Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 23/11/2014

  • DIPLOMACY

    Based on Cyril Gély’s play, this fictitious encounter compresses the extraordinary yet true circumstances of late 1944.

    Under Hitler’s orders, if Paris should fall to enemy hands then ‘only as a field of rubble’ General von Choltitz (Niels Arestrup) has mines planted and ready to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.15

  • FRENCH FEST: MASTERCLASS: LITERARY ADAPTATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS (FREE EVENT)

    Pascale Ferran will be hosting a masterclass moderated by Dr. Brigitte Le Juez (DCU) and Dr. Patrick Brereton (DCU).

    Free but ticketed. Contact the Box Office on 01-6793477 or email at boxoffice@irishfilm.ie to secure a seat.

    This masterclass will be immediately... Read More

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    Times: 12.00

  • GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (3D)

    This screening will be introduced by artist Gerard Byrne. 

    Jean-Luc Godard continues to do what he’s done for his entire career, fearlessly exploring the possibilities of cinema, while consistently provoking audiences, demanding a response.

    Here, he presents a girl, a gun and a dog,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 19.00

  • LADY CHATTERLEY

    Director Pascale Ferran will participate in a post-screening Q&A.

    Constance Chatterley’s everyday life, in a fascinating portrayal by Marina Hands, is dull and comfortable – the clock chimes, mealtime, walks in the park… Her husband Sir Clifford, crippled in the Great War, suffers from sexual... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  • LEVIATHAN

    Closing this Thursday, December 4th

    Exclusively at the IFI

    Acclaimed filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev has established himself as a significant presence in world cinema with films such as The Return (2003), The Banishment (2007) and Elena (2011). Winner of the best... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.15

  • MARY IS HAPPY, MARY IS HAPPY

    This film is closing on Thursday, November 27th. 

    EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI

    There have been a number of films which have attempted to address the effect social media has had on people’s lives and the way we communicate in the modern... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • THE IMITATION GAME

    Alan Turing was a brilliant Cambridge mathematician who was instrumental in shortening World War II, having been employed by the British military to crack Nazi codes. His top secret work with others at Bletchley Park has been celebrated since information... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00|15.30|17.50

  • TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER…

    This is possibly Godard’s richest film, brimming with the various experiments that so fascinated him during the mid-’60s. This examination of suburban evolution focuses on the so-called ‘shooting stars’, part-time prostitutes that sold their bodies to supplement their income, a new phenomenon borne out of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 17.15

  • WINTER SLEEP

    Closing this Thursday, December 4th

    Aydin (Haluk Bilginer) is a former actor, a middle-aged man now running a small hotel in Anatolian foothills. He lives with his young wife Nihal (Melisa Sözen), and the couple are offering support and shelter... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

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