Irish Film Institute -BORG/ MCENROE

WHAT'S ON - 08/2017

  • A GHOST STORY

    This film was released on Friday 11th  August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    An evocative, highly original meditation on life after death and the enduring connections we make to people and places, A Ghost Story reunites director... Read More

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  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME AUGUST 2017: DOUBLE BILL

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

    ART IN THE ARCHIVE

    Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn

    PROGRAMME 1

    Hallowed Fire The Cultural Relations Committee... Read More

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  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME AUGUST 2017: PROGRAMME ONE

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

    ART IN THE ARCHIVE

    Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn

    PROGRAMME 1

    Hallowed Fire The Cultural Relations Committee... Read More

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  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME AUGUST 2017: PROGRAMME TWO

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

    ART IN THE ARCHIVE

    Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn

    PROGRAMME 2

    Invitation to Art: The Art of... Read More

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  • AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY + Q&A WITH LAURA ALBERT

    This film screened on Thursday 24th August 2017.

    This film is F-Rated. Find out more here.

    THE SCREENING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH WRITER LAURA ALBERT (aka JT LEROY) HOSTED BY PAULA MALCOMSON (‘The Hunger Games’) 

    Novelist JT... Read More

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  • CITY OF GHOSTS

    This film was released on Friday 21st  July  2017 and is no longer screening. 

    Documentarian Matthew Heineman continues to shine a light onto some of the world’s most dangerous places in the extraordinary City of Ghosts.

    The film focuses on... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY

    This film screened on Saturday 5th August 2017.

    Director Walther Ruttmann was an early practitioner of experimental film, part of the ‘Absolute film’ school. Although this might still be classed as an avant-garde film, influenced by the early work of... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: FAUST

    This film screened on Saturday 19th August 2017.

    Like Lang, F.W. Murnau is a towering figure of this period, thanks to films such as Nosferatu (1922), The Last Laugh (1924), and, after moving to America, Sunrise: A Song of Two... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: KUHLE WAMPE, OR WHO OWNS THE WORLD?

    This film screened on Wednesday 30th August 2017.

    Based on a screenplay co-written by Bertolt Brecht, Kuhle Wampe, made at the tail end of the era and representing the swan song of New Objectivity, is notable for its explicitly Communist... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM

    This film screened on Thursday 24th  August 2017.

    This film is F-Rated. Find out more here. 

    Openness about sex and sexuality was a hallmark of Weimar cinema, as in, for example, Pandora’s Box. Leontine Sagan’s cult classic was one of... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: PEOPLE ON SUNDAY

    This film screened on Sunday 27th August 2017.

    This screening will be introduced by Stefan Drößler, Director of the Munich Film Museum – who will be taking part in a Discussion of Weimar Cinema on August 27th at 14.00. Click... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED

    This film screened on Sunday 6th August 2017.

    This film is F-Rated. Find out more here. 

    Whether placing actresses such as Marlene Dietrich, Ossi Oswalda, or Lilian Harvey at the centre of particular stories, or offering opportunities behind the camera... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: THE GOLEM: HOW HE CAME INTO THE WORLD

    This film screened on Tuesday 8th August 2017.

    The only one of three films directed by and starring Paul Wegener concerning the Golem, a figure from Jewish folklore, to have survived, this is, along with The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: THE MOUNTAIN LION

    This film screened on Sunday 20th August 2017.

    Ernst Lubitsch is primarily remembered for the comedies he made in America, such as Ninotchka (1939), which was co-written by fellow émigré Billy Wilder, and The Shop Around the Corner (1940).

    While... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: THE WORLD OF WEIMAR – DISCUSSION

    This film screened on Sunday 27th August 2017.

    Join Stefan Drößler, the Director of the Munich Film Museum, for a wide-ranging discussion on the cinema of the Weimar Republic. The early years of the art in Weimar Germany have been... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: VARIETY

    This film screened on Sunday 13th August 2017.

    Actor Emil Jannings was one of the most esteemed actors of this time, working with directors such as F.W. Murnau and Josef von Sternberg, before moving to America to become the first... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: WAXWORKS

    This film screened on Tuesday 15th August 2017.

    Actor Conrad Veidt will forever hold a place in popular culture following his performance in The Man Who Laughs (1928), which inspired the appearance of Batman’s nemesis, the Joker. However, he had... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: WESTFRONT 1918

    This film screened on Tuesday 22nd August 2017.

    Arguably the director most closely identified with the New Objectivity, G.W. Pabst first came to prominence with The Joyless Street (1925), which featured an early performance from Greta Garbo. It focused on... Read More

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  • DARK CORNERS: WOMAN IN THE MOON

    A giant of not just German cinema, but world cinema, Fritz Lang arguably remains best known for masterpieces such as the Dr. Mabuse series (1922-1960) and M (1931).

    Throughout this period of his career, he turned his hand to a... Read More

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  • DETROIT

    This film was released on Friday 25th  August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    This film has been classified 15A.

    This film is F-Rated. Find out more here.

    As the Black Lives Matter movement continues to draw attention to institutional... Read More

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  • DIRECTOR IN FOCUS: AISLING WALSH

    This film screened on Tuesday 15th August 2017.

    We are delighted to welcome BAFTA-winning director Aisling Walsh for an in-depth exploration of her career to date in film and television.

    In a presentation liberally illustrated with clips from her work she will discuss... Read More

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  • DUNKIRK (70MM)

    This film was released on Friday 21st July  2017 and is no longer screening. 

    This film was re-released on Friday 15th December 2017 and is no longer screening.

