Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 11/12/2016

  • 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: 13.20

  • 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: 20.50

  • KINOPOLIS: ANIMATION PROGRAMME

    This film screened 11th December 2016.

    A consistently popular slot in Kinopolis, this year’s films are:

    Jerzy Kucia’s Fugue For Cello, Trumpet And Landscape, a poetic journey through the Polish seasons;

    Marcin Podolec’s A Documentary Film, which sees a father... Read More

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    Times: 12.00

  • KINOPOLIS: THE LAST FAMILY (SOLD OUT)

    This film screened 11th December 2016.

    Actress Aleksandra Konieczna will take part in a post-screening Q&A.

    The dysfunctional family life of surrealist artist Zdzisław Beksiński (1929-2005), whose work is sometimes compared to that of H.R. Giger, is vividly depicted in... Read More

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    Times: 18.00

  • 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: 15.50 | 20.40

  • 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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    Times: 13.50 | 18.30

  • 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: 16.00 | 20.20

  • 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 | 18.00


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