Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 15/04/2026

  • ALAN GILSENAN: THE ASYLUM

    By 2006 St. Ita’s Psychiatric Hospital, commonly known as Portrane, was a place which evoked fear and loathing in the public imagination even though little was known about what went on inside. As it was then facing closure, Gilsenan gained... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY)

    Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s wonderfully quirky and irresistibly enchanting Amélie returns to the big screen for its 25th anniversary. After a lonely childhood, the adult Amélie (an adorable Audrey Tautou) devises elaborate, secret stratagems for bringing happiness to those around her. In... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.10

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MISSIONS IMPOSSIBLE (PROGRAMME 1)

    Inwood, Manhattan, has been called the last of the Irish ghettos –  Irish accents can be heard and advertisements for Irish games and functions are on display. There are Irish newspapers for sale. But it looks as though the Irish... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00

  • FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

    SCREENING FROM APRIL 10th

    Jim Jarmusch, master of the droll vignette, contemplates family dynamics in a triptych of thematically linked stories concerning the relationships between adult children, their estranged or deceased parents, and each other, and does so in typically... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00 (OC), 20.30

  • 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: 15.20

  • 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: 16.00

  • 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: 13.50

  • STAND BY ME (40th ANNIVERSARY)

    SCREENING FROM APRIL 10th

    The late, great Rob Reiner excelled at bringing writers such as William Goldman (The Princess Bride, 1987) and Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, 1992) to the screen. In a crowded field, he also proved to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • THE DRAMA

    Kristoffer Borgli’s (Sick of Myself, Dream Scenario) latest is a darkly comic romantic drama about Emma and Charlie, an engaged couple played by Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, whose relationship begins to unravel in the days before their wedding. As long-buried secrets... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.10, 20.45

  • THE STRANGER

    SCREENING FROM APRIL 10th

    Albert Camus’s enduring and enigmatic 1962 novella L’Étranger follows Meursault, a detached young man in 1930s Algeria whose indifference to social conventions and emotional expectations sets him apart from others. When he impulsively kills an Arabic... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40, 20.10

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