In 2020, Mescal also starred in the Irish short film "Drifting", directed and written by Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney.
The synopsis reads: "Cian (Mescal) and Pat (Dafhyd Flynn) have been joined at the hip since they were kids and have the run of their small town in the Midlands. Cian is content to coast through a life of booze and casual hook-ups while Pat has to grow weary of his surroundings."
The film played at Galway Film Fleadh, as part of the Galway Arts Festival early in 2020, with a number of screenings across the country in the months that followed.