Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 28/09/2024

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2024: AMPLIFIED: THE EXPORTATION OF THE CULTURE WARS + Q&A

    WORLD PREMIERE

    An impressive cast of heavyweight contributors examines the impact of America’s most contagious export – cultural and political vitriol – on global society. The film investigates how nefarious elements of rhetoric and conspiracy are seeded though paranoia and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 17.50

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2024: BLOSSOMING: TALES OF GROWING UP

    This selection of short documentaries from Ireland and around the world focuses on issues affecting young people today. Universal themes of adolescence, identity, and self-discovery are explored in a diverse range of cultural narratives.

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    One Flower at a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.40

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2024: HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR + Q&A

    Between 1969 and 1995, women all over Ireland competed to win the Housewife of the Year, a competition celebrating “cookery, nurturing, and basic household management skills”. Broadcast on RTÉ from 1982, the programmes featured not just the competition itself but... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.30

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2024: IFI SPOTLIGHT & IN REAL LIFE PANEL – WATCHING DOCS – A CONVERSATION

    Following their successful events at the Dublin Film Festival, Docs Ireland and Electric Picnic, In Real Life partners with IFI Spotlight to present a special IFI Documentary Festival event exploring the ever-evolving role of documentary in cinema, streaming and TV.

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.00

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2024: NO OTHER LAND

    Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films as his community of Masafer Yatta is gradually eradicated by the destruction and forced displacements of the Israeli occupation. Adra builds an unlikely alliance with Yuval, an Israeli journalist who reports on what his... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.20

  • 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: 13.30

  • 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: 15.40

  • 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: 18.00

  • THE OUTRUN

    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 to the recent collapse of her relationship with Daynin... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.30, 17.10, 20.30

  • THE SATURDAY SERIAL: STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

    Three years after the events of A New Hope, the Imperial Fleet, led by Darth Vader, continues its efforts to crush the Rebellion. While Han and Leia seek refuge with old friend Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), Luke travels to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • 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: 20.00

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