Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 22/03/2026

  • 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: 11.40

  • EAFFI: KY NAM INN

    (QUÁN KỲ NAM)

    Khang is on his way to success. Through family connections, he is assigned the much-coveted job of working on a new translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. Moving to Saigon, he meets his neighbour Kỳ... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.00

  • EAFFI: THE SYSTEM

    Peter Yung’s debut feature intricately portrays the relationships between drug dealers, police, and informants. Inspector Chan (Pai Ying) persuades drug lord Hung’s assistant, Tam (Sek Kin), to cooperate and gather evidence against Hung. However, the operation is sabotaged, complicating matters... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

  • EAFFI: WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU

    (GEU JAYEONI NEGE MWORAGO HANI)

    Donghwa, a wandering poet in his thirties, drives his girlfriend Junhee to her parents’ home on the outskirts of Seoul. Though they’ve been dating for three years, Junhee has never told her parents about him.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00

  • 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: 20.25

  • JEAN-LUC GODARD: IN PRAISE OF LOVE (ÉLOGE DE L’AMOUR)

    SCREENING SUNDAY 22nd MARCH

    Even by JLG’s extraordinary standards, Éloge de l’amour counts as one of his most perceptive works. Told in reverse chronology, the film follows Edgar, a filmmaker attempting to make a project about love in its various... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • LA GRAZIA

    OPENING IN CINEMA FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH

    Having found inspiration in the lives of real-life former politicians Giulio Andreotti (Il Divo, 2008) and Silvio Berlusconi (Loro, 2018), Paolo Sorrentino and regular collaborator Toni Servillo, who essayed the previous two men so... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 17.10

  • MIDWINTER BREAK

    OPENING IN CINEMA FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH

    Stella (Lesley Manville) and Gerry’s (Ciarán Hinds) titular sojourn to Amsterdam becomes an unexpected emotional reckoning for the long-married, retired couple as old memories and unresolved tensions come to the surface, forcing them to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00, 13.50, 18.10

  • SPILT MILK (+ Q&A ON FRI 20TH)

    OPENING IN CINEMA FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH

    Inspired by his TV hero Kojak, 11-year-old Bobby sets up a private detective agency with his best friend Nell. When his big brother Oisin goes missing, the pair set off on a perilous quest... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.50, 20.00

  • 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: 20.10

  • 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: 12.00 (Digital)

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