BIFF 2026 - The Lost Children of Taum
<div>- WINNER: Best Irish Film, Galway Film Fleadh -</div><div>- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Toronto International Film Festival -</div><div><br></div><div>From producer Liam Neeson, this powerful true story of an amateur historian’s tenacious pursuit of truth won the Best Irish Film award at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.</div><div><br></div><div>The film follows Catherine Corless (BAFTA-winner Monica Dolan, Days of the Bagnold Summer) as she begins researching “Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home”, a former institution for unmarried mothers and their children in Tuam, County Galway.</div><div><br></div><div>Catherine soon uncovers one of the darkest chapters in modern Irish history, a long-buried story of neglect and loss. Faced with deafening silence from the church and state, she embarks on a campaign for justice, confronting deep wounds that continue to shape Ireland today.</div><div><br></div><div>Monica Dolan turns in a phenomenally convincing performance as Corless, worthy of her compassionate, intelligent real-life counterpart. The Lost Children of Tuam is a moving testimony to the power of perseverance, and a reminder that change can begin with one person.</div>Biography, Drama, HistoryPT1H24M2026-11-08Monica Dolan
Ian McElhinney
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Frank Berry
BIFF 2026 - The Lost Children of Taum"BIFF 2026 - The Lost Children of Taum"Showtimes
October 30, 12:30 pm
November 8, 12:30 pm
November 17, 7:15 pm
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