IFI Documentary Festival 2025, its annual celebration of non-fiction filmmaking taking place from Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14th September. Bringing together bold voices, urgent topics, and inventive forms, the festival presents a cutting edge mix of screenings, panel discussions, and public interviews. It acts as a window for audiences into stories and contemporary realities both internationally and in Ireland, bringing the best new documentaries to Dublin, with 14 feature documentaries which include 7 Irish premieres, 2 shorts programmes, and a public-facing industry panel illuminating the landscape of documentary making in Ireland today under the umbrella of IFI Spotlight. The 2025 festival will open with the Irish premiere of How To Build A Library, an inspirational triumph over adversity from Kenya in which the filmmakers document the quest to transform the formerly whites-only, colonial-era McMillan Memorial Library into a vibrant cultural hub for a new generation of Africans.

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Booking Information:

Cinema tickets cost €15.00 each, except for the opening film which includes a post-screening reception and costs €17.00.

Packages*: €30.00 for 3 films. €60.00 for 5 films. Both packages exclude the opening film. These packages can only be booked in-person or by calling the IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477.

Free list suspended for IFI Documentary Festival.

 

Membership: is required for all in-cinema screenings. Daily membership costs €1.50 and is applicable to all festival screenings for Non-Members. Annual membership is just €40.00 (Concession: €25.00), and entitles the bearer to discounts on screenings, free preview screenings of selected films throughout the year, one complimentary ticket, and a host of other benefits.

*A Festival membership fee of €5.00 is applicable to all festival packages for Non-Members.

   

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