Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 13/09/2025

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME – CITIES: JOHN HUSTON’S DUBLIN (DOUBLE BILL)

    Join us for free screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office. American film director and Irish citizen John Huston presents a guided tour... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14:15

  • BEST OF IRISH 2025: CHRISTY

    When vulnerable 17-year-old Christy (Danny Power) is thrown out of his foster home, he moves in with his estranged older brother Shane (Diarmuid Noyes), once troubled but now gainfully employed, with a loving partner (Emma Willis) and a new baby. ... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:00

  • BEST OF IRISH 2025: SANATORIUM

    On the outskirts of Odesa, stands Kuyalnyk Sanatorium. Each summer, thousands of Ukrainians come here, drawn by Soviet-era therapies and the chance to relax beside the salt lake. The biggest attraction though, is the mysterious black mud, said to cure... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20:10

  • DEAF

    CINEMAS: FROM FRI 12TH IFI@HOME: FROM FRI, OCT 17TH

    The arrival of a baby puts a strain on the relationship between Ángela (Mirian Garlo), who is deaf, and her hearing partner Héctor (Alvaro Cervantes), in Eva Libertad’s compassionate, sensitive debut... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11:50, 20:20

  • FROM GROUND ZERO

    SCREENING FROM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.

    Charming, wistful, heartbreaking, hopeful and urgent. Palestine’s official entry to the 2025 Academy Awards, From Ground Zero, brings dozens of emerging Palestinian artists to the fore in an urgent cry for humanity from a people... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:15

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2025: A WANT IN HER + Q&A

    When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her and risks losing herself. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2025: IFI & DCU: MASTERS OF DOCUMENTARY

    SHORTS PROGRAMME

    Striking shorts from emerging filmmakers await in this programme presented by the IFI and DCU. From the journalistic to the deeply personal, they testify to the elasticity of documentary. Expect Dalkey ferrymen, the dangers of breakfast cereal, and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.00

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2025: IN TIME – DÓNAL LUNNY + Q&A

    Dónal Lunny is one of Ireland’s outstanding artists. Nuala O’Connor presents the first film account of his life, revealing a peerless contribution to culture and music through major cultural, political and historic changes both in Ireland and globally. A founding... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2025: ORWELL: 2+2=5

    IRISH PREMIERE

    Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5, directed by Raoul Peck (I am not your Negro, 2016), re-examines the life, work, and legacy of George Orwell through the lens of today’s turbulent political climate. Blending archival material with Peck’s... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.40

  • IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2025: THE ART OF LOSS + Q&A

    The Art of Loss is a wholly original interspecies meditation on bereavement. Filmmaker and playwright Carmel Winters joins their dog pack in re-imagining the death of their mother and dog not as the end, but a beginning of new ways of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.10

  • MATERIALISTS

    Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a New York City matchmaker who pairs up potential mates based on criteria such as height, age, and, crucially, finances. Her philosophy is challenged by Harry (Pedro Pascal), a wealthy stranger she meets at a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 17:40

  • THE GOLDEN SPURTLE

    Each year the sleepy Scottish highland village of Carrbridge welcomes a diverse group of international contestants as they gather for the prestigious World Porridge Making Championships, each vying for the coveted Golden Spurtle trophy. For ageing, charismatic, and soon-to-retire organiser... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11:00, 18:10

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