Join us for FREE lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office. Please check here regularly for updated dates and times.

SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE ABÚ!

Programme 1

AMHARC ÉIREANN

A compilation of newsreel stories highlighting Gael Linn’s work in promoting the Irish language.
FILM INFO: 5 minutes, 1959-1964, Black and White

GAEL LINN: EMIGRATION
A British TV film exploring Gael Linn’s efforts to stem the flow of emigration from Gaeltacht areas. Interviews with young and old gaeilgeoirs and Gael Linn stalwarts.
FILM INFO: 27 minutes, 1963, Black and White and Colour

Programme 2

POBAL
Louis Marcus’ vivid panorama of Irish life captures the spirit and character of the Irish people through the lens of Bob Monks in a dynamic series of rural and urban portraits – accompanied by a rousing Seán Ó Riada score.
FILM INFO: 25 minutes, 1969, Colour

Please see also: Archive at Lunchtime: Programme 1 and Programme 2 on Mondays and Wednesdays in March.

This event is open to all. Simply book your FREE seat by contacting the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477 or emailing boxoffice@irishfilm.ie (given that events can sell out, please note that your emailed booking requests must be confirmed by reply email from the Box Office in order to be considered valid).