Irish Film Institute -IFI FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2020 OPENS TONIGHT!

IFI FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2020 OPENS TONIGHT!

November 11th 2020: The 21st annual IFI French Film Festival opens tonight, for the first time exclusively online on the IFI’s video-on-demand platform, IFI@Home. The festival, Ireland’s largest French cultural event, will this year run from tonight to next Sunday, the… Read More

PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED FOR THE 21ST IFI FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL

October 29th 2020: The IFI French Film Festival comes of age this year with its 21st anniversary programme from November 11th to 22nd. The festival, Ireland’s largest French cultural event, will take place exclusively on the IFI’s new video-on-demand platform, IFI@Home. 23 features will… Read More

IFI CELEBRATES WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE

To celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the IFI Irish Film Archive is celebrating the work of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Patrick Carey, specifically his 1970 short film Errigal. Part of a series of lyrical and evocative films depicting the landscape, flora and fauna… Read More

WINNERS ANNOUNCED OF THE 2020 IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARDS!

October 8th 2020: IFI is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Audience Awards from the 2020 IFI Documentary Festival.

The Audience Award for Best Feature is presented to TOMORROW IS SATURDAY, directed by Gretta Ohle and Gillian Marsh…. Read More

IFI WINS THIRD ANNUAL EUROPA CINEMAS INNOVATION PRIZE

October 8th 2020: IFI is proud to announce it has won the third annual Europa Cinemas Innovation Prize for its ground-breaking Access Film Initiative.

Initiated with the support of Creative Europe/MEDIA, the Prize celebrates standout innovative projects and approaches by… Read More

IFI HORRORTHON 2020 PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

October 6th 2020: This Halloween, the films are coming from inside the house… as the bloodiest event in the Irish film calendar, IFI Horrorthon, goes online nationwide on the IFI’s new video-on-demand platform IFI@Home – www.ifihome.ie – for its 2020 edition. The festival, which opens on Thursday,… Read More

IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2020 STARTS TONIGHT!

September 21st 2020: The 18th IFI Documentary Festival begins tonight, online nationwide at IFI@Home, with the Irish premiere of Ron Howard’s Rebuilding Paradise. The film, which focuses on the devastating 2018 Camp Fire that almost destroyed the Californian town of… Read More

Irish Film Institute Temporary Closure

After the announcement by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Friday, September 18th in relation to the Plan for Living with COVID-19, the Irish Film Institute cinemas, filmshop, café bar, library and all public areas will be closed from midnight on… Read More

THE GAA COLLECTION LAUNCHES ON IFI PLAYER

September 9th 2020: The Irish Film Institute is delighted to announce the launch of the GAA Collection on the IFI Player. Featuring commentary from the legendary Micheál O’Hehir, the collection covers All-Ireland football finals from 1947 to 1959 and hurling finals from… Read More


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