Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 21/11/2024

  • ANORA

    Mikey Madison is a revelation as charismatic sex worker Anora in Sean Baker’s wildly entertaining, frenetically paced comedy. Ani, as she prefers to be called, meets Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a Russian oligarch, in a New York strip... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.20

  • BIRD

    Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey) brings her trademark visual energy and uncanny ability to elicit stunning performances from young actors to this typically bustling coming-of-age story that sees the director introduce a touch of magic realism to her gritty... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40

  • BLITZ

    As London is bombarded nightly by the German blitzkrieg during World War II, working-class single mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan), on the advice of her father, Gerald (Paul Weller), makes the heartbreaking decision to send her 9-year-old son George (Elliott Heffernan)... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.20

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: AUCTION

    Ambitious André Masson (Alex Lutz) is passionate about many things: beautiful cars, luxury watches, money, and his work as auctioneer at the famous Scottie’s in Paris. One day, he receives a letter telling him that a working-class family in the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: GHOST TRAIL

    Director Jonathan Millet imaginatively applies the conventions of the spy thriller to a study of trauma and PTSD. Hamid (Adam Bessa) is a bereaved Syrian immigrant living in Strasbourg and a member of a clandestine network of Syrian refugees intent... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: THIS LIFE OF MINE

    Poet-turned-advertising-copywriter Barbie Bichette (Agnès Jaoui) is separated from her husband, alienated from her adult children, bored of her job, and frustrated with her therapist. An encounter with a stranger claiming to be an old friend pushes her over the edge... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.20

  • SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE

    An unassuming man in 1980’s Ireland must grapple with his conscience in the face of an overwhelming moment of insight in Tim Mielants supremely confident adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Booker Prize-nominated 2021 novella. The setting is New Ross, Wexford, in... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30, 15.50, 18.10, 20.40

  • SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

    Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the US State Department sends ‘jazz ambassadors’ Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, and Duke Ellington to Congo, a newly independent, resource-rich African nation, to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup that would lead to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.15

  • THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

    After years of being out of touch, old friends Martha (Tilda Swinton) and Ingrid (Julianne Moore) meet again in extreme yet poignant circumstances. Martha is terminally ill and has chosen to take her own life; she asks Ingrid to accompany... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00

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