
A Twistful of Dollars
18m
•
Comedy, Family
•
2025
Dear Dad
6m
•
Student, Documentary
•
2025
Where The Old Man Lives
20m
•
Rural, Drama
•
2025
In 769 km, New York
15m
•
Documentary, War
•
2025
Seven Moments in Time
22m
•
Drama, Comedy
•
2025
Short Programme 4
Being Put Back Together
12m
•
Documentary, Mental Health
•
2025
The Land
13m
•
War, Drama
•
2025
HOT ELEPHANT
13m
•
Dark Drama
•
2025
Memorial
13m
•
Drama
•
2025
Setanta & Jim Cullen
18m
•
Comedy
•
2025
A Sea of colour
10m
•
Documentary, Marine wild life
•
2025
Knoc Knoc
10m
•
Horror, Drama
•
2025
The Burden
8m
•
Animation, Experimental
•
2025
Iascairí na Rinne
7m
•
Documentary, Student
•
2025
Sit with Me While I Die
20m
•
Drama
•
2020
Short Programme 5
It All Comes Down
6m
•
Animation, Documentary
•
2025
The Invitation
11m
•
Drama, Debut
•
2025
LA LIXEIRA - the invisibles' dignity
12m
•
Documentary, Debut
•
2025
Be There
6m
•
Experimental, Drama
•
2025
One Last Show in Taghmon
23m
•
Drama, True Story
•
2025
Dragon's Teeth
21m
•
Documentary, Debut
•
2025
Breathe Truth
14m
•
Comedy, student
•
2025
STALKER
15m
•
Thriller
•
2025
Please Listen to Me
15m
•
Animation, Student
•
2025
Our Father
11m
•
Historic Drama, Debut
•
2025
Sweetie
1m
•
Comedy, Horror
•
2025
Short Programme 6
Permit
12m
•
Dystopian, Drama
•
2025
Worried, Sick
10m
•
Drama, Family
•
2025
Whatever
2m
•
Music Video
•
2025
Bang
9m
•
Comedy, Dark Comedy
•
2025
Encuentro Americano
11m
•
Drama
•
2025
Into The Silence
11m
•
Drama, Historical
•
2025
Seanscoil (Old School)
16m
•
Documentary, Student
•
2025
Let me weep
5m
•
Music Video, Student
•
2025
Echoes In Grey
4m
•
Drama, Experitmental
•
2025
A GUEST IN MY COUNTRY
15m
•
Drama
•
2025
Short Programme 7
Anna
6m
•
Animation
•
2025
Leave Only Footprints
11m
•
Documentary, Student
•
2025
Blood On Your Lips
6m
•
Music Video, Protest Rock
•
2025
Tadhg O'Cáthán and the Corpse
10m
•
Drama, Fantasy
•
2025
Face To Face
5m
•
Dark-Wave, Post-Punk
•
2025
Letter To Ms Weaver
5m
•
Poery, Historic
•
2025
Owner
4m
•
Music, Animation
•
2025
Samhain
15m
•
Fantasy, Drama
•
2025
Witnesses
4m
•
Music Video
•
2025
My Way
11m
•
Drama, Student
•
2025
WIFF 2025 Sponsors
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Waterford City and County Council
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