38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Once a Man Called Omar

Michael Joyce

Image Once a Man Called Omar
Ireland
2000 Fiction 22 min
Omar is an Algerian refugee in Ireland awaiting the outcome of his request for asylum, increasingly isolated from the world outside his flat...
With : Hocine Mohammedi, Leonard Abrahamson, Ian Joyce
Screenplay : Michael Joyce
Image : Stephen Rennick
Sound : Niall Rennick
Editing : Michael Joyce
Production : Garage Films LTD
66 Fitzwilliam, Dublin2 - Ireland
tel : 33 1 43 37 20 04
Michael Joyce has previously worked in video on low budget documentary films. Once a Man Called Omar is his first short film.