Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 24/02/2017

  • FENCES

    This film was released on Friday 17th February 2017.

    ★★★★ Independent

    ★★★★ The Telegraph

    Fences, August Wilson’s play exploring race and familial relations in 1950s Pittsburgh, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987; plans for film adaptations floundered as they failed... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.20

  • GEORGE BEST: ALL BY HIMSELF

    This film was released on Friday 24th February 2017.

    In 1961 George Best, a shy well-mannered Belfast teenager, was recruited by Manchester United to become what Pelé would call “the greatest player in the world”. A devilishly charismatic figure, Best... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.20 | 18.30

  • 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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  • IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD

    This film was released on Friday 24th February 2017.

    Louis (Gaspard Ulliel), a terminally ill writer returns home to his estranged family after an absence of more than a decade prompting a series of confrontations, revelations and internecine squabbling in... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10 | 20.45

  • LOVING

    This film was released on Friday 3rd February 2017.

    ★★★★★ Entertainment.ie

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    There will be Open Captioned (OC) screenings of Loving on Wednesday, February 15th  at 18.10 and Thursday, February 16th at 13.00. Audio Description (AD) will be... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.30

  • MEETINGS WITH IVOR

    This film was released on Friday 10th February 2017.

    Ivor Browne has been a central figure in Irish mental health for many decades. Some people wish he wasn’t. Yet many people owe their lives to him. Browne somehow managed to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30 | 20.30

  • THE FOUNDER

    This film was released on Friday 17th February 2017.

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    ★★★★ Guardian

    ★★★★ entertainment.ie

    Frustrated travelling salesman Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) criss-crosses 1950s America selling a series of underwhelming products that have failed to bring him the success... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00

  • TONI ERDMANN

    This film was released on Friday 3rd February 2017.

    ★★★★★ Empire

    ★★★★★ The Times (UK)

    ★★★★ Irish Times

    This film closes on Thursday, March 16th.

    Ines (Sandra Hüller) has become estranged from her retired schoolteacher father Winfried (Peter Simonischek); unhappily... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.20

  • WILD STRAWBERRIES: LEARNING TO DRIVE

    This film screened on Wednesday 22nd & Friday 24th  February 2017.

    Charming, funny and well-intentioned drama starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley in a sparkling odd-couple pairing as Wendy, a middle-aged, New York book critic, and Darwan Singh Tur, a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00


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