Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 17/08/2025

  • AMADEUS 4K

    A lavish, fictionalised account of the bitter rivalry between composers Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and upstart prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) in 18th-century Vienna. The film unfolds as a dramatic confession where the aging Salieri, once a respected... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.30

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: SOMETIME SUMMERTIME (PROGRAMME ONE)

    Join us daily 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

    AMHARC ÉIREANN: CÚRSAÍ ÓSTÁN

    In this short from... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.30

  • BARRY LYNDON (50TH ANNIVERSARY)

    Stanley Kubrick’s lavish period drama based on William Thackeray’s novel sees the rise and fall of a likeable 18th century Irish scoundrel, Barry Lyndon. In 1973-74, Kubrick spent nine months in Ireland shooting the film (in Kilkenny, Waterford, Carlow and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.40

  • CENTRAL STATION 4K

    (CENTRAL DO BRASIL)

    Brazilian director Walter Salles, whose latest film, I’m Still Here, was a huge hit at the IFI earlier this year, made his international breakthrough with Central Station, which also marked his first collaboration with the great Fernanda Montenegro. For... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.20

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: HOLA FRIDA!

    IFI Age Recommendation: 9+

    Gorgeous, colourful animation about the early life of artist Frida Kahlo. Growing up in Mexico a mischievous, expressive child, she learns to cope with life’s challenges through her artistic self-expression.

    Create some Frida flowers with artist... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: SHOWKIDS

    IFI Age Recomendation: 9+

    A sneak preview of RTÉ’s brand new series for kids and families, created, written and directed by Hugh O’Conor. Imaginative 12-year-old Sam is unsettled in school, so his concerned parents sign him up to Miss Jessop’s... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN

    (Pohádky Po Babicce)

    IFI Age Recomendation: 7+

    When the three kids go to visit Grandpa, they decide to cheer him up by telling stories, using three magic ingredients as their grandma had taught them. Sitting high up in the treehouse,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: THE BOY FROM MERCURY

    This sweet and nostalgic fantasy set in 1960s Dublin, concerns eight-year-old Harry, who imagines he and his dog have been sent down from Mercury. Also starring Hugh O’Conor.

    Screening as part of IFI Family Festival 2025.

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.15

  • OSLO STORIES: LOVE

    (Kjærlighet)

    FROM FRIDAY, AUGUST15th

    Marianne (Andrea Braien Hovig), a pragmatic, unattached Oslo doctor specialising in urology, is taking a ferry to a nearby island where she has been set up on a blind date... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.45

  • SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (30TH ANNIVERSARY)

    The sensibilities of Ang Lee, Jane Austen, and Emma Thompson (who won an Oscar for the screenplay) blend seamlessly in this much-loved 1995 adaptation of Austen’s first novel. Eldest sister Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson) cannot help but be reserved and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • THE KINGDOM

    (Le Royaume)

    Julien Colonna’s debut feature masterfully blends a coming-of-age tale with the gripping dynamics of a mafia drama. Set in 1995 against the starkly beautiful Corsican coastline, we are introduced to fifteen-year-old Lesia (Ghjuvanna Benedetti) as she enjoys a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.40

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