Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 20/08/2016

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: DOUBLE BILL (AUG 2016)

    POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST

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

    PROGRAMME 1:

    THROUGH ERIN’S ISLE

    This early film made by the Irish Tourist... Read More

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    Times: 13.00

  • BEHEMOTH

    This film was released 19th August 2016, and is no longer screening.

    Exclusively at the IFI.

    ★★★★★ Financial Times

    Named after the Biblical monster, Zhao Liang’s Behemoth refers
 to a contemporary horror: the industrialisation of Inner Mongolia, a vast region... Read More

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    Times: 20.45

  • BOBBY SANDS: 66 Days

    ★★★★★ – RTE.ie

    In the spring of 1981 Bobby Sands, a Republican prisoner in Belfast’s H-Block, began a sixty-six day hunger strike which drew the attention of the world to his campaign for recognition as a political prisoner. This focus... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.30

  • ELAINE MAY: A NEW LEAF

    This film screened 20th August 2016.

    The screening will be introduced by writer, actor and comedian Moira Brady Averill.

    May worked as a comedian, playwright and actress before embarking on A New Leaf, her directorial debut which she wrote and... Read More

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    Times: 16.00

  • THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER

    This film was released 19th August 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★★ Irish Times

    An extreme case of nature versus nurture is expounded in this debut from actor-turned-director Brady Corbet; an adaptation of a Jean-Paul Sartre story, The Childhood... Read More

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    Times: 13.30 | 20.20

  • TICKLED

    This film was released 19th August 2016, and is no longer screening.

    Exclusively at the IFI.

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    An investigative reporter gets considerably more than he bargained for when he scratches the surface of an underground ‘competitive endurance tickling’... Read More

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    Times: 14.30 | 18.15

  • VIVA

    This film was released 19th August 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    Against the fading grandeur of contemporary Havana, Jesus (Héctor Medina), an impoverished, sensitive young make-up assistant escapes the grim reality of everyday life through his... Read More

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    Times: 13.40 | 15.50 | 18.00 | 20.10

  • WIENER-DOG

    This film was released 12th August 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★★ – Independent

    Todd Solondz’s films depict the dark side of American suburbia. No subject proves taboo as he creates characters at once sympathetic and abhorrent, and he... Read More

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    Times: 18.45


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