Irish Film Institute -TALES FROM CANNES 2017 – PART 7: WHAT COULD WIN THE PALME D’OR?

TALES FROM CANNES 2017 – PART 7: WHAT COULD WIN THE PALME D’OR?

Day 7 (Tuesday May 23rd 2017)

Just past the halfway point it might be useful to pause and take stock of how the competition for the Palme d’Or is shaping up.

I had considered The Killing of a Sacred DeerRead More

Win Animated Classics on DVD to Celebrate the release of The Red Turtle

The Red Turtle arrives at the IFI on Friday the 26th of May 2017, and it’s time to celebrate with a great giveaway!

The film is the first international co-production for Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation house responsible for classics… Read More

The Irish Film Institute announces a­ retrospective of the work of Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman from June 10th-25th to coincide with the 50th anniversary re-release of The Graduate.

Dustin Hoffman’s breakthrough hit, The Graduate, returns to screens on Friday, June 23rd, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its 1967 release. Mike Nichols’s now-iconic film centres on a young college graduate who is seduced by an older woman,… Read More

The Irish Film Institute announces a­ retrospective of the work of Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman from June 10th-25th to coincide with the 50th anniversary re-release of The Graduate.

IFI Press Release May 23rd 2017.

Dustin Hoffman’s breakthrough hit, The Graduate, returns to screens on Friday, June 23rd, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its 1967 release. Mike Nichols’s now-iconic film centres on a young college graduate who is… Read More

Inside Studio Ghibli – in Pictures!

Our own Publicity Assistant Michelle McDonagh recently returned from a trip to Japan, where she saw many sights and even encountered a cherry blossom or two!

Along the way she got the chance to visit the Studio Ghibli Museum at… Read More

TALES FROM CANNES 2017 – PART 6: THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER AND HAPPY END

Day 6 (Monday May 22nd 2017)

Successful heart surgeon Stephen (Colin Farrell) is engaged in a bizarre relationship with sixteen-year-old Martin (Barry Keoghan) in Yorgos Lanthimos’s outstanding The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

Those who discovered Lanthimos by way of… Read More

Tales from Cannes 2017 – Part 5: The Meyerowitz Stories and more

Day 5 (Sunday May 21st 2017)

Noah Baumbach has previously explored dysfunctional families and sibling rivalries, most explicitly in his breakthrough The Squid and The Whale (2005), to which The Meyerowitz Stories, showing in… Read More

Tales from Cannes 2017 – Part 4: The Square, City of Ghosts and More

IFI Head of Cinema Programming David O’Mahony continues his tour of Cannes 2017. Read on for his latest update.

Day 4 (Saturday 20th May 2017) 

The morning’s competition entry was 120 Beats Per Minute, directed by Robin Campillo (Eastern Boys,… Read More

Tales from Cannes 2017 – Part 3: Okja, The Departure, Jupiter’s Moon and more

Day 3 (Friday 19th May 2017) 

Okja, Bong Joon-ho’s engaging all-ages eco-friendly adventure has been overshadowed by a much-publicised spat between its financier Netflix and Cannes officialdom over the former’s collapsed theatrical window meaning Okja will not get its initial… Read More


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