Film

Escape Routes

10.0202615mDrama

Director: Zoe O'Rourke
Year: 2026

It's dangerous to go alone

Adapted from a short story by Lucy Caldwell. In 1990s Belfast, a lonely young girl becomes entranced by her teenage babysitter, who introduces her to the computer game ‘Zork’ and a brief, bright world of secret codes, imagination, and escape.

Top cast

Cormac McAlinden

Christopher

Emma McDermott

Lisa

Claire Rafferty

Grace

Eímhear Jackson

Kathryn

Rachel O’Connor

Alison

Directed by

Zoe O'Rourke

Written by

Lucy Caldwell

Produced by

Dominic O'Neill, Will McConnell