Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 26/05/2024

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MCGAHERN: SHORT STORIES (DOUBLE BILL)

    Join us for free screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office.

    PROGRAMME ONE

    WHEELS

    Cathal Black’s directorial debut... Read More

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  • IFI FAMILY: THE SMEDS AND THE SMOOS & SUPERWORM

    Gorgeous, colourful animations from Magic Light Pictures, of the much-loved Donaldson/Scheffler stories. Find out what happens with the fighting Smeds and Smoos families, whose kids, Janet and Bill, have fallen in love and try to get away together in a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • LOVE LIES BLEEDING

    Rose Glass follows up Saint Maud, her incendiary debut from 2019, with an unapologetically queer and decidedly pulpy thriller that solidifies her status as a visionary with a gift for characterisation and eye-grabbing imagery.

    The setting is a gym in... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11:00, 18:15

  • MYSTERY MATINEE MAY 2024

    Join us for this month’s screening at 13.00 on Sunday, May 26th. The film chosen could be anything from throughout the history of cinema, from a silent classic to a preview of a hotly anticipated upcoming release.

    Whether it’s a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

  • PIANO DREAMS

    When Gary Lennon (I Dream in Photos) lived next door to a Music Conservatory in Shanghai he became acutely aware of the piano-mania sweeping the country. With over 40 million piano students in China, the competition to secure places in... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11:00, 20:40

  • RANSOM ’79

    Legendary Irish reporter Charlie Bird is determined to break one final story before his life is cut short by Motor Neurone Disease. His sources have given him an extraordinary true crime story, one that had remained secret for decades –... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.30, 20.30

  • TRAINSPOTTING 4K

    Trainspotting exploded onto cinema screens and into popular culture, the pounding drums of Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life accompanying Renton’s (Ewan McGregor) belittling of consumerist society immediately iconic, and its soundtrack as ubiquitous as that of Pulp Fiction. Renton, Spud... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.15, 16.55

  • WORLD CINEMA PROJECT: PIXOTE

    With its blend of realism and humanity, Héctor Babenco’s electrifying look at lost youth fighting to survive on the bottom rung of Brazilian society helped put the country’s cinema on the international map.

    Shot with documentary-like immediacy on the streets... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.30

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Arts Council of Ireland