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Remembering Tiernan

“I often wanted to write about Tiernan but never found the right way to talk about the vast activity of his life.  All this activity went on alongside a film making life. As well as being a well known commercials… Read More

IFI Horrorthon Reviewer wanted!

Do you know your gorefest from your slasher cinema? Would you like to be in the company of Danielle Harris and other Festival guests? If so, become our reviewer and tweet from the biggest, bloodiest and the best Festival of… Read More

Hear Lenny Abrahamson’s interview at the IFI

Director Lenny Abrahamson visited the IFI on Saturday, October 6th, and gave an interview about his career to date to Tony Tracy (Lecturer in Film, Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway).

We were delighted to have them… Read More

Five Stars for What Richard Did

What Richard Did looks set to be one of the most important and talked about Irish films of recent years. This powerful, low-key drama from the director of Adam & Paul and Garage is loosely based on the book Bad Day in Blackrock by… Read More

Coming Home to Dreamtime Ireland

“My visits to Julius Ziz and his family were filled with many conversations about local Irish folklore and it’s almost palpable presence embodied in the surrounding myth-laden landscapes of the Burren. This inevitably fed into our idea of collaborating on… Read More

Lost Lenny Abrahamson short film to screen as part of IFI retrospective

The IFI is delighted to announce that Mendel Walzman, a short film by Lenny Abrahamson filmed in the IFI buildings in 1987 will be screened as part of  its Focus on Lenny Abrahamson. Recently rediscovered by Abrahamson, it is an intimate record… Read More

Thrills, chills and spills at IFI Horrrorthon 2012

IFI Press Release: 4th October 2012

 

Press Contact: Patrick Stewart pstewart@irishfilm.ie or 01 679 5744

 

Five days of thrills, chills and spills in store as IFI Horrorthon returns from 25th-29th October, boasting the genre’s scariest, bloodiest, and best;… Read More

October at the IFI

“After a busy September celebrating the IFI’s 20th anniversary of its home in Temple Bar, we wanted the first month of the next 20 years to demonstrate the breadth of our programming and to start the way we mean to… Read More

What Richard Did European Premiere at the IFI

Last Sunday, September 30th, as part of the IFI20 Closing Night Gala celebrations, we were delighted to welcome the cast & crew at the European premiere of What Richard Did, a new film by Lenny Abrahamson. View our photo gallery… Read More


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