Sludge (2026)

In her striking first feature, Sludge, director Sinead Murphy centers on a young unhoused woman navigating the margins of modern Ireland, consumed by an unspoken love for her closest friend. Tormented by shattered, haunting recollections and eerie glimpses of a shadowy, hooded presence, she fights to keep her grip on reality while her friend gets pulled into a perilous criminal underbelly. As everything around her crumbles, she is forced to reckon with the horrifying secret behind the specter that hunts her—and to confront the sinister forces lurking inside herself.