Bobby (Cillian Sullivan) is obsessed with the tv detective Kojak. In his 11-year-old worldview, the iconic TV detective is a hero worth emulating amid the drab world of 1980s Dublin. At home, things are less rosy. His combustible dad (Laurence O’Fuarain) is clashing hard with Bobby’s rebellious older brother Oisín (Lewis Brophy), much to the misery of mum Maura (Danielle Galligan) and his nan (Pom Boyd). When Oisín storms out and subsequently disappears, Bobby sets out to investigate, “the story turning into a Roddy Doyle-ish sweet-and-salty setup, to a ­grittier loss-of-innocence drama, as Oisín’s fate is revealed to be tied up with the drugs crisis ravaging Dublin at the time” (Irish Independent).

“Marks a new generation in front and behind the lens” Screen International

Dir. Brian Durnin 91mins