Irish Film Institute -THE SMASHING MACHINE

WHAT'S ON - 18/09/2025

  • 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: 15:50

  • 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: 21:00

  • EDDINGTON

    A multi-target satire that takes aim at conspiracy theories, Covid, fake news, gun ownership, Black Lives Matter, and sundry other causes of contemporary American anxiety, Eddington is destined to be as divisive as Beau is Afraid, Aster’s brilliant, misunderstood previous film. Joe Cross... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18:00

  • 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: 13:30, 18:10

  • IRISH FOCUS: TRUMPETS

    After travelling to Italy on the anniversary of her son’s death, Magda – a Polish immigrant to Ireland – returns to Donegal, where she has a life changing encounter with a refugee, newly arrived from Rwanda. With Malgosia Bela (Muse,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.20 (+ Q&A)

  • 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: 15:40

  • SORRY, BABY

    Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on, at least for everyone around her. Writer-director and lead actor Eva Victor shuffles the chronology of her wonderfully delicate and surprisingly humorous feature debut, presenting fragments of several years in the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:20

  • 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: 13:40, 20:55

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