Pentecost | Oscar® Nominated Short Film about a football fan in trouble for misbehaving in church 

The parallel of the priest's pep talk with a coach's was brilliant.

Unpredictable ending.... Love how the writer executed his mind child. Bravo!!!

I’m not a football fan, but the sport / church parallels were very well done. The look on the bishop’s face at the end was priceless. That kid was me when I was forced to go to church against my better judgement.

And Damian goes on to lead the greatest punk rock band to ever come out of Ireland.

The moment between the father and son at the end was wonderful

Love the melodrama--'we lost him on a technicality" hilarious

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Growing up in the 80's, the expression of the Kid's Dad. I remember when I was 8yrs old goofing around in bathroom located above the Sanctuary during Christmas Play for a small Church. Flooded all the toilets that soaked through the old floorboards raining on Churchgoers sitting in pews. Grounded for a week and my butt was cherry red.

I honestly thought it was a fantasy sequence at the end. Symbolic of him coming through for the “team” and scoring the winning goal by doing so well. Especially with the inner radio commentary Damien heard as he set up for the kick. And the bishop seemed like he was almost cheering…thrilled by the goal. I wonder if this was intended at all.

To the film creator: may all your "problems" in life be limited to this scenario.

I can’t believe he did that after the priest vouched for him 😂😅

The more you pressurise something, the more you’ll end up expressing that 😂😂. The audio editing of what recurred in the boy’s mind was amazing!

A wonderful, hilarious short film about following one’s dream. Brilliant! 😊

Oh lord what a wonderful film! Thank you Peter McDonald!

7:00 -- "And if you keep a clean sheet, you will earn yourself guaranteed first-team selection for noon Mass on Sundays. And if you don't come in, well then, you're pretty much finished in this town." This is not a spoiler, because I don't know whether I'm right or wrong, but here's what I'm thinking the kid is thinking: "OK, if I do well, I'll have to do altar boy duty every frickin' Sunday from now on. And I HATE altar boy duty! All I have to do to get out of it forever is to screw up once today." But he has to balance his hate of being an altar boy against his love of football.

Everytime the incense censer comes out at church, I have to stifle a chuckle.

As a top liverpool fan, i found this short film really amazing😂😂😂😂😂

Loved this hilarious short film! 😂😂😂 Hope it wins the Oscar!

unpredictable ending, makes it a must watch.

Brought a smile to my face. Well done.

My own Dad's name was Finbar and this is the first time I've heard it in a film. There was a St. Finbar's in NYC years ago. Dad hated that kids called him "Finbar, chocolate bar." He would have loved this one.

When I was a little girl , at Tuesday’s evening novena , the alter boy was running late and over filled the incense censer and it was like a smoke bomb..the whole church was cloudy and people were leaving

"We lost him on a technicality, Who's his replacement", the pre mass warm up...get the football reference now lads?

A pure joy to watch.

You will never walk alone...

Whirling around my head throughout was the Father Ted theme. Loved it!

a - ma - zing !!!!! Super enjoyed!

Loved it!

Love it, Goal in one .............

brilliant !

Thanks for uploading. Made my day!

Brilliant 🙏

Superb.

My mum produced this and was nominated for the orcer

I'm all for being a rebel....respectfully. IF this was my son, he would never see football again until he moved out. Granted, there was TOO much pressure on the altar boys but....this....never!

Super wurk. Nailed the ending. 🙂

This is amazing

I'm American-Israeli Jewish and got it perfectly. It was a great job. I saw the football analogy and everything. Fine job.

BELLISSIMOO!!!

My favorit on the channel!

I'm shrieking! you go, boy!

For you Brian... from the biergarten, rest in peace.

Thanks. Have a great day.

“Textbook!”

Fabulous :-))))))

That young boy looks strikingly like a young Harry Kane.

Ha ha! Brilliant!

Makes me smile! That’a boy!

Really nice short film. One of my favourites. The boy is so adorable. 👍👍👍

Wonderfully clever, funny and touching…

Wow 😲

Now that was funny!

