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WHAT'S ON - 08/02/2025

A REAL PAIN

Multi-hyphenate Jesse Eisenberg’s second film as writer-director also sees him take on the roles of producer and star. Sharing lead acting duties with Kieran Culkin (best known for his television work, most notably as Roman Roy in Succession), the pair... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13:50
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: LOVE HURTS (DOUBLE BILL)

Join us for FREE lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office.

PROGRAMME ONE

RADHARC: DEAR ANGELA

A portrait of Angela McNamara, Ireland’s... Read More

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BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN

Bernard MacMahon’s long-gestating documentary, announced in 2019 and screened as a work-in-progress at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, covers the formation and early years of one of rock’s seminal bands. Featuring new interviews with the group’s surviving members – vocalist... Read More

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BRING THEM DOWN

Chronicling an escalating feud between neighbouring families in the west of Ireland, Chris Andrew’s debut feature draws us into a world of breathtaking beauty populated by desperate men. Michael (Christopher Abbott), a shepherd still haunted by a tragic incident in... Read More

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HARD TRUTHS

Hard Truths reunites Mike Leigh with Marianne Jean-Baptiste, the star of his Secrets And Lies (1996), and marks his final collaboration with cinematographer Dick Pope, who passed away following filming. Beginning in media res, we meet Pansy, the flipside to Happy-Go-Lucky’s Poppy, a woman... Read More

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INGMAR BERGMAN: SUMMER INTERLUDE

Marie (Maj-Britt Nilsson), a successful but emotionally distant ballerina rehearsing for Swan Lake, becomes haunted by memories of a formative summer romance when she receives the diary of her first love, Henrik (Birger Malmsten). Stirred by her memories, Marie returns... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15.30
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

Iman (Misagh Zare), a functionary in the Iranian regime who has been promoted to the role of investigator for the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify. When his gun mysteriously disappears, he... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 12:10, 19:50