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IFI Announces 2015 Exhibition Plans

IFI Press Release: 19th Feb 2015

The IFI revealed details of its Programme for 2015 with a selection of new strands, including The Hangover Lounge, Rock’n’Roll Cinema and The Bigger Picture, alongside many established favourites

The IFI announced its Programme… Read More

Blog: Irish Love Lessons: Five Irish Films Exploring Love’s Many Guises

This February, the IFI offers audiences the opportunity to explore the vicissitudes of love with screenings of the award-winning Irish film Patrick’s Day,  Ira Sachs’s tender drama Love is Strange  and the classic Chinese film Spring in a Small Town…. Read More

Listen to Patrick’s Day Q&A with director Terry McMahon, actor Moe Dunford & Prof Ivor Browne

We were delighted to have director Terry McMahon, lead actor Moe Dunford, and Professor Ivor Browne take part in a post-screening Q&A on Friday, 6th February. The interview was hosted by TV3’s Elaine Crowley. 

Patrick’s Day is currently showing at… Read More

Who will bag a golden man at this year’s Academy Awards? VOTE in our poll!

The awards season will reach a crescendo on February 22nd with the 87th Academy Awards. The competition is wide open, so can YOU guess who will win the top 6 gongs this year? 

Have a go at our online pollRead More

Marriage Equality Fundraising Screening of Love Is Strange

The IFI, GCN (Gay Community News), and GAZE International LGBT Film Festival will present a special screening of the internationally acclaimed movie Love is Strange in aid of Marriage Equality on Sunday, February 15th at 13.00. Tikets cost €10 and all proceeds… Read More

Kubrick author Maria Pramaggiore blogs about Barry Lyndon ahead of its screening on February 14th

Barry Lyndon, a lavish, three-hour long period drama based on William Thackeray’s novel about the rise and fall of an 18th century Irish scoundrel was directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1975. It was his least commercially successful film,… Read More

40th Anniversary of Barry Lyndon

IFI Press Release

The IFI marks 40-year anniversary of Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon with a special ‘From the Vaults’ screening and a separate Panel Discussion

 A lavish period drama based on William Thackeray’s novel of the rise and fall of a… Read More

Back to Basics of Film Studies with our 6-Week Reading Pictures Evening Course

Back to Basics of Film Studies with our 6-Week Reading Pictures Evening Course from March 3rd

The IFI’s spring evening course will return to first principles with an introductory look at film studies. Running over six weeks, each evening will… Read More

Read Eilís Ní Raghallaigh’s latest blog: Inspiring Irish Films

Inspiring Irish Films: True Tales of Courage and Determination on Screen

This January the IFI celebrates gripping true life stories with screenings of Testament of Youth and Oscar-nominated films The Theory of Everything and Foxcatcher.  

In this month’s blog from… Read More


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