Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 24/02/2013

  • FIRE IN THE BLOOD

    EXCLUSIVELY AT THE IFI

    Justifiable anger seethes from this consciousness-raising documentary fresh from its premiere at Sundance. How is it, asks filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray, that the major pharmaceutical companies can deny treatment to the developing world by pricing their... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16:30|18:30

  • FOR ELLEN

    Korean-born, American-raised indie filmmaker So Yong Kim has steadily been building a growing critical reputation for her naturalistic, pared-down yet subtly emotive approach to storytelling last seen in Treeless Mountain, an affecting study of a fraught Korean childhood. This wintry road... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • HITCHCOCK

    This affectionate, if somewhat speculative biographical drama suggests it wasn’t always easy being ‘The Master of Suspense’. Anthony Hopkins gets the voice just right, captures corpulent Hitchcock’s oddly dainty physicality, and delivers a touching portrait of a man whose cinematic... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.20

  • IFI & JDIFF COLLABORATION: A TRIBUTE TO KIERAN HICKEY (PROGRAMME 2)

    We are delighted to welcome Kieran’s friend, Theatre Director Patrick Mason to introduce both programmes. 

    AttractaAdapted from William Trevor’s short story, this beautiful film about redemption and forgiveness follows the descent into madness of Attracta (Wendy Hiller), a retired Protestant... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40

  • IFI & JDIFF: JEM COHEN SHORTS PROGRAMME 2

    Gravity Hill Newsreels Series One (1 – 5 of 12 short films about Occupy Wall Street)The first five films shot by Cohen about the Occupy Wall Street movement, all recorded during October 2011. (24 minutes, 2011/’12, HD)

    Long for the CityA... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

  • IFI FAMILY: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

    One of the most beloved children’s books by the late author Maurice Sendak is adapted for this gorgeous film, through a collaboration between the writer, director Spike Jonze and writer Dave Eggars. 

    The film tells the story of Max, an... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • LORE

    It’s taken Australian writer-director Cate Shortland eight years to follow her brilliant debut Somersault, but the unexpected German-language result only underlines her status as a talent of rare sensitivity and ambition. Set during the final days of WWII, this adaptation... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.50

  • MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

    Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) begins his film with the case of Milwaukee priest Father Lawrence Murphy, who for decades abused students in the school for the deaf in which he worked, and builds to an... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • NORTH BY NORTHWEST

    We are delighted to be joined by Dr. Harvey O’Brien (UCD Film Studies lecturer) on February 24th who will introduce the screening.

    The formula used for The 39 Steps in 1930s Britain, and then of Saboteur in wartime America –... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.10

  • TO THE WONDER

    As he approaches his 70th birthday, Terrence Malick has picked up the pace, taking only a year or so since the Cannes-winning The Tree of Life to deliver his latest achingly beautiful drama of the body and the spirit. The... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.20|15.50|20.50

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