Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 05/12/2012

  • AFTERNOON TALK: THE CINEMA OF STRIKING BACK

    What business does a cultural institution have screening action movies? What indeed? Dr. Harvey O’Brien, of the UCD School of English, Drama, and Film, and author of the new book Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back (Columbia University Press,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • ALAMAR

    A blend of documentary and drama, this is a gentle story of father-son bonding in the stunningly beautiful setting of Blanco Chinchorro, a coral reef off the coast of Mexico. 5-year-old Natan, leaves his mother, and his home in Italy,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 10.30

  • AMOUR

    Director Michael Haneke explores the meaning of love in this deeply affecting character drama which deservedly won the 2012 Cannes Palme d’Or. Police break in to a central Paris apartment uncertain what awaits them, and the story behind these tragic... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00|20.50

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME DECEMBER 2012: PROGRAMME 2

    Join us for FREE screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office.

    This month we present a ‘Bleak Midwinter’ programme – a stark alternative to the usual Christmas fare.  

    PROGRAMME 2: AMHARC... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.10

  • DEATH OF A SUPERHERO

    There will be a Q&A with director Ian Fitzgibbon hosted by Newstalk’s Philip Molloy following the 18.20 screening of his film on November 30th.

    Shown to fantastic audience response as the Closing Gala of this year’s Jameson Dublin International Film... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00|18.20

  • SIGHTSEERS

    If the confrontational Kill List placed Ben Wheatley among British cinema’s most incendiary new talents, this latest exercise in ultra-black comedy and squirm-inducing social observation certainly confirms it. If the idea of blending, say, Mike Leigh’s Nuts in May with... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.20|20.30

  • THE HUNT

    He’s played a Viking warrior in Valhalla Rising, a revolutionary physician in A Royal Affair and even set about 007’s gentlemanly parts in Casino Royale; clearly, there are few limits to Mads Mikkelsen’s abilities, and winning the Best Actor Award... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.50|18.20|20.50

  • THE MASTER

    Following the elemental There Will be Blood was always going to be a challenge for writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, so this latest drama operates on a more intimate scale, yet with hardly less expressive intensity.

    America, post-WWII, and traumatised ex-sailor... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.20|18.10


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