Irish Film Institute -IFI Family Festival returns June 24th – 26th with some amazing film adventures from all over the world

IFI Family Festival returns June 24th – 26th with some amazing film adventures from all over the world

IFI Press Release: May 19th, 2016

The IFI Family Festival returns June 24th – 26th.  Along with three days of films from around the world – almost all Irish premieres – there’s a chance to meet a beautiful Golden Eagle, crack some mysterious codes, create fanzines, have a hoedown in Meeting House Square with the schools’ screening, meet the makers of Zig and Zag and find out some exciting facts about the Bard!

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY JUNE 24TH:

Foyer Flights – 5.30pm-6.30pm

Brothers of the Wind (Age 7+) – 6.30pm

Schools’ Screening: Little Grey Fergie: Country Fun (Age 5+) – 10.15am

SATURDAY JUNE 25TH

Short Tales 1 (Age 4+) – 11am

Short Tales 2 (Age 8+) – 1pm

The Pasta Detectives (Age 6+) – 4pm

Code M (Age 10+) – 6.30pm

SUNDAY JUNE 26TH

Family Shakespeare – The Lion King & Pop-Up (Cert G) – 11am

Zig and Zag Special (Age 6+) – 2pm

Rainbow (Age 8+) – 4pm

WORKSHOPS:

SATURDAY JUNE 25TH

Film Fanzines (Age 7-9) – 11am-2pm

SUNDAY JUNE 26TH

Screen Magic (Age 9-12) – 11am-2pm

The IFI Family Festival is supported by British Council, Shakespeare Lives in 2016 and Goethe-Institut Irland.

For more information, interview requests and high-res images, please contact Deirdre O’Reilly at the IFI Press Office (01 679 5744 or doreilly@irishfilm.ie). Full details of the IFI Family Festival are available at www.ifi.ife/familyfest

The IFI acknowledges the financial support of the Arts Council.

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