Irish Film Institute -Special guests including Steve Coogan attend the gala preview screening of Stephen Frears’ Philomena at the IFI

Special guests including Steve Coogan attend the gala preview screening of Stephen Frears’ Philomena at the IFI

Recently we welcomed special guests, including Steve Coogan, Ruth McCabe, Cathy Belton and Sean Mahon, to the gala preview screening of Stephen Frears’ superb Philomena at the IFI. See photos from the event.

Philomena is currently showing at the IFI.

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Special IFI Membership deal for Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival ticket buyers!

Rather than buying daily membership for €1 to see each of the films in the Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival, why not go for annual membership instead?

Special IFI Membership Deal 

Show your Festival ticket at IFI Box Office and you can buy… Read More

Steve Coogan at the preview of PHILOMENA at the IFI [podcast]

“That was one of the things that motivated me: to make a film that is both sincere, intelligent and funny” – Steve Coogan on his reasons for adapting Philomena Lee’s story for the big screen at the preview screening of the… Read More

Are you aged 15 to 18? Discover a world of film with IFI Explorers

Are you aged 15 to 18? Fed up with what’s on offer at your local multiplex? IFI Explorers is our club for those who want to discover a world of film beyond Hollywood blockbusters!

Each month we offer the special price of… Read More

Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival

Press Release: Tuesday 29th October

Twelve days of French style, glamour and cinematic sophistication at the Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival from 20th November – 1st December 2013

This year’s Carte Noire IFI French Film Festival programme brings a mesmerising collection of… Read More

Blog: Keeping the summit dreams alive

“What is different about seeing a wide-shot Everest, the world’s highest mountain for the first time in The Epic Of Everest (1923), to seeing it captured on camera today? To my untrained eye, at least, nothing observable about the mountain… Read More

Podcast: Q&A with Paul Duane about Very Extremely Dangerous and Jerry McGill

A year since its debut at last year’s IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival, Paul Duane returns with his feature film, Very Extremely Dangerous, a tragic story of Jerry McGill, an aging rocker and the last American outlaw. 

There’s a… Read More

Hallowe’en with Nosferatu – Double Bill screening announced

Are you looking for something spooky on Halloween? We’ve released tickets for our Double Bill screening of F. W. Murnau’s classic Nosferatu (18.30) and Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu The Vampyre (20.30) on Thursday, October 31st! 

The first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula,… Read More

Internship Opportunity: Irish Film Research Assistant (JobBridge Scheme)

The Irish Film Programming Department wishes to recruit an Irish Film Research Assistant under the FAS JobBridge Scheme. For full description and more details, visit our Jobs Page. Deadline: 5pm October 28th, 2013.


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