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This film was released 2nd September 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★★ Movies.ie
★★★★ Irish Times
Joint winner of Best Irish Feature at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, A Date for Mad Mary, based on Yasmine Akram’s theatrical monologue, sees... Read More
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This film was released 28th October 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★★ Cineman
Join us for a special Rhone wine-tasting in conjunction with Inter-Rhône Rhone Wine Week Ireland, as part of Rhône Wine Week, (Oct 29th... Read More
This film was released 14th October 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★★ Telegraph
★★★★★ Independent
18-year-old Star (newcomer Sasha Lane) abandons her hardscrabble life on the fringes of society in Andrea Arnold’s electrifying take on that American staple, the... Read More
This film screened 12th October 2016.
Also a Jury Prize winner at Cannes, Fish Tank is centred on a remarkable performance from novice Katie Jarvis as Mia, a lonely, angry 15-year-old whose only interest and outlet is dancing. With her... Read More
This film screened 8th October 2016.
Jackie (Kate Dickie) works at a Glasgow CCTV monitoring centre, observing and noting the transgressions of others. One man, Clyde (Tony Curran), an ex-convict, catches her eye, and when he passes beyond the perimeter... Read More
This film screened 16th October 2016.
Previously tackled by filmmakers as diverse as Jacques Rivette and Luis Buñuel, Arnold’s terse adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel emphasises its rougher edges, most notably in casting Heathcliff as Afro-Caribbean, adding extra layers to... Read More
Join us for free screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect tickets at IFI Box Office.
This programme is in two parts:
Part 1 plays on Mondays. Part 2 plays on Wednesdays. Parts 1 & 2... Read More
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GAEL LINN: AMHARC ÉIREANN NEWSREELS
Marvel at inaugural flights to Malaga and New York, new airliners, the training of air hostesses, and the arrival of stars!
FILM INFO: 7 mins, 1956-1964, Black and White
RADHARC: BLESSING... Read More
This film was released 30th September 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★★ Financial Times
Ana, an aimless twenty-six-year-old returns to her hometown of Strasbourg in an effort to shake up her somewhat rudderless life in Rachel Lang’s wryly amusing... Read More
★★★★ Telegraph
Jesse Eisenberg is the latest in a continuum of leading men who have essayed versions of Woody Allen’s unique persona in the director’s later years, and... Read More
We are delighted to welcome Polish film and theatre actor Wojciech Pszoniak to speak about his career following a screening of the late Andrzej Wajda’s Danton. This 1983 French-Polish coproduction – winner of, amongst other awards, the BAFTA for Best... Read More
This film was released on Friday 29th September 2017 and is no longer screening.
This film is F-Rated. Find out more here.
There will be Open Captioned screenings of Daphne on Tuesday, October 3rd at 13.30 and Wednesday, October 4th... Read More
This film screened 26th October 2016.
This month’s pairing of a main course and a film is Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake.
The scenario in the film is pure Loach: carpenter Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is convalescing from a mild heart... Read More
This film screened 27th October 2016.
The programme will be introduced by Roy Spence.
We mark World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (a UNESCO initiative) with a programme of films by award-winning amateur, Roy Spence. For the past 50 years Roy... Read More
This film was released 21st October 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★ – Irish Times
In their documentary debut Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure Ambrose O’Higgins (father of... Read More
This film was released 16th September 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★★ Empire
From director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) comes this good-natured and very funny story of rebellious city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison),... Read More
This film was released on Friday 20th October 2017 and is no longer screening.
Welsh-Zambian director Rungano Nyoni casts a baleful eye over the status of women in Zambian society in her satirical début feature that screened to... Read More
This film screened 15th October 2016.
Expanding the idea of cinema to other forms of projection, from the ancient art of memory to early modern education, wildlife exhibition design to life-size architectural experiments, reading to forecasting, this programme comprises a... Read More
This film screened 30th October 2016.
This classic sci-fi from Joe Dante features a young Ethan Hawke who plays Ben, a teenager obsessed with aliens and 1950s sci-fi films. He has a recurring dream about a blueprint and he awakens... Read More
Anthology film The Dark Tapes offers tales of haunted houses and alien abductions. The Rift sees a US military team encounter the unexpected in Serbia.
