Solitary

2025, N/R, Ireland, Drama, 86 minutes
  Florida Premiere
  Filmmakers in Attendance
  Juried Film

Director: Eamonn Murphy
Producer: Alan Breslin
Writer: Eamonn Murphy
Cast: Gerry Herbert, Cailum Carragher, Cate Russell, Emmet Kelly

Crafted with striking simplicity and edge-of-your-seat suspense, Solitary tells the story of Brendan, a widowed farmer living a quiet life on the edge of a village in rural Ireland. His days are shaped by familiar routines: managing his dairy cows, making trips into town, visiting the local pub and helping old friends. But when his home is broken into and a violent attack at the pub ends with the death of an old friend, a growing sense of fear and isolation takes hold. As violence touches the community and trust in the system fades, Brendan must confront what it means to feel safe, to grow old and to be truly alone.