Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 23/08/2022

ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: WATER WAYS

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

PROGRAMME 1:

Northern Ireland Coast The bustle of Belfast, Bangor and Derry is contrasted with the tranquility... Read More

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Times: 13.10 (free tickets from IFI Box Office)
FREE CHOL SOO LEE

In 1970s San Francisco, Chol Soo Lee, a 20-year-old Korean immigrant, is racially profiled and convicted of a Chinatown gang murder by a corrupt police department thirsty for a swift conviction. Sentenced to life, he spends years on death row... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13.00 (OC), 20.30
HOLE IN THE HEAD

While Irish director Dean Kavanagh’s latest film sees him take a step away from his previous, more purely experimental work towards a traditional, narrative style, the playful approach to the medium of cinema on display and the healthy dose of... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 18.00
MUSIC DOCS: AMERICAN UTOPIA

Following a world tour for the release of his American Utopia album, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne adapted the show for a Broadway run. Following in the footsteps of Jonathan Demme and Stop Making Sense (1984), Spike Lee’s filmic... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 18.30
MY OLD SCHOOL

The phrase ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ has never been more apt than when used to describe the life of Brandon Lee, and his time at the well-to-do Bearsden Academy in Glasgow in the early ‘90s. Prior to arriving in... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 14.00, 20.45
PARIS, TEXAS

Along with Wings Of Desire (1987), Wim Wenders’s Palme d’Or-winning Paris, Texas arguably shows the director at the absolute height of his powers. Travis Henderson (the late, great Harry Dean Stanton in one of his finest performances) emerges from the... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15.15