Irish Film Institute -‘David Lynch: The Art Life’ and artists’ and experimental filmmaking this July at the IFI

‘David Lynch: The Art Life’ and artists’ and experimental filmmaking this July at the IFI

Press release: June 22nd 2017

This July, the Irish Film Institute presents evocative and thought-provoking artists’ and experimental filmmaking with curated programmes of Irish and international work, from the upcoming release of David Lynch: The Art Life, to screenings from… Read More

PODCAST: Cardboard Gangsters Q&A with Mark O’Connor and John Connors

Director Mark O’Connor and writer/actor John Connors joined Stuart Carolan (creator of Love/Hate) for a Q&A following a screening of Irish crime drama Cardboard Gangsters on Saturday, June 17th 2017.

You can listen back here:

Podcast: Cardboard Gangsters Q&A

Director Mark O’Connor and writer/actor John Connors joined Stuart Carolan (creator of Love/Hate) for a Q&A following a screening of Irish crime drama Cardboard Gangsters on Saturday, June 17th 2017.

In the film, Connors plays Jay Connolly, a part-time DJ and low-level drug… Read More

Win a French Film prize pack for the release of From the Land of the Moon!

From the Land of the Moon opens at the IFI from Friday the 23rd of June, and we’re celebrating with prizes!

In the film, Marion Cotillard plays Gabrielle – a young woman forced into an unwanted marriage in the wake… Read More

Review Roundup: Cardboard Gangsters, Whitney Can I Be Me, By the Time it Gets Dark

Three new films release today – Irish crime drama Cardboard Gangsters, intimate documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me? and mesmerising Thai film By the Time it Gets Dark.

Read on for some reviews from around the world and pop into… Read More

13 Irish LGBT+ Shorts and Docs Launch for Free on the IFI Player to Celebrate Pride Month

To celebrate Pride month, the Irish Film Institute has released a new collection of Irish LGBT+ short films that are now free to view globally on the IFI Player.

Following the success of the IFI Player’s most recent initiative, The… Read More

Chicks with Flicks and Bricks – Dublin Plays Itself Walking Tour Flashback

Today we’re taking a look back through the archives to a blog post from August 2012 when then IFI Curator Sunniva O’Flynn wrote about the Dublin Plays Itself Walking Tour. Here, you can get an idea of the architectural and… Read More

Review Roundup – My Cousin Rachel, Berlin Syndrome, Destiny

Three new films arrived on Friday the 9th of June – My Cousin Rachel, Berlin Syndrome and Destiny. You can read some selected reviews of them below.

BERLIN SYNDROME  “A young woman is the victim of a kidnapping in this… Read More

TOP 20 FILMS OF 2017 AT THE IFI… SO FAR

We’re almost halfway through 2017 and we’ve seen a huge range of titles come through our doors here at the IFI.

The films have come from around the world and just around the corner, from every genre you can think… Read More


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