Desperate Optimists is a creative partnership between Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor.

Since 1992, we have produced a distinctive and ambitious body of work across a range of disciplines most prominently in film.

Central to our work is an ongoing exploration of identity, community, loss, hope, place and belonging. Underpinning these themes is a desire to make work that is engaging, thought-provoking, contemplative and mysterious.

Current projects:

CIVIC LIFE Tour - keep up-to-date with screening details and news.
"An impressive cinematic achievement"
Andrew Pulver, THE GUARDIAN

Tiong Bahru - our latest CIVIC LIFE film shot in Singapore in June 2010.