Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 23/11/2025

  • BORN THAT WAY

    FINAL SCREENINGS THIS WEEK!

    ★★★★★ ‘A moving, beautiful documentary about a gentle Irish hero’ – The Irish Times

    In a small wooden house in County Kilkenny, Patrick Lydon’s life is ebbing away. Throughout his final year he reflects on... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • BUGONIA

    Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and his cousin Don (Aidan Delbis) are preparing to kidnap Michelle (Emma Stone), the CEO of a local pharmaceutical company, for which Teddy works as a box packer, an audacious ploy that if successful will save both... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 17.45 (35mm)

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL – CLAUDE CHABROL: THE BUTCHER

    (LE BOUCHER)

    After fifteen years serving in Indochina and Algeria, Popaul (Jean Yanne) returns to Tremolat in Périgord following his estranged father’s death to take over the family butcher shop. Meeting the beautiful, cultured, school principal Miss Hélène (Stéphane Audran),... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: A MAGNIFICENT LIFE

    (MARCEL AND MONSIEUR PAGNOL)

    At the height of his fame, Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974), one of France’s greatest dramatists and filmmakers, is commissioned by a major women’s magazine to write a literary serial about his life and loves. As he writes,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.20

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: A PRIVATE LIFE

    (VIE PRIVÉE)

    Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster’s first major French-speaking role), a respected American psychiatrist living in Paris, is deeply troubled by the suspicious death of her patient Paula (Virginie Efira, Sibyl, In Bed with Victoria). Convinced Paula was murdered, she... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 17.30

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: THAT SUMMER IN PARIS

    (LE RENDEZ-VOUS DE L’ÉTÉ)

    With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games underway, Blandine, a shy 30-year-old, has travelled from Normandy to attend the swimming events. While there, she reconnects with her half-sister and meets her niece Alma for the first time.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: THE PARTY IS OVER

    (CLASSE MOYENNE)

    When tensions escalate between the Trousselards (Laurent Lafitte, Élodie Bouchez), an entitled rich couple, and the Azizis (Laure Calamy, Ramzy Bedia), whom they employ off-book to look after their luxurious holiday home, Mehdi (Sami Outalbali), the law graduate... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 19.50

  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: WE BELIEVE YOU

    (ON VOUS CROIT)

    Alice (Myriem Akheddiou) has been summoned to a court proceeding where a judge will determine whether her children – 10-year-old Etienne and 17-year-old Lila – will stay in her care or be handed over to her ex-husband... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.30

  • NUREMBERG

    FINAL SCREENINGS THIS WEEK!

    In the immediate aftermath of World War II, US Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) has been assigned to assess whether high-ranking Nazi prisoners are mentally fit to stand trial, among them the eerily... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10

  • PALESTINE 36

    FINAL SCREENINGS THIS WEEK!

    Annemarie Jacir’s ambitious historical drama focuses on the turbulent year of 1936, when Palestinian resistance to British colonial rule and the pressures of mass displacement exploded into revolution. The film follows Yusuf, a young man torn... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.40

  • THE MASTERMIND

    FINAL SCREENINGS THIS WEEK!

    In 1970, Massachusetts, unemployed carpenter J.B. (Josh O’Connor) lives with his wife Terri (Alana Haim) and their two young sons. In an ill-conceived bid to turn around his ailing fortunes, J.B. plans to rob a local... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.20

  • TRAIN DREAMS

    FINAL SCREENINGS THIS WEEK!

    Clint Bentley’s lyrical second feature, adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella, is a poignant character study of one Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger and railroad worker traversing the Pacific Northwest during the early decades of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.15

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