Join us for FREE daily screenings of summer films from yesteryear drawn from the collections of the IFI Irish Film Archive. 

PROGRAMME 1:

DISCOVERING IRELAND          

Ireland as an attractive holiday destination is seen in all her glory through the flattering lens of cameraman Bob Monks and director Louis Marcus, and the delightful music of Shaun Davey. Roll back 30 years and re-discover Ireland.

FILM INFO: 27 minutes, 1983, Colour

PROGRAMME 2:

AMHARC ÉIREANN: EAGRÁN 16 & 23

Includes the opening of a bubblegum factory in Kilcock and watersports around the country.

FILM INFO: 6 minutes, 1959/1960, Black and White

BLACKWATER HOLIDAY         

Fresh from their collaboration on the Royal Showband film The One Nighters, Bob Monks and Peter Collinson (The Italian Job) came together to make this modest little film promoting canoe-camping holidays run by the Murphy family of Rathcoole in Co. Cork on the Blackwater River.

FILM INFO: 18 minutes, 1964, Colour

This event is FREE but ticketed. Please book your seat when visiting, by emailing the IFI Box Office at boxoffice@irishfilm.ie or by calling 01 679 3477.