Join us for free screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive daily in July. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office.

PROGRAMME ONE

7 WINDOWS

Documentary portraits of seven residents of Crampton Buildings in Temple Bar, a charming redbrick oasis which, in 2005, included 54 homes maintained by Dublin City Council as rent-controlled social housing.

Dir. Michael Cosgrave. 25 mins, Ireland, 2005, Digital

PROGRAMME TWO

ESSIE’S LAST STAND

In this short documentary from Loopline Films, 76 year-old Dubliner Essie Keeling outwitted powerful property developers in a bid to save her dog George and her friends Karl Byrne and Bridget Cooney from homelessness.

Dir. Liam McGrath. 23 mins, Ireland, 2000, Digital

See also Irish Focus: The Rent Strike

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn