Pia Kirby Roycroft
Directing
Biography
Pia Kirby is a published film critic and award winning filmmaker. Having worked as a critic for Film Ireland and the Young Irish Critics, as well as curating shorts programs for the Dublin International Film Festival and PRISMA Queer Film Festival, Pia Kirby has an extensive knowledge of filmmaking from both a production and criticism standpoint. They are most known for their recent film Same Old Meat (2024), which the script for the film was nominated for a National Student Media (SMEDIA) award in Dublin in 2024. Their 2023 film Hysterics won the 'Best Horror' award at The People's Picturehouse in Cork in 2024. Though their main area of expertise is horror, they are open to other genres as well. Pia Kirby is notable in that the special effects used in their films are often done by themself, since they are trained in practical effects, prosthetics and blood work. They have also worked on a few music videos as a production designer, namely Repent by the band 'girlfriend', and Weed Addict by the band 'Peer Pleasure'.
Known For
a soldier returns from a war in Europe, only to grow more bitter as he realises a more sinister truth.
Mirage
John, a young man struggling with the death of his brother, looks to get revenge on the men who took him out. But as the lies build up, the true identity of his brothers killer becomes more and more difficult to grasp.
I Fear The Man I’ve Become
A woman who gave up her dream career as a surgeon struggles daily with her man-child of a husband and decides to start practicing suturing once more.
Same Old Meat
Deirdre, who is new to relationships is met with the struggle many people with uteruses have to go through each month; the age old question "Am I sick, or am I pregnant?"
Hysterics
Caroline, an artist who's greatest creation - her son - was taken away from her, struggles to find meaning in her art. When the pressure from her assistant Anastasia rises, Caroline decides to recreate her son once more, this time in clay.