Irish Film Institute -IFI Announces winner of the inaugural Pete Walsh Critical Writing Award

IFI Announces winner of the inaugural Pete Walsh Critical Writing Award

Darragh O’Donoghue has been named winner of the IFI Pete Walsh Critical Writing Award for his review of Rob Epstein’s 2013 film Lovelace.

The Pete Walsh Critical Writing Award is a new annual award inspired by the late, esteemed IFI… Read More

IFI Stranger Than Fiction Call for Entries

IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION, DUBLIN’S DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 DATES AND AN OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES

The dates for the 11th edition of IFI Stranger Than Fiction, Dublin’s documentary film festival have just been confirmed as September 25th-28th 2014. The Festival is looking for original and… Read More

IFI Stranger Than Fiction 2014 Call For Entries

IFI Press Release: 2/5/2014

IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION, DUBLIN’S DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 DATES AND AN OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES

The dates for the 11th edition of IFI Stranger Than Fiction, Dublin’s documentary film festival have just been confirmed as September 25th-28th 2014…. Read More

IFI Spotlight 2014 – discussions on the Irish film industry and its audience [podcast]

Do box office figures reflect film quality? Who is the audience? What are the perceptions held of Irish cinema in Ireland and further afield? IFI Spotlight, our annual focus on Irish film and TV, took place throughout the month of… Read More

Ken Loach to visit IFI for retrospective of his work

IFI Press Release: 24th April 2014

Ken Loach to take part in a public interview at the IFI on the occasion of a major two-month retrospective of his film and television work

There are few film directors who have tackled social… Read More

‘Gérard Depardieu in Eustace Street’ – read Betty Thompson’s poem about the IFI

The Dublin: One City One Book title for 2014, If Ever You Go: A Map of Dublin in Poetry and Song, is something completely different yet very Dublin. A collection of poems, ballads and songs from a range of literary luminaries connected with… Read More

The IFI is delighted to welcome Ken Loach for an interview on May 8th to coincide with our Loach retrospective

The IFI is thrilled to welcome Ken Loach on Thursday, May 8th for a public interview with RTÉ Radio 1 Arena host, Seán Rocks. The Q&A will take place ahead of a FREE screening of Cathy Come Home that day, and will… Read More

Too old for animation?

IFI Press Release: 17th April

Too old for animation? IFI and Animation Skillnet present a day of discussion, masterclasses and screenings on 26th April

Who is too old for animation? This is the question posed in a packed animation day… Read More

Sam Mendes directs Simon Russell Beale in NT Live’s King Lear

 IFI and Dublin Theatre Festival Press Release: 16th April 2014

‘Simon Russell Beale is magnetic. An exceptional production.’ The Guardian

‘The cast is beyond superlative. A literally awe-inspiring production.’ Time Out

Sam Mendes directs Simon Russell Beale in… Read More


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