Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 09/12/2016

  • CHI-RAQ

    This film was released 2nd December 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★★ Guardian

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    When an eleven-year-old girl is killed in the crossfire of a shootout between rival gangs the Trojans and Spartans, Lysistrata (Teyonah Parris), girlfriend... Read More

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    Times: 15.50

  • CRASH AND BURN

    This film was released 2nd December 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    ★★★★ Entertainment.ie

    For a fleeting moment in the early 1980s Tommy Byrne was the world’s greatest Formula 1 driver, a man who looked set to... Read More

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    Times: 15.00

  • IFI SCHOOLS: MY REVOLUTION (Ma révolution)

    Recommended age 15+

    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

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  • KINOPOLIS: AFTERIMAGE (SOLD OUT)

    This film screened 9th December 2016.

    Poland’s nomination for the 2017 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and the final film by the great Andrzej Wajda, Afterimage, a portrait of the final years of noted avant-garde painter Władysław Strzemiński (a spellbinding... Read More

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    Times: 20.30

  • KINOPOLIS: KAMPER

    This film screened 9th December 2016.

    Thirtysomething hipster Kamper (Piotr Zurawski) seems to have it all; a happy marriage to the beautiful Mania (Marta Nieradkiewicz), a luxurious apartment, and a job developing and testing videogames. However, his refusal to grow... Read More

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    Times: 18.30

  • LIFE, ANIMATED

    This film was released 9th December 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★★ Irish Times

    ★★★★★ Guardian

    A profoundly autistic boy learns to communicate through reciting memorised dialogue from Disney films in Roger Ross Williams’ inspirational case history.

    By the... Read More

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    Times: 13.05 | 16.50

  • SULLY

    This film was released 2nd December 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★★ Telegraph

    Airline pilot Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger came to international attention on January 15th, 2009 when he saved the lives of the 155 passengers and crew of... Read More

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  • THE BIRTH OF A NATION

    This film was released 9th December 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★ Independent

    Actor-director Nate Parker’s The Birth Of A Nation is a portrait of Nat Turner, an enslaved African American who, in 1831, led a short-lived slave rebellion... Read More

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    Times: 15.50 | 20.40

  • UNITED STATES OF LOVE

    This film was released 9th December 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    ★★★★ Guardian

    The new film from director Tomasz Wasilewski (In a Bedroom, Floating Skyscrapers) marks a significant step forward in his development as a filmmaker.... Read More

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    Times: 13.20 | 20.50


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