Three unlikely thieves, led by a woman on the verge of a breakdown, rob a rural Irish Credit Union.
Déanann triúr gadaí neamhghnách comhar creidmheasa tuaithe a robáil, faoi stiúr bean atá ar tí cliseadh. Osclaíonn Aontas ar iarmhairt thragóideach na gadaíochta a chuaigh chun donais agus insítear an scéal droim ar ais go nochtar na heachtraí a tharla roimh ré, ag cur os ár gcomhair léiriú de bhean cheanndána atá cráite ag a cuimhní féin.
Opening in the tragic aftermath of the heist-gone-wrong, the story uses reverse chronology to unravel the events that led to this point. What starts as a poorly executed robbery becomes a portrait of a wilful woman trapped in her own past. Aontas is a fractured puzzle about the impact of our choices and the memories that we can’t escape.
Directed by Damian McCann and starring Carrie Crowley, Brid Brennan, and Eva-Jane Gaffney, this Irish-language heist film won Best Feature and Best Director at the 2025 Manchester Film Festival.
"Aontas is a rare gem - a thriller that leaves you on the edge of your seat as the revelations spool out, but also a masterwork of film construction and craft." Film Threat
"A cinematic exercise in how far you can take a classic narrative and get away with it." Screen International
Cast
Carrie Crowley is best known for playing Eibhlín in An Cailín Ciúin, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2022 Oscars. Her most recent roles include Assumpta in Hope Street series 3 & 4, Hilde in Vikings: Valhalla season 3, Veronica Sloan in Obituary and Rose Dugdale’s mother in the feature film, Baltimore. Previously she portrayed Mairéad in all three series of Smother and Síle in a tryptych of shorts, Is Olc an Ghaoth. She also recently returned to her hometown Waterford to play Dolly in Jim Nolan’s latest work, Castel Gandolfo on stage.
Bríd Brennan is a Tony award winning actor known for her stage and screen work, notably Dancing at Lughnasa, where she originated the role of Agnes, Playboy of the Western World and The Ferryman, while her screen credits include Brooklyn, Peaky Blinders, Shadow Dancer and Dalgliesh. Aontas marks her second time working with director Damian McCann, having starred in his debut feature, Doineann. Originally from Belfast, Bríd now lives in London and works between Ireland and England.
Eva-Jane Gaffney is an actor from Dublin. She was a member of the first Actors Studio in The Factory, now known as Bow Street Academy, where she trained under multiple directors including John Carney and Kirsten Sheridan. Recent credits include Prisoner B in Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow at the Abbey Theatre. On screen, her work includes Kin (AMC/RTÉ), Harry Wild (Acorn TV), The Delinquent Season (Mark O'Rowe), Can't Cope Won't Cope (RTÉ 2), Sing Street and Éirí Amach Amú (TG4). Theatre credits include Rapids (Shaun Dunne), HEROIN 2018 (THEATREclub), The Twenty Club (Glass Mask Theatre), and Becoming Maggie (The New Theatre).