Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 20/06/2026

  • A NEW HOLLYWOOD SEASON: MOMMIE DEAREST

    An incendiary portrait of Hollywood icon Joan Crawford, Mommie Dearest sees Faye Dunaway deliver a blistering turn, charting a volatile, abusive relationship with Crawford’s adopted daughter, Christina. The film’s initial critical backlash and negative public reception effectively stalled Dunaway’s career,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.30

  • BACKROOMS

    A therapist (Renate Reinsve) ventures into a mysterious, liminal dimension after her patient (Chiwetel Ejiofor) vanishes through a strange doorway in a furniture showroom. As she searches the seemingly endless labyrinth of anonymous spaces, she begins to feel that she... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  • BOOGIE NIGHTS (4K RESTORATION)

    SCREENING FROM JUNE 12th

    Probably no other director to have emerged in American cinema during this decade has attained the elevated status of Paul Thomas Anderson, now generally considered one of the greatest living filmmakers and an exceptional director of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.00

  • CACTUS PEARS

    SCREENING FROM JUNE 19th

    Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.20, 20.50

  • DISCLOSURE DAY (70mm)

    ON SALE NOW! SCREENING FROM JUNE 10th

    Across his peerless career, Steven Spielberg has, in films such as E.T. (1982) and Jurassic Park (1993), created some of sci-fi’s most indelible images. In this typically thrilling and thought-provoking return to the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.30, 17.20, 20.25

  • NINO

    SCREENING FROM JUNE 19th

    Nino (Théodore Pellerin), an introspective man in his late 20s, is blindsided by a medical diagnosis in Pauline Loquès’s sensitive debut feature, which echoes Agnes Varda’s Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962). Over one restless weekend in Paris,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30, 18.40

  • 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: 16.20

  • STRICTLY BALLROOM (4K RESTORATION)

    SCREENING FROM JUNE 12th

    Before William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet catapulted him to superstardom, Baz Luhrmann’s visual panache, and taste for the unconventional was on display in Strictly Ballroom, his scintillating debut feature. When rule-breaking dancer Scott (Paul Mercurio) partners with novice Fran... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40, 17.50

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