LAMB, written & directed by Sinéad O'Loughlin, is a tense psychological thriller about one woman trying to survive when a stranger walks into her isolated rural home. Starring Aoife Duffin (Moone Boy, Resistance) and Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment, Normal People, Vivarium, Smother), LAMB is the third short film by award winning filmmaker Sinéad O’Loughlin (Homecoming, Stray).

The film received its World Premiere at Tribeca festival and its Irish Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh. It was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Live Action Short in 2023 and has qualified for the Academy Award longlist for Best Live Action Short for 2024. The film has won several other awards including:

First Prize for Best Screenplay at the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022

Audience Award - Best Short Film, Cork International Film Festival 2022

Best Short Film, Dublin International Film Festival 2023

Best Sound Design, Fastnet Film Festival 2023

Best Cinematography, Beara Film Festival 2023

Best International Short Film, Bengaluru International Short Film Festival 2023

Best Director - Sinéad O’Loughlin, Spookscreen Film Festival 2023

Best Actor - Éanna Hardwicke, Louth International Film Festival 2023

Best Actor - Éanna Hardwicke, Disappear Here Film Festival 2023

Lamb is supported by Screen Ireland as part of its Focus Shorts scheme for emerging filmmakers with bold and original voices and was one of four projects chosen out of 130 applications for funding.