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6 March 2026: The Irish Film Institute (IFI), with support from Culture Ireland, is proud to announce IFI International collaborations with 17 partner festivals in 10 countries across the globe this March. Showcasing the very best of Irish filmmaking, there will be 182 screenings of an incredible 122 films.
The diverse line-up of films exhibited this year is a testament to the vibrant, dynamic and ever-changing Irish film industry, highlighting both new work and also films from the IFI Irish Film Archive that remain as resonant and as sought-after as ever.
In demand films this year include recent IFTA winners Christy, Saipan and Báite; documentaries Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story, Gerry Adams – A Ballymurphy Man, Testimony and A Quiet Love; crime thriller Aontas, family drama Horseshoe, period caper Spilt Milk, and the winning coming-of-age story Girls & Boys.
This year will see directors Ruán Magan, Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn, Jim Sheridan, Nick Kelly and Aoife Kelleher take part in post-screening audience events, while actors Danny Power and Diarmuid Noyes will travel to Belgrade with Christy.
Irish Film Week in Belgrade will spotlight the work of two legends of modern Irish cinema, director Neil Jordan and actor Stephen Rea. Both artists will be awarded the Golden Seal of the Yugoslav Film Archive for their contribution to film art.
IFI International Programme Manager Eleanor Melinn said: “It has been a privilege to collaborate once again with our festival partners to deliver such comprehensive and varied programmes to international audiences. March is always an exciting time of the year as films are sent across the Atlantic and throughout Europe in preparation for each festival opening.”
IFI International continues to develop relationships with a range of prestigious festivals and organisations worldwide in the promotion of Irish film and filmmakers. From longstanding partnerships with festivals in Rome, Luxembourg, Belgrade, Washington and Chicago, to newer collaborations with festivals in the US, Germany and France.
The festival season started on February 26th with the opening of the Capital Irish Film Festival in Washington D.C. Running since 2005 and presented by Solas Nua, this year’s festival opened with a screening of Saipan, followed by a Q&A with directors Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn. On the same evening, to the northwest, Báite opened the Chicago Irish Film Festival, followed by a Q&A with director Ruán Magan. Running until the 8th March, the festival will showcase a wide line-up of narrative, documentary and short filmmaking.
US festivals continue at the start of March with New York’s CraicFest and the San Francisco Irish Film DocFest, dedicated to showing the best in Irish non-fiction filmmaking. Elsewhere in the US, the Emerald City Irish Film Festival takes place in Seattle on March 14th and 15th; Boston’s Irish Film Festival will take place the following weekend on the 20th and 21st; and the Irish Film Festival Los Angeles will run from the 20th to the 22nd.
In Canada, Cine Gael Montréal, takes place on March 27th, and the Toronto Irish Film Festival runs from March 27th to 29th.
Across Europe, the influence of Irish cinema will be felt with festivals in Belgrade (March 12th to 22nd); the Irish Film Festival Berlin (March 13th to 17th); Écrans Britanniques et Irlandais in Nîmes (Mar 13th to 22nd); the British & Irish Film Festival in Luxembourg (March 19th to 22nd); and the Irish Film Festa Rome (March 25th to 29th).
Other standalone events will take place in Madrid with a screening of The Outcasts at the Filmoteca Española; a screening of Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey at the Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival; plus screenings of The Commitments, Ready or Not, Christy and Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar-nominated Wolfwalkers at the Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavík.
For a full list of films and festival dates, please visit: IFI International Calendar.
IFI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ACTIVITY IN MARCH 5-7 Mar: CraicFest / New York, USA 7 Mar: SF Irish Film DocFest / San Francisco, USA 12-22 Mar: Belgrade Irish Festival / Belgrade, Serbia 13 Mar: Filmoteca Española’s Ireland Week / Madrid, Spain 13 Mar: Quimper-Limerick Twinning Association’s 45th Twinning Anniversary / Quimper, France 13-17 Mar: Irish Film Festival Berlin / Berlin, Germany 13-22 Mar: Écrans Britanniques et Irlandais / Nîmes, France 14-15 Mar: Emerald City Irish Film Festival / Seattle, USA 19 Mar: Irish History Group at Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival / Glasgow, UK 19-22 Mar: British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg / Luxembourg 19-29 Mar: Stockfish Film Festival / Reykjavík, Iceland 20-21 Mar: Irish Film Festival Boston / Boston, USA 20-22 Mar: CIACLA presents Irish Film Festival Los Angeles / Los Angeles, USA 21 Mar: Ciné Manivel: Un samedi en Irlande / Redon, France 25-29 Mar: Irish Film Festa Rome / Rome, Italy 27 Mar: Cine Gael Montreal / Montreal, Canada 27-29 Mar: Toronto Irish Film Festival / Toronto, Canada
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Notes to Editors Full schedule available at: ifi.ie/irish-film/international/international-calendar/
About IFI International The Irish Film Institute’s IFI International Programme is supported by Irish government organisation Culture Ireland with the aim of strategically developing a global audience for Irish film through cultural exhibition. Working with over 100 exhibition partners in more than 50 countries annually, and drawing on contemporary Irish film and the collections of the IFI Irish Film Archive, IFI International provides access for cultural exhibitors to new and classic Irish cinema. ifi.ie/irish-film/international/
About Culture Ireland Culture Ireland promotes Irish arts worldwide, creating and supporting opportunities for Irish artists and companies to present and promote their work at strategic international festivals and venues. It develops platforms to present the richness and quality of Irish creativity to international audiences through showcase events in key arts markets, as well as various special initiatives. cultureireland.ie
The IFI is principally funded by the Arts Council. IFI International is funded by Culture Ireland.
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ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: GAEILGE ABÚ! (PROGRAMME 2) 13.10
BÁITE (+ Q&A ON FRIDAY 6TH) 18.25
FROM THE VAULTS: IRELAND IN THE NEWSREELS / ÉIRE NA NUACHTSCANNÁN 18.30
SIRĀT 12.45
SOUND OF FALLING 15.20, 20.15
THE BRIDE! 12.40, 20.30 (OC)
THE SECRET AGENT 15.10
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE 14.45 (70MM)
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