Irish Film Institute -IFI SPOTLIGHT 2023

WHAT'S ON - 23/03/2023

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

When Ugyen (Sherab Dorji), a rudderless young teacher, is posted to a school in the remote, sparsely populated village of Lunana, dizzyingly high up in the Himalayan glaciers, he is disheartened to find a simple yak herding community lacking basic... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15.40
MARLOWE

Philip Marlowe, the archetypal wise-cracking, hard-drinking, yet morally upright detective, introduced in Raymond Chandler’s novels of the ‘30s and ‘40s, such as Farewell, My Lovely and The Big Sleep, is a foundational figure in the canon of crime fiction and... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 16.10, 20.45
MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM

Welcome to pre-9/11 New York City, when the world was unaware of the profound political and cultural shifts about to occur, and an entire generation was thirsty for more than the post–alternative pop rock plaguing MTV. In the cafés, clubs,... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 20.50
OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN

Rachel (Virginie Efira) is a 40-ish professor of English whose relationship with her new boyfriend, Ali (Roschdy Zem), a single father to four-year-old Leïla (Callie Ferreira-Goncalves), becomes complicated when Rachel begins to form a deep connection with the little girl.... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13.20, 18.30
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (30TH ANNIVERSARY)

Edith Wharton’s novels of the Gilded Age placed their characters against a backdrop of almost oppressive propriety where errors in decorum could prove ruinous. Despite a substantial body of work, her work has had relatively few screen adaptations, with perhaps... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 18.00
WOMEN TALKING

Winner of the 95th Academy Award for ‘Writing (Adapted Screenplay)’, and nominated for ‘Best Picture’ category of the Oscars.

Eight women representing several generations of a cloistered Mennonite community gather in a barn to discuss the abuse they have endured... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15.50