Liadán Roche

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A trans woman filmmaker and playwright. From Cork, now based in Dublin.

Screenwriter, playwright and film director.

As a delusional woman, I make art about delusional women.

Email: liadroche (@) gmail.com

HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE (2026)

Director, Co-Writer and Co-Producer

Without a place of their own, trans lovers Grace and Billy find intimacy in an extra-dimensional room; but just like the city outside, the room itself threatens to swallow them whole.

SCREENINGS

BELFAST FILM FESTIVAL
In Competition
CORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
In Competition

TERRATOMA (2024)

Director, Writer, Editor and Co-Composer

Trying to recreate a traumatic relationship, Alice begins an invasive and deeply personal film project, dragging her loved ones into the film and destroying their relationships for her art.

SCREENINGS

BFI FLARE: LONDON LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
IRIS PRIZE LGBTQ+ FILM FESTIVAL
Longlisted: Iris Prize
GAZE INTERNATIONAL LGBTQIA FILM FESTIVAL
Honorable Mention: Best Irish Short Jury Award
TRANS GENRE, TRANS FORM SYMPOSIUM
Official Selection
FÉSTIVAL DÉSIR…DÉSIRS
Official Selection
HARD DONE BY
Curated screening at FACETS
TRANS IMAGE/TRANS EXPERIENCE FILM FESTIVAL
Winner: Audience Award for Best Short Film
THE TRANSINTERNATIONAL SHORTS BLOCK
Curated screening at Stray Cat Film Center
QUEER FILM FESTIVAL MUNICH
Official Selection
TGIRLSONFILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
TITE ON TOUR
TITE Film Festival touring programme screening at Stray Cat Film Centre, Queen’s Film Theatre, Letterkenny Pride, Cinequeer Galway, Wexford Pride, Spectacle NYC
TRANS VIDEO REBELS
Curated screening at The Cabaret Room

BROODMARE (IN DEVELOPMENT)

Writer

Jamie and Freya’s attempt at sexual roleplay takes a turn for the worse after Jamie discloses her transness and Freya begins falling into fascist delusions.

Work-in-progress short play performed at the Soho Theatre in March 2025, featuring Iz Hesketh (Hollyoaks, Tiptoe) as Jamie. Full length play began development through Fishamble Theatre’s ‘Cruising the Boards’ workshop series. Developed further through the SDCC Individual Artist Bursary and the Abbey Theatre’s ‘Box of Tricks’ development programme.

EXQUISITE CORPSE (2023)

Writer

After being fatally wounded in a hate crime, Brooke recounts her life to a hungry apparition that feeds off her memories.

First performed in the Soho Theatre in September 2023, featuring Imogen Kelly as Brooke and Jenet Le Lacheur as the Apparition. Script featured in the anthology ‘TOWER VOL. 2: HOLE’.

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