Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 15/03/2026

  • BÁITE

    In a pretty Irish village proprietor Peggy Casey (Eleanor O’Brien) prepares for a busy weekend in the pub. But when a body is found in the receding waters of the lake, the community is deeply unsettled. Dublin Detective Sergeant Frank... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.45

  • IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU

    Rose Byrne gives a performance of blistering intensity in Mary Bronstein’s extraordinary second feature; a white-knuckle ride into the psyche of a woman on the brink of despair. Byrne plays Linda, a psychoanalyst caring for her critically ill daughter who... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.05

  • IFI FAMILY: RÚN CHEANANNAIS MHÓIR (THE SECRET OF KELLS)

    (RÚN CHEANANNAIS MHÓIR)

    From Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon comes this beautiful and intricate hand-drawn animation, telling the story of young monk Brendan who is learning how to illuminate manuscripts. Forbidden to go outside the monastery walls for fear of Vikings, Brendan... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • IFI FAMILY: THE SECRET OF KELLS (ENGLISH VERSION)

    From Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon comes this beautiful and intricate hand-drawn animation, telling the story of young monk Brendan who is learning how to illuminate manuscripts. Forbidden to go outside the monastery walls for fear of Vikings, Brendan dares go into... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.05

  • JEAN-LUC GODARD: DETECTIVE (DÉTECTIVE)

    SCREENING SUNDAY 15th MARCH

    A key transitional work, Détective marked Godard’s re-engagement with more accessible narrative forms after his experimental Dziga Vertov Group period. A noir-inflected ensemble piece, the film interweaves multiple pulpy storylines inside a fading Paris hotel: a detective (Laurent... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • RESURRECTION

    OPENING IN CINEMA FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH

    (KUANGYE SHEDAI / 狂野时代)

    An enigmatic elegy for cinema itself, Bi Gan’s (Long Day’s Journey into Night) unclassifiable Resurrection is an epic, sensory portmanteau drama exploring memory, dreams, and the seduction of image making.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 19.50

  • SIRĀT

    Luis (Sergi López) and his son Esteban journey through southern Morocco searching for Luis’s missing daughter, Mar, who vanished months ago, last seen attending a remote dance party in the desert. They join a group of thrill-seekers bound for an... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.05

  • THE BRIDE!

    Following her auspicious directorial debut with The Lost Daughter (2021), Maggie Gyllenhaal reunites with Jessie Buckley in this self-penned adaptation of James Whale’s classic The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Placing Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) in the unexpectedly glamorous setting of 1930s Chicago, it... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • THE LOVE THAT REMAINS

    OPENING IN CINEMA FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH

    (ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER)

    Hlynur Pálmason’s (A White, White Day; Godland) tender drama captures a year in the life of Anna and Magnús as they navigate separation while raising their three children on a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 10.45, 20.50

  • THE SECRET AGENT

    (O AGENTO SECRETO)

    Brazil, 1977. On the run, Marcelo (Wagner Moura) returns to his hometown of Recife where he is welcomed into a covert community of refugees presided over by aging matriarch Dona Sebastiana. He takes a job in an... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.30

  • THE STRAIGHT STORY 4K

    Possibly the only film in his career that fit with the all-American boy-next-door public persona David Lynch projected, The Straight Story saw the great explorer of the dark unconscious unexpectedly working for Disney. Beginning with an ominous thud (surely a joke on... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.20

  • THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

    “Amanda Seyfried is electrifying” ★★★★★ – The Irish Times

    The Testament of Ann Lee is like no other movie you’ve seen” – Time Magazine

    Showing exclusively at the IFI on 70mm, Mona Fastvold’s third film is a highly cinematic and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30 (Digital)

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