Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 21/05/2026

  • 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: 15.30

  • 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: 18.10

  • IRISH FOCUS: THE SWIMMING DIARIES + Q&A

    SCREENS THURSDAY MAY 21ST

    The Swimming Diaries originated as a book, a memoir about swimming and grieving, written by Susan Thomson during the month when her mother was dying. The film translates the book back into watery movement, creating a... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.15

  • 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: 13.10, 20.55

  • 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: 13.00, 18.00

  • 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: 15.20

  • 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: 12.50

  • 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: 15.50 (OC), 20.40

  • 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: 20.45


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