Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 16/05/2026

  • 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: 15.40

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: TO DIE FOR (DOUBLE BILL)

    Join us for free screenings at lunchtime on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Collect tickets at IFI Box Office or online (with a small booking fee).

    TO DIE FOR Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.15

  • CRONOS (4K RE-RELEASE)

    SCREENS FRIDAY 16th, SATURDAY 17th & THURSDAY 21st

    Guillermo del Toro’s highly imaginative debut, now presented in a luminous 4K restoration, is a unique twist on classic vampire lore. The story follows an elderly antiques dealer who discovers an ancient... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • HOKUM

    A reclusive horror writer (Adam Scott) travels to a remote Irish hotel to scatter his parents’ ashes, only to become entangled in unsettling local lore surrounding the ramshackle building. As strange visions intensify and a mysterious disappearance occurs, his grief... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.05

  • OBSESSION

    OPENS MAY 15TH

    Socially awkward Bear (Michael Johnston) harbours an unrequited crush for childhood friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette). On a whim he buys a ‘One Wish Willow’ novelty toy and wishes for Nikki to love him “more than anything in... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.45, 20.30

  • ORPHAN

    OPENS MAY 15TH

    Budapest 1957: Andor, a teenage Jewish boy, who has been raised to believe his absent father was a hero of the violently supressed Hungarian Revolution, is thrown into confusion when his mother brings home a mysterious interloper... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.15, 20.20

  • ROMERÍA

    Eighteen-year-old Marina was orphaned at a young age; she travels to Spain’s Atlantic coast to obtain a signature for a scholarship application from the paternal grandparents she has never met. There, she navigates a sea of new aunts, uncles, and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • ROSE OF NEVADA

    When the titular trawler mysteriously returns, having disappeared from a Cornish fishing village thirty years ago, local man Nick (George Mackay) and brash out-of-towner Liam (Callum Turner), unwittingly take her out to sea. With its grainy, richly textured 16mm visuals,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.40

  • THE CHRISTOPHERS

    OPENS MAY 15th

    Gifted art restorer Lori (Michaela Coel) has been engaged by the estranged children of Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen), a once infamous, now reclusive, London artist, to help them in a scheme to secure their inheritance. Posing as... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30, 18.15

  • THIS MORTAL COIL: PONETTE

    Germaine de Staël opined that “we understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love.” Although the loss of loved ones is part of the natural order, it can be even more devastating... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10

  • TRAD

    Donegal teenager Shóna McAnally feels conflicted about her prodigious talent as a traditional Irish fiddle player. She takes to the road with her little brother Mickey and a troupe of wandering musicians, on a cross-country journey of adventure, romance and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.40


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