19th November 2024: This week, over 200 post primary schools across Ireland are coming alive with the spirit of #ThinkLanguages Week, the nation’s largest celebration of languages and cultures. With over 17,500 transition year students participating, this event showcases the... Read More
IFI & KINOPOLIS POLISH FILM FESTIVAL 2024 will return on Thursday, December 5th to Sunday, December 8th.
The strong line-up of films in this year’s IFI Kinopolis serves as a snapshot of not just the best of new Polish cinema,... Read More
To celebrate the continued partnership between The IFI French Film Festival and DS Automobiles, we have a huge giveaway! Prize includes a weeklong test drive of a brand new DS7, an overnight stay in the College Green Hotel, 2... Read More
The exciting programme for the 25th annual celebration of French film at the Irish Film Institute has been announced today. This 12-day celebration, of over 35 titles, will present works exploring a wide range of subjects by many renowned and... Read More
We are delighted to present a unique selection of four beautifully restored short films by Agnès Varda at this year’s festival. They will screen prior to some of the new films in the main programme, so keep an eye out!... Read More
Marguerite Duras (1914–96) in a career encompassing literature, theatre, and cinema, made her first foray into filmmaking in the mid-1960s and between adaptations of her novels and works written expressly for cinema, she wrote and directed fourteen features and five... Read More
Stéphane Brizé
Writer and director Stéphane Brizé (1966, Rennes, France) moved to Paris to study drama and work as a television technician. His first feature, Le Bleu des villes, Le Bleu des villes, won the Michel Ornano prize at... Read More
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