Screening as part of IFI Horrorthon 2016.
Join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of two very different creature-features: David Cronenberg’s superior and cerebral remake, and Stephen Herek’s amusing and entertaining debut.
*Tickets for this screening have sold out*
One of the year’s most exciting horror films sees passengers on a train attempting to survive when fellow travellers are attacked by zombies.
IFI Horrorthon is pleased to offer Rob Zombie fans the opportunity to see his latest film on the big screen in this exclusive Irish screening.
A group of snowboarders are trapped in an après-ski lodge when a scientific experiment goes wrong, resulting in an epidemic of zombies and mutant wildlife.
When the proprietor of a video store disappears, his sons find a strange board game amongst his stock that may solve the mystery, even as it endangers them.
When Sir John Rowan’s fiancée’s face is badly disfigured in an accident, he pledges to reverse the damage by whatever means necessary…
Screening as part of the Horrorthon Honours programme at IFI Horrorthon 2016.
A young couple in the early stages of their romance find themselves in potentially lethal danger when they decide to camp in a remote area.
The screening will be introduced by director Mark Sheridan.
Screening as part of IFI Horrorthon... Read More
In this 80s science fiction horror classic from the creators of Alien, a sheriff investigates when the townspeople commit a series of grisly murders.
A police detective is forced to enlist the aid of a strange young woman when his daughter is abducted by a sinister cult.
The screening will be introduced by director Zoe Kavanagh.
Penn Jillette plays a deluded crowd-funder who presents his own cut, with commentary, of the film in which he ‘stars’ with Missi Pyle.
Dolph Lundgren plays an ageing demon hunter called upon to save a small town when an ancient evil is unleashed in this perfect Saturday-night treat.
Events spiral dangerously out of control when a documentary maker takes a self-styled Dublin gangster as the subject of his latest film.
The screening will be introduced by director Jason Figgis
In Hidden in the Woods, two sisters escape from their abusive father, while She Rises sees a host terrify a holiday couple. Both films star Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc.
An aspiring horror filmmaker must overcome the obstacles and bad ideas put in her way by her male colleagues in this sharp and very funny film.
The screening will be introduced by director Kate Shenton.
Screening as part of IFI... Read More
Director Steven DeGennaro breathes new life into the subgenre with this smart and witty story of a group of filmmakers who find themselves trapped in a 3D movie.
Charley Brewster reunites with Peter Vincent to once again battle vampires in this extremely rare opportunity to see the film on the big screen.
A young woman kidnapped for ransom is not as helpless as she seems, and quickly turns the tables on her captors, using them to call forth a demon.
After an amnesiac (Iko Uwais, The Raid) is nursed back to health by a devoted young doctor, his past comes back to haunt him.
After being executed for the murder of a nun, a man who may have been innocent reaches from beyond the grave to punish his accusers.
Four teens travel to the titular lake to try to reconstruct Finland’s most notorious unsolved murders, but the line between fantasy and reality is quickly blurred.
Following an accident, a young woman’s mental state deteriorates when she discovers that she has a growth in her head, the remnants of a twin absorbed in utero.
Anti-social Spence takes an experimental drug that forces him to see the world differently just as he becomes involved in a plot to murder his girlfriend’s father.
When his father is released from prison, a young man prepares to take revenge on the man who killed his brother, and left him deaf-mute.
Three young women wake after a night of partying stitched together in one body. Together they must find who’s responsible, and make them pay.
A lonely man gets more than he bargained for when he kidnaps the object of his affections in a film full of surprises.
After being forced to eat meat while being hazed at a new school, dedicated vegetarian Justine discovers an overwhelming appetite in one of the year’s most disturbing films.
The IFI Horrorthon team has once again selected the best new shorts from around the world that prove the wealth of emerging talent in the horror genre.
Previous surprise films have included The Witch, The Others, The Machinist, and Paranormal Activity. There’s only one way to find out what this year’s will be!
Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch are father-and-son coroners asked to examine an unidentified corpse whose death becomes more mysterious as they continue their work.
A submarine team searching for a mysterious object on the ocean floor are forced to fight for their lives when their craft is stranded.
The screening will be introduced by director Ben Parker.
Seductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Germany.
Maria and Frieda, recently orphaned identical twins, move from Venice to Karnstein to live with their uncle Gustav Weil, a leader of a fanatical witch-hunting brotherhood.
Screening as part of the Horrorthon Honours programme of IFI Horrorthon 2016.
A desperate mother is brought back from the dead to save her child from becoming the victim of a ritual sacrifice.
Recommended age 15+
Working part-time in an undertakers, and listening repeatedly to Kurt Cobain, Charleen focuses on the darker side of life. Her mother thinks her daughter is depressed but, in fact, all she wants is some peace, so she... Read More
This film screened 6th October 2016 & 16th March 2017.
Wide-eyed, rebellious ’gangsta’ Ricky is bounced to yet another foster home on the edge of the New Zealand wilderness. For the welfare worker he’s a ‘real bad egg’, but kindly... Read More
Set in a remote Turkish village, this Oscar-nominated drama depicts the lives of five orphaned sisters and the challenges they face growing up as girls in a conservative community. Longing to have their own freedom, they are forbidden by their... Read More
The Arab Spring of 2011 was sparked by the Jasmine Revolution of Tunisia. In Paris, people take to the streets in support, but 14-year-old Marwenn, though of Tunisian background, has no interest in politics. Then he stumbles... Read More
For 2017 Leaving Certificate candidates we offer an extended introduction to this popular choice, followed by a 15 minute presentation on a key scene. Colin Firth is the reluctant monarch, King George VI, who overcomes his speech disability with the... Read More
20-year-old Alma works on a chicken farm in the austerity-hit Castellón region of Spain. Her grandfather is on hunger strike, and has not spoken since her father sold the family’s ancient olive tree. Alma believes the only way... Read More
The latest film from documentary filmmaker Michael Moore who has made his name with brash, humorous and fearless critiques of American policy. In this documentary, Moore playfully ‘invades’ nations from which he believes America... Read More
This film screened 14th October 2016.
This Today Tonight investigation for RTÉ told the story of how former property tycoon Patrick Gallagher’s business empire collapsed leaving 600 small depositors without their savings. It was broadcast almost three months after its... Read More
Journalist and broadcaster, Olivia O’Leary chairs a public interview with award-winning producer/director, Janet Traynor (RTÉ Investigations Unit) whose work has received recognition at home and abroad and has influenced legislative changes here in Ireland.... Read More
Documentary films have the power to expose corruption, criminality and the darker parts of the human experience. They can both destroy lives and vindicate victims. They even have the power to change the law.... Read More
This film screened 5th October 2016.
Join us for our focus on new Irish film and filmmakers.
In war-torn 1977 Belfast three brothers and a friend formed The Outcasts, a band that would lead the punk explosion while rejecting the... Read More
★★★★★ Metro
★★★★★ The Skinny
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In July 1974, 29-year-old Florida-based television reporter Christine Chubbuck shot and killed herself live on air in the opening segment... Read More
In dealing with his country’s past, Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán creates this exquisite cerebral film that contrasts the magnificent unpolluted skies above the desert as a place where astronomers gather to ponder the cosmos, with the local women searching for... Read More
Documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta shows how you can make a sports story appeal through his combination of interviews, footage and thrilling scenes communicated with his own passion. In this history of surfing, the wow factor runs high as we watch... Read More
How to document a single life when it is your own? French New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda offers her memories, prompted by footage from her films. Dr Abigail Keating, who lectures on women in film, documentary and European cinemas, will... Read More
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi remains banned from filmmaking. Sitting in his apartment awaiting the judge’s ruling on an appeal, alone except for a pet iguana, he invites his friend to come over, and starts to reflect on his films. While... Read More
This film was released on Friday 13th October 2017 and is no longer screening.
