Irish Film Institute -What’s On
  • FIRST FORTNIGHT: IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU

    Rose Byrne gives a performance of blistering intensity in Mary Bronstein’s extraordinary second feature; a white-knuckle ride into the psyche of a woman on the brink of despair, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is a brave, formally daring,... Read More

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  • FIRST FORTNIGHT: THE LOW ROAD

    After the suicide of her best friend, a guilt-ridden and heartbroken young woman hikes Scotland’s West Highland Way to find salvation. Unprepared and overwhelmed she embarks on a journey from the streets of Glasgow to the breath-taking scenery of the... Read More

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  • HAMNET: FROM PAGE TO SCREEN

    IN CONVERSATION WITH CHLOÉ ZHAO AND MAGGIE O’FARRELL. HOSTED BY RICK O’SHEA.

    Hamnet screenwriter and director Chloé Zhao and Hamnet author and film co-writer Maggie O’Farrell will come together at the Irish Film Institute on Saturday December 13th for an... Read More

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  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: COLD COMFORT (DOUBLE BILL)

    Join us this December for FREE lunchtime screenings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office.

    PROGRAMME ONE 

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  • IFI YOUTH PANEL: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

    “What a Glorious Feelin’”, the IFI’s youth panel is screening Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s Singin’ In The Rain (1952) as their December choice. This classic film follows the dazzling journey from silent films to talkies, and stars Gene Kelly,... Read More

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  • EAFFI DISCOVERIES: THE BOTANIST

    Chinese writer-director Jing Yi’s contemplative debut feature draws on his own Xinjiang roots and Kazakh heritage in an evocative exploration of memory and place. Thirteen-year-old arsin lives with his grandmother in a remote village near Kazakhstan, where life moves untouched,... Read More

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  • IRISH FOCUS: WE ONLY WANT THE EARTH: THE LIFE AND IDEAS OF JAMES CONNOLLY

    An iconic presence on the landscape of Irish socialism and republicanism, the name of James Connolly looms large in the trade union movement and wherever radical left-wing politics are espoused. Here Alan Gilsenan positions Connolly’s radical ideas and political achievements... Read More

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  • BOWIE: THE FINAL ACT

    SCREENING FROM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26TH

    The film explores how David Bowie’s last chapter transcended closure and instead became a bold act of reinvention. Beginning with a period of artistic uncertainty in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the documentary follows... Read More

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  • IFI FAMILY: THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED

    Bring a touch of magic and wonder to your post-Christmas family activities with our screening of the classic silhouette animation, directed by lotte Reiniger. Adapted from The Arabian Nights, it’s the tale of a prince tricked into flying a horse... Read More

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