Irish Film Institute -TRAIN DREAMS

WHAT'S ON - 29/10/2025

  • BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER

    Set against the surreal neon haze of Macau’s imposing casino hotels, Edward Berger’s (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave) Ballad of a Small Player is a seductive character study of an obsessive gambler sinking further into a quagmire of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:15

  • FROM THE VAULTS: THE ECLIPSE

    Michael (Ciarán Hinds), a widower with two children and a dying father-in-law (Jim Norton), is a volunteer at a literary festival in a picturesque seaside town (Cobh, Co Cork). While chaufering festival guests, he meets gothic novelist Lena Morelle (Iben... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.20

  • GERRY ADAMS: A BALLYMURPHY MAN

    Gerry Adams first met Englishwoman Trisha Ziff, a community activist and founder of the “Camerawork Derry” workshop, at the height of the Northern Ireland conflict in 1981, remaining in contact for over 40 years. This film weaves together interviews recorded... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:30

  • ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Digital)

    ★★★★★ – The Irish Times

    ★★★★★ ‘An instant classic’ – Empire

    ★★★★★ ‘A masterpiece… extraordinary’ – The Times

    ‘Needs to be seen on the big screen’ – FM104

    After his freewheeling, shaggy dog adaptation of Inherent... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:00 (Digital)

  • ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST 4K RE-RELEASE

    Jack Nicholson gives what is perhaps his most indelible performance as Randle Patrick McMurphy in Miloš Forman’s masterpiece, one of just three films to win all five major Academy Awards. The film sees recidivist criminal McMurphy being moved from prison... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18:00

  • SOULEYMANE’S STORY

    The precarious life of an undocumented Guinean migrant is vividly brought to life in Boris Lojkine’s clear-eyed, compassionate, and quietly devastating film. Souleymane (Abou Sangare), a bike courier navigating deliveries through the frenetic Paris traffic, is two days away from... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16:15

  • SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE

    Following the success of his tour for The River, Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White) retreats to his New Jersey home studio with long-time manager Jon Landau (Jeremy Strong). He wrestles with the ghosts of his past as he labours over... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:40, 18:10, 20:30 (OC)

  • WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE GOOD LIAR

    Helen Mirren’s recent ‘significant’ birthday prompted several reviews of her illustrious stage and screen career, and in this thrilling crime caper, she shows just why as an actor she has endured. Playing opposite equally venerable actor Ian McKellan, the two... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11:00 (OC)

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