Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 20/09/2024

  • CULTURE NIGHT: BEHIND THE SCREENS IS A MUSEUM (SOLD OUT)

    THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

    For Culture Night 2024, The Tiernan MacBride Library will transform into a pop-up museum, full of interesting and unusual artefacts from the collections of the IFI Irish Film Archive. Archive staff will be on hand... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00 Times: 19.00

  • KNEECAP

    When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low-life scum’ Naoise & Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, KNEECAP fast become the unlikely figureheads of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.55

  • MRS ROBINSON

    A reforming constitutional lawyer and senator in her early career, Mary Robinson detonated an electoral earthquake by winning the Irish Presidential vote in 1990. Later, as a crusading UN High Commissioner, she built a lasting legacy; fearlessly challenging perpetrators of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18:20

  • MY FAVOURITE CAKE

    Mahin (Lili Farhadpour), a lonely septuagenarian widow living in the suburbs of Tehran, stumbles upon a second chance of happiness when she strikes up a conversation with Faramarz (Esmaeel Mehrabi), a taxi driver in whom she recognises a familiar spark... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:20

  • SING SING

    Oscar nominees Colman Domingo (Rustin), and Paul Raci (Sound of Metal) lead a cast of non-professionals, many of whom play themselves, in Greg Kwedar’s inspirational true story, based on the Rehabilitation Through the Arts programme founded at Sing Sing Correctional... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:40

  • THE CRITIC

    The Critic is a deliciously dark and sharp-witted thriller set in 1930s London ‘theatreland’ featuring an all-star cast including Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong, Romola Garai, and Lesley Manville. Anand Tucker’s reimagining of Anthony Quinn’s novel Curtain Call focuses... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:50

  • THE GOLDMAN CASE

    Cédric Kahn revisits the controversial case of Pierre Goldman, a far-left Jewish activist who faced a life sentence for armed robbery and murder in 1969. In his 1975 appeal hearing, Goldman (Arieh Worthalter) pleads not guilty to murder, plunging his... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14:20, 20:30

  • THE OUTRUN – (Q&A SOLD OUT)

    OUR Q&A SCREENING OF THE OUTRUN IS SOLD OUT.

    Rona (Saoirse Ronan) has left her fast-paced life in London for Scotland’s far-flung Orkney Islands, hoping the stark change of scene will help in her battle with alcohol addiction, which led... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18:00 (Preview + Q&A)

  • THE SUBSTANCE

    An aging movie star makes a Faustian pact to regain her youth and beauty in Corelie Fargeat’s smart, funny, and sensationally entertaining body horror that, amid the gleefully grotesque set-pieces, offers genuine insight into the lengths women are forced to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:00, 17:00, 20:00

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