Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 14/12/2016

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME PART 1 (DEC 2016)

    YULETIDE YARNS

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

    Programme 1:

    BEFORE I SLEEP

    FILM INFO: 30 mins, Ireland, 1997, Digital

    Reuniting theatre allies, Brendan Gleeson... Read More

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    Times: 13.00

  • 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: 13.50

  • 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: 16.20

  • IFI SCHOOLS: ABOUT A GIRL (Charleen macht Schluss)

    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

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    Times:

  • 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: 16.30

  • SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENING: SPLIT

    Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others.  Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • 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: 14.00 | 21.00

  • 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 | 20.45

  • 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: 13.30 | 18.10


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