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WHAT'S ON - 02/10/2025

BEST OF IRISH 2025: GIRLS & BOYS

Rugby player Jace (Adam Lunnon-Collery) meets aspiring filmmaker Charlie (Liath Hannon) at a college party. Both attend Trinity College, but their worlds couldn’t be more different; Charlie is trans, her circle full of queer artists and creatives, while Jace is... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 16:10
BRIDES

England, 2014; two disillusioned 15-year-old Muslim girls – Doe, a quiet Somali-born refugee, and Muna, a defiant Pakistani teenager – flee their suburban lives, lured to Syria by online propaganda. Alienated by racism, domestic abuse, and a society that sees them... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13:50, 20:30
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN (WITH INTRODUCTION FROM OBUMNEKE ANYANWU)

Based on the Orange prize-winning novel of the same name, Bandele’s adaptation insightfully portrays the Nigerian civil war by exploring its abiding impact on his characters’ lives.

Focusing on sisters Olanna (Thandiwe Newton) and the sardonic Kainene (Anika Noni Rose),... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 20.00
IFI TALKS: SCORING BLACK MEMORY – NOLLYWOOD SOUNDTRACK AND THE CELEBRATION OF BLACK HERITAGE

As a cultural force, cinema continues to both mirror and question the frameworks of empire and colonial power. This presentation examines the essence of Black History Month by presenting the Biafran struggle – which parallels the civil rights demonstrations in... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 18.00
STEVE

Steve (Cillian Murphy) is a headteacher in an English last-chance reform school for youths who have been forsaken by society. As he fights to protect the school’s integrity and impending closure, Steve grapples with his own mental and physical health... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 13:20, 18:15
THE ICE STORM

Following the success of his first English-language film, the Oscar-winning Sense and Sensibility (1995), recently screened at the IFI, the next entry in Taiwanese director Ang Lee’s admirably eclectic body of work mined affluent 1970s American suburbia for its exploration of familial... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15:40