This is how Ramsay Bolton got so messed up, jeeze, it all makes sense now! But seriously good short!

hahhahahha......killed it boy!!!! 🤣

fantastic love that kinda spirit definitely be my favourite cousin

I'm beginning to believe that NITV Shorts was created just for me. I've yet to watch a film I do not like. In the mid 80's there was a small group of folk musicians who would perform at our Parrish during Sunday Mass. Our youngest son was about 20 months old and loved going to the "guitar mass", as he called it. As an infant he had been very colic and I would comfort him at night by walking with him and softly singing songs I knew to distract him until he felt better and could sleep. One Sunday our Monsignor, straight out of the Land of Ire, began to lead us in singing The Lord's Prayer. I was holding my son up so he could see the Monsignor well when he burst out with the opening versus of Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys. The monsignor glared at him and the next Sunday, to my wife's dismay, he was banished to a sound proof room in the back of the church. Of course it was all "his father's fault" as my wife put it.

Love it!

So great!

Good lad 😂😂

For those in the comments who say they didn't understand the movie, let's discuss the action and the ending. Beware of spoiler alerts. Here's how I see it: Superficially: Damien didn't want to be an altar boy. If he had done the Archbishop's Mass job perfectly, he was going to be "first team selection" for every Sunday from then on. So he had a choice: do a good job and be stuck as an altar boy for a long time, or do a poor job and not have to be an altar boy again, but also be banned from football by his father. If you look for deeper themes: The whole movie has a football theme more than a religious theme, with the selection of altar boys being like selecting team positions, and the pep talk before the Mass being like something a coach would say to their team before a game. Note the movie is set in 1977 when Liverpool is going to play in the Cup match. Note also that Damien's football poster is of Tommy Smith, who scored the winning goal to win that 1977 Cup match at what was effectively the end of his career. What else do you all have to add? Edited to change alter boy to the correct altar boy. Oops. 😂

jajaja muy bueno!

I've watched this a few times, and, knowing a few died in the wool "Pool fans.... priceless.

really really good film

I Love this short film 😊😊

Papi quiero ser futbolista no monaguillo.. Asi que goooooooooool!!!! 😂

Yes, you did it, boy! 😃😂😁🤣😁 G-o-a-l! ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

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Watch til the end.

@0:50 The man is crossing himself with his left hand - for cinematic purpose, perhaps. But duh, if you are accepting a faith, accept it in toto. There's no sense in 'rebelling' just for the heck of it.

No body can bend your dream

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simply great,like

Pleasant ending !!!.♡♡♡

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Make more videos there 👍

There are two types religions in this world: One is God based and the second one is ball based. A.K.A football.

with angelic grace, ...boot!

Love the kid ⚽️🤟🏿❤😍

Two competing religions. I'm glad that the real one won out in the end.

3:52 song name plz

Good lad 😂

Ha ha ha....good one kid..😂😂😂😂😂

I bet it’s his imagination 😃😄

Film producers have an obligation to contribute with good social messages. Then they can take credit for what's good about their society, religion, country, world. Or as in this case, they can pollute, and take the blame for adding to what's wrong in their society, religion, country, world. Don't complain when things don't go right, when you add, enjoy, or encourage rubbish, & believe you deserve IT when it comes around!! A definite👎for adding insult to injury in the Catholic church. I'm not Catholic, but I consider it to be a religion worthy of respect!! A Point✍of View to consider!!

So gooood😎

❤️❤️❤️

🤣🤣🤣 NOOOOO!!!!

Well, whatever it was, it certainly wasn't Catholic. Our Lord never used Rugby (of as they call it "football" as any kind of symbolism regarding the celebration of Holy Mass. I suppose in a pagan world (especially in Ireland) this passes for humor. To me, it was virtually sacrilegious. And what's with the priest being called "Mr."? Not to mention his insane, unkempt hair. Bah. Go pick on the Baptists!

I too did not get it

😄 Great !! 😆

HOLY CRAP! I'd die if I was his Mother! Reading the comments... yes as a movie its funny. In real life, if it was your child how would you feel for the blatant unprovoked disrespect?

Never thought I'd see 'Rats',(Paths to Freedom),turning to religion,it's a far cry from 'The Celtic tiger rap',so it t'is..A great little short film,The Undertones, 'My perfect Cousin',for the outro is perfection.

Didn’t get it

😁😁 No disrespect, but Iove the ending.....

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Hilarious! Thanks for a lol at 3am!

Don't do it boy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Lời hát của Đức Phúc nghe rất là nhẹ nhàng luôn.

There is time to everything, there is time to play football ,there is time to go to church also because God give talents to play football we have to play but we have to remember to go church also like Sunday school 😊🙏❤

Textbook! 😂

with such simplicity.. the EPL is won.. Liverrrpoooll.. Liverpool ynwa