The screening on Friday October 13th at 18.30 was followed be a Q&A with director Mark Noonan and Dr. Sandra O’Connell (The Royal Institute of the... Read More
This film was released 23rd September 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★★ The Guardain
★★★★★ Radio Times
Ira Sachs follows up Love is Strange (2014) with another exploration of male love, though this time it is the intense bond... Read More
This film was released 28th November 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★ Movies.ie
★★★★ Rolling Stone
Werner Herzog turns his singular brand of cultural analysis to the defining technological development of our age – the Internet – and finds... Read More
This film screened 13th October 2016.
*Tickets for this event have sold out*
Director Werner Herzog will participate in a live satellite for a Q&A hosted by Richard Ayoade following a screening of his new documentary film Lo and Behold:... Read More
This film was released 7th October 2016, and is no longer screening.
★★★★ Entertainment.ie
Fresh from its rapturous reception at IFI Documentary Festival, Mattress Men introduces Michael Flynn who attempts to save his struggling mattress business by... Read More
This film was released on Friday 6th October 2017 and is no longer screening.
In this latest film from Volker Schlöndorff (The Tin Drum), world-weary Berliner Max Zorn (Stellan Skarsgård) arrives in New York to promote his latest book, a... Read More
Few actors have done more to keep the work of Shakespeare alive for stage and screen than Kenneth Branagh. For his latest endeavour, the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, he brings together a remarkable group... Read More
This film screened 19th October 2016.
Introduction by preservationist and film-restorer, Robert Byrne, President of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
Presenting an exquisite restoration of an early screen adaptation of the ever-popular Sherlock Holmes story. Arthur Conan Doyle created... Read More
This film screened 25th October 2016.
The Road to God Knows Where was a breakthrough, iconoclastic film for Alan Gilsenan and remains a memorable zeitgeist movie of Ireland in a transformational decade. The 1980s was a period of social regression, emigration... Read More
Courtesy of Universal Pictures, we are delighted to present a special, pre-festival treat with a preview of Ouija: Origin Of Evil at 20.30 on Tuesday, October 18th. Normal IFI ticket prices apply.
It was never just a game. Inviting audiences... Read More
Empire ★★★★★
Digital Spy ★★★★★
Daniel Radcliffe doubles his efforts to distance himself from the cosy familiarity of the Harry Potter series with this singularly bizarre offering from viral-and-music video creators Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, AKA The Daniels – imagine Castaway... Read More
This film screened 17th October 2016.
Our monthly programme strand in which a key film is presented in the context of a notional film canon.
October’s Bigger Picture offering chimes with the release of Kate Plays Christine which explores the on-air... Read More
Based on actual events, and winner of the Silver Lion at Venice, the new film from Pablo Trapero (Carancho, 2010) is an intelligent, gripping, and complex thriller,... Read More
This film screened 23rd October 2016.
Our monthly indulgent Sunday afternoon of brunch and a classic film.
October’s Hangover Lounge is Robert Siodmak’s classic Gothic thriller, a hugely influential exercise in sustained suspense, inventive photography and economic direction. The setting... Read More
★★★★★ The Nerdist
★★★★ The Guardian
The history of Hollywood is replete with bizarre tales, but for sheer strangeness few can match the one recounted... Read More
A social gathering to celebrate the promotion of Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) to the role of shadow health... Read More
This event took place on Monday 16th October 2017.
Our monthly gastronomic feature followed by a meal in the IFI Café Bar.
The menu for October includes: Meat Dish- Shepherd’s Pie (minced... Read More
★★★★ Smoke Screen London
Two of the world’s most original filmmakers, the identical Quay Brother twins, have been making their unique blend of puppetry and stop-motion animation for over... Read More
A contemplative, visual storytelling of the romance between two illegal Burmese migrants facing hardship and obstacles in the pursuit of happiness in Thailand. Like many Burmese citizens seeking to escape the poverty and conflict, Guo and Lianqing enter Thailand illegally.
This film screened 26th & 28th October 2016.
Wild Strawberries is our bi-monthly film club for over 55s.
Robert Redford directs and stars in this gripping thriller about one-time members of 1960’s American revolutionary group the Weathermen, whose aim was... Read More
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