Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 17/01/2017

  • A MONSTER CALLS

    This film was released on Sunday 1st January 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    ★★★★★ Irish Times

    Based on the beloved book by Patrick Ness, J.A. Bayona’s striking all-ages film is a welcome riposte to the recent glut of saccharine... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

  • IFI SCHOOLS: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

    This award-winning film is set in offshore, post- Katrina New Orleans, a place of beauty, life and desperate hardship. Hushpuppy lives with her father, Wink. Together with other survivors they eke out an existence in ramshackle houses that float high... Read More

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  • 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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  • IFI SCHOOLS: THE KING’S SPEECH

    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

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  • IFI SCHOOLS: THE OLIVE TREE (El olivo)

    Recommended age 15+

    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

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  • OC SCREENINGS: SILENCE

    These are Open Captioned (OC) screenings that, whilst open to all, feature special captions for those with hearing impairments. Audio Description (AD) is available on all Silence screenings.

    Director Martin Scorsese once told an interviewer, “My whole life has been movies and religion. That’s it.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.00

  • THE BIGGER PICTURE: SHADOWS

    This film screened on Tuesday 17th January 2017.

    John Cassavetes’s directorial debut is also a landmark of American independent cinema, one of the first to be produced outside of the Hollywood system.

    Starring Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni and Hugh Hurd... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30


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