Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 24/05/2026

  • 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

  • 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, 18.00

  • 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: 20.40

  • IFI FAMILY: COCO

    SCREENS MAY 24th

    A magical Pixar tale of music, family and legacy, inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead. 12-year-old Miguel from Santa Cecila loves music but is banned from playing as his musician great-great-grandfather abandoned his family to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • 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: 15.40, 20.10

  • 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: 11.20, 18.30

  • 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: 11.50

  • 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: 13.15, 18.10, 20.30

  • THIS MORTAL COIL: LAKE MUNGO

    While A Ghost Story focused on a romantic relationship, Lake Mungo, also of a more overtly supernatural bent, looks at the love that endures following the loss of a family member, and the unique difficulties caused by the recurring waves... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.30

  • 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: 14.20


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