Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 08/04/2026

  • ALAN GILSENAN: THE ROAD TO GOD KNOWS WHERE

    Gilsenan’s breakthrough and controversial state-of-the-nation film essay, was, and still is, a provocative, iconoclastic portrait of Irish youth in the 1980s, a time of unemployment, emigration and political crisis. The Road… offered voice to a broad sweep of angry, disillusioned... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • 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: 13.00

  • LA GRAZIA

    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 convincingly, return to the political milieu... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.40

  • ORWELL: 2+2=5

    OPENING IN CINEMA FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH

    A dynamic blend of biography and intellectual inquiry, Raoul Peck’s (I am not your Negro) film examines the legacy of George Orwell through the lens of today’s turbulent political climate. The film draws parallels... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.35

  • SPILT MILK

    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 to find him.

    Set against the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.25

  • 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: 15.10

  • TWO PROSECUTORS

    OPENING IN CINEMA FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH

    (ZWEI STAATSANWÄLTE)

    Soviet Union, 1937. Thousands of letters from detainees falsely accused by the regime are burned in a prison cell. Against all odds, one of them reaches its destination, upon the desk of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.05

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