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Cannes 2014: Festival blog by IFI Director Ross Keane

So we’re back in Cannes for another year of obsessing about schedules and trying to expertly judge queue lengths to pack in as many films as humanly possible! Read IFI Director Ross Keane’s festival blog: Part One and Part Two.

Shocking Documentaries: Four Films that Sparked Outrage in Ireland [blog]

To coincide with the presentation of States of Fear to mark its 15th anniversary, the Tiernan MacBride Library looks at other documentaries which caused controversy in Ireland – read more in this blog piece by Eilís Ní Raghallaigh.

The IFI Irish… Read More

Live satellite Q+A with Jarvis Cocker and Pulp after screening of new documentary

IFI Press Release: 14/05/2014

IFI to present a live satellite Q+A with Jarvis Cocker and Pulp after screening of new documentary on Saturday 7th June

Sheffield, 1988, ‘The Day That Never Happened’. Following a disastrous farewell show in their hometown, Pulp… Read More

Join us to celebrate Frank at the IFI with a FREE music film pub quiz on Tuesday, May 20th!

Think you know your musical movies and soundtracks? Test your knowledge in our FREE pub quiz in the IFI Cafe Bar on Tuesday, May 20th from 21.30!

To celebrate the release of Frank at the IFI, we’ll be asking the… Read More

Young Media Explorers Wanted!

We are looking for a group of young people to become ‘Media Explorers’ and help us plan and deliver our Family Festival. If you have a passion for film and media and would like to get involved then this could… Read More

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


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