Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 22/05/2026

  • 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: 20.15

  • HEN (2026)

    OPENS MAY 22ND

    Told entirely from the perspective of its avian protagonist, Hen follows a chicken who escapes an industrial farm only to find herself navigating the pecking order of a crumbling seaside restaurant in Greece. As she fights for survival in... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30, 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: 13.20

  • OBSESSION

    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 the world”. His... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.50, 20.55

  • ONCE WE WERE PUNKS

    OPENS MAY 22ND

    1980s Bailieboro, Co. Cavan, four school friends Justin, David, Noel and Paddy form a punk band and set their sights on world domination. They have fun but not a huge amount of talent and when the big... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.45, 18.20 (+ Q&A)

  • 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: 15.40

  • THE CHRISTOPHERS

    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 Sklar’s new assistant,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00, 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: 18.10


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