Irish Film Institute -BEFORE SUNSET

WHAT'S ON - 29/05/2013

  • A HIJACKING

    On May 17th (18.30 screening) we are delighted to welcome John Toner (President of Irish Chamber of Shipping), Anthony Gurnee (Ardmore Shipping), Gary Porter, one of the film’s cast and a security expert; and Chirag Bahri, an Indian seafarer who was held hostage... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00|18.40

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: PROGRAMME 1 (MAY 2013)

    Join us for FREE screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive (see calendar for dates and times). Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office. 

    This month: more nostalgic snapshots of Ireland (some more accurate than others.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.10

  • EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN

    Viggo Mortensen stars in Ana Piterbarg’s directorial debut as twin brothers Agustín and Pedro. Agustín is a successful doctor, married to the attractive Claudia (Soledad Villamil, The Secret in their Eyes), and ultimately frustrated with his life. Pedro, on the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10|20.50

  • GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES

    Originally released as part of a double bill with My Neighbour Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies is a more mature film, set in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. It begins with the death of 14-year-old Seita, whose... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 21.10

  • MUD

    In this backwoods Arkansas rites-of-passage story, Matthew McConaughey continues his transformation from fading heart-throb to compelling character actor, as a fugitive ne’er-do-well (his name is indeed ‘Mud’) who promises two local lads his wreck of a boat if they help... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.40

  • MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO

    Hayao Miyazaki’s second film for Studio Ghibli, My Neighbour Totoro was one of the first to draw international attention to Japanese animation, and is now generally considered one of the best in the genre. Its appeal is not hard to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.30

  • SOMETHING IN THE AIR

    The brilliant Olivier Assayas surveyed the ‘70s radical terrorist landscape in his epic Carlos and now he revisits his own back pages in 1971 Paris, reconciling raging hormones, post-‘68 ideological ferment and the nascent stirrings of creativity. It’s a fascinating... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.40|16.10|18.40

  • THE CRITICAL TAKE (MAY 2013)

    The Critical Take, the IFI’s FREE monthly forum on film, will meet on May 29th (18.30) to discuss the re-issue of Jerry Schatzberg’s Scarecrow (1973) starring Gene Hackman, Olivier Assayas’ new film Something in the Air and Tobias Lindholm’s A... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS

    IFI CLASSIC

    Director Bob Rafelson and his leading man Jack Nicholson created a sensation together with 1970’s Five Easy Pieces, but their moody and melancholy second collaboration has never quite had the attention it deserves. Both are films about the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.40

  • WILD STRAWBERRIES & BEALTAINE 2013: THE GREAT GATSBY

    Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, the story of Nick Carraway and his fascination with the lavish lifestyle of his Long Island neighbour J. Gatsby gets the full period treatment in this version by British director, Jack Clayton. The... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00


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