All Families Are Mad… Not least the Canavans. A drama comedy with a twist set in the wild West of Ireland. When Colm, the head of the family, dies, there are few who mourn his passing, not even his four estranged adult children. But the legalities of his will must be observed and more than one Canavan sibling is harbouring secrets. As the Canavans return to the family home, the fate of the family unit, their sanity and the Canavan estate all hang in the balance.

Blending razor-sharp dialogue with raw emotional depth, the cast delivers powerful performances from Carolyn Bracken (Oddity, The Gone, You are Not my Mother) Lalor Roddy (That They May May Face the Rising Sun), John Connors (Cardboard Gangsters, Love/Hate), Mary Murray (Love/Hate), Jed Murray (Love/Hate), Neill Fleming (Kin), Eric O’Brien and Caroline Harvey, with an original score by acclaimed Irish composer Anna Mullarkey and music from John Francis Flynn.

Directed by Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keefe

Country: Ireland, Language: English, Duration: 88 min, Genres: Drama, Year: 2025

Darkly funny and deeply melancholic, the film turns the family estate into a pressure cooker of grief, grudges and reluctant affection.

The Hollywood Reporter By Scott Roxborough

A tonally well-balanced and well-acted crowdpleaser [...] Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe bring a healthy amount of humour and warmth to this tale of family secrets and reconciliation.

Screen Daily By Amber Wilkinson

Balancing oddball charm with psychological insight, Horseshoe stands as a tribute to rural Ireland and a promising introduction to these two emerging voices in Irish cinema.

Film Ireland by Dora Matijević

2025 San Francisco Irish Film Festival
San Francisco, CA
SOLD OUT
September 18–20, 2025

River Oaks Theatre
Houston, TX
February 18, 2026

Capital Irish Film Festival
Silver Spring, MD
February 26 - March 1, 2026

Woods Hole Film Festival
Woods Hole, MA
March 14, 2026

CINECENTA
Victoria, B.C Canada
March 17-18, 2026

Irish Film Festival Los Angeles
Laemmle Monica Film Center
Santa Monica, CA
March 20 - 22, 2026

QUAD CINEMA
New York, NY
April 24 -30, 2026

The Boedecker
Boulder, CO
April 24 - May 6, 2026

Mary D. Fisher
Sedona, AZ
May 8 - 14, 2026