Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 06/05/2025

  • AMONGST THE WOLVES

    On the streets of Dublin, Danny (Luke McQuillan), a homeless man, tries to maintain contact with his young son despite opposition from the child’s mother (Jade Jordan), who has not forgiven Danny for an accident, caused though his negligence. Haunted... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.40, 18.10

  • BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY

    In 1960, a young Irish woman named Edna O’Brien wrote The Country Girls, the first of a sexually-frank trilogy of novels. Though the books were banned in Ireland, O’Brien became an international literary sensation, gaining fame and notoriety through her... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.20

  • FRÉWAKA

    Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker Shoo (Clare Monnelly) leaves her pregnant girlfriend to care for Peig (Bríd Ní Neachtain), a cantankerous old woman who has incarcerated herself in a big house on the edge of a remote... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • THE GRACELESS AGE: THE BALLAD OF JOHN MURRY

    John Murry was on the cusp of greatness with his highly acclaimed album The Graceless Age (2013) when, addicted to heroin and creatively exhausted, he washed up on Irish shores a broken man. Now, he is ready to retrace his... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.50, 20.50

  • THE PENGUIN LESSONS

    Argentina, 1976; disillusioned English schoolteacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) arrives at St George’s College, a prestigious all-boys private school on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. It is a politically tumultuous era, with violence exploding on the streets; determinedly unruffled by... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40

  • THE RETURN

    After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, where he discovers that much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan War. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.20

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