    ALL SHOWS WILL BE IN 70mm. All 70mm tickets are priced €14... Read More

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  • ENGLAND IS MINE

    This film was released on Friday 4th August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    ‘Life is too short’ says Anji (Katherine Pearce) to Steven Patrick Morrissey (Jack Lowden), ‘for clichés’, he retorts drolly, advice the makers of this film have... Read More

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  • FEAST YOUR EYES: FINAL PORTRAIT

    This film screened on Wednesday 23rd August 2017.

    Our monthly gastronomic feature followed by a meal in the IFI Café Bar.

    August’s pairing of a new release and a specially devised main course menu will be Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait,... Read More

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  • FINAL PORTRAIT

    This film was released on Friday 18th  August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    Final Portrait is also our Feast Your Eyes film for August – get your movie ticket and a main course for just €20 on August 23rd... Read More

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  • FROM THE LAND OF MÚSCRAÍ (IRISH FOCUS)

    This film screened on Tuesday 29th August 2017.

    This new transportive documentary from Dónal Ó Céilleachiar (Dreamtime Revisited, Camino by the Sea) takes us back, via exquisite cinematography, to the Muscraí Gaeltacht.

    This is the land of Ó Ríordáin and... Read More

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  • GOING IN STYLE (WILD STRAWBERRIES)

    This film screened on Friday 25th & Wednesday 30th August 2017.

    Wild Strawberries is our bi-monthly film club for over 55s.

    This breezy crime comedy combines the acting talents of Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Alan Alda, reveling in... Read More

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  • INSIDE OUT (THE BIGGER PICTURE)

    This film screened on Wednesday 9th August 2017.

    This film is F-Rated. Find out more here. 

    Pixar alumnus Pete Docter’s story of eleven year old Reilly’s emotional journey, addresses adult audiences while respecting children’s emotions too. It doesn’t avoid sad... Read More

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  • KEDI

    This film was released on Friday 30th June 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    Istanbul’s abundant feral cat population is the star of Ceyda Torun’s quietly magical documentary that affords a unique perspective on one of the world’s great cities.... Read More

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  • LAND OF MINE

    This film was released on Friday 4th August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    This film has been classified 15A.

    A shameful piece of hidden World War II history is exhumed in Martin Zandvliet’s empathetic and deeply involving third feature,... Read More

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  • LE DOULOS

    This film was released on Friday 11th  August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    A French slang word used to refer to a police informant, Le Doulos was adapted by Melville from the 1957 novel of the same name by... Read More

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  • LOGAN LUCKY

    This film has been classified 12A.

    Logan Lucky marks the return of the previously prolific Steven Soderbergh to feature filmmaking after a four year hiatus.

    A companion piece of sorts to his Ocean’s trilogy, the film swaps the glamour of... Read More

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  • MAUDIE

    This film was released on Friday 4th August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    Director Aisling Walsh will take part in a career retrospective at the IFI on August 15th. 

    This film has been classified 15A.

    This film is F-Rated.... Read More

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  • NT LIVE: ANGELS IN AMERICA – PART 2: PERESTROIKA

    This event took place  on Wednesday 30th July  & Thursday 10th August 2017. 

    America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven... Read More

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  • POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD

    This film was released 10th August 2018, and is no longer screening.

    This film contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy

    In advance of this month’s papal visit to Ireland, Wim... Read More

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  • QUEST

    This film was released on Friday 18th  August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    ‘You don’t know how we live’ says Christine’a Rainey (aka Ma Quest) to the TV as a campaigning Donald Trump addresses his ‘What do you have... Read More

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  • SONG FOR A RAGGY BOY (FROM THE VAULTS)

    This film screened on Wednesday 16th August 2017.

    This film is F-Rated. Find out more here. 

    Ireland 1939. Franklin (Aidan Quinn), a newly appointed lay teacher at a boys’ reformatory, is shocked by the school’s culture of brutality. The boys... Read More

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  • SONG TO SONG

    This film was released on Friday 18th  August 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    Exclusively at IFI

    On the surface, the story told here of love, doubt and betrayal, is distinct yet familiar.

    Faye (Rooney Mara), a young woman drifting... Read More

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  • STEP

    IFI Exclusive

    This film is F-Rated. Find out more here. 

    Made soon after the death of Freddy Gray in police custody in April 2015 led to a wave of protests across Baltimore city, Amanda Lipitz’s deeply affecting documentary follows students... Read More

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  • Test Event for Education

    This is a test event to see if we can set up an online system for booking IFI Education Events.

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  • THE BEGUILED

    This film was released on Friday 14th July  2017 and is no longer screening. 

    ★★★★ – Guardian ★★★★ – Irish Independent

    Also our Feast Your Eyes pick for July – see it with a main course for €20. Tickets and... Read More

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  • THE BIG SICK

    This film was released on Friday 28th July  2017 and is no longer screening. 

    This film has been classified 15A.

    The irresistibly sweet, charming, and very funny The Big Sick is written by Emily V. Gordon and Silicon Valley’s Kumail... Read More

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  • THE EYES OF ORSON WELLES

    This film was released 17th August 2018, and is no longer screening.

    With unprecedented access to his drawings, sketches and paintings, Mark Cousins offers a personal reflection on how Orson Welles saw the world. Adopting a conceit whereby he addresses... Read More

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  • THE FARTHEST

    This film was released on Friday 28th July 2017 and is no longer screening. 

    Emer Reynolds’s enthralling documentary details NASA’s ambitious Voyager program which, in 1977, launched two probes whose original mission was to study the outermost planets of the... Read More

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