Official Trailer
The Film
Dub Daze is a raw, ensemble portrait of youth in modern Dublin. Shot on a shoestring budget over ten months, the film weaves three parallel narratives across the north, south, and centre of the city — each one searching, restless, alive.
Inspired by Linklater's Dazed and Confused and the great tradition of Dublin cinema from Adam & Paul to The Commitments, the film is both a love letter to the city and a genuinely new voice within it. Cinematography by Garreth Caulfield, with a soundtrack drawn entirely from the Irish music scene.
Directed by Shane J. Collins. A Story Creative Artists production.
Three Stories
Soundtrack Artists
Poster
Stills
Photography — Dirty Dublin
Festival Run
Dublin International Film Festival
World Premiere — Cineworld, Feb 23
Discovery Award Nomination. The film that started it all — back home where it belongs.
Austin Revolution Film Festival
Austin, Texas
Dub Daze crosses the Atlantic to one of the US's most vital independent film festivals.
Marbella International Film Festival
Marbella, Spain
Dublin on the Costa del Sol — the film finds its European audience.
Press
A scrappy low-budget charmer — with its sprawling ensemble and multiple narratives — it feels like a home-grown take on American Graffiti, Dazed and Confused, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
HeadStuff — DIFF Review, February 2019
An open and honest love letter to Dublin, written by one of the city's own. The camera lingers just as lovingly on a graffitied wall as it does on the Samuel Beckett Bridge.
Film Ireland Magazine — DIFF Review, February 2019
Dazed and Confused is my all-time favourite film. They're feel-good, go into the cinema, have good craic, and leave feeling happy. That's what I wanted Dub Daze to be.
Shane J. Collins — Scannain Interview, February 2019
Getting to make my first feature film in my hometown, and to have it premiere at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, is a dream come true.
Shane J. Collins — RTÉ Culture, February 2019
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