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Irish Film Institute announces Dark Skies: A Festival of Science Fact and Fiction Film from July 13th to 16th

May 30th 2017: Following on from the success of its Futures Past season last April, the IFI will present Dark Skies: A Festival of Science Fact and Fiction Film from July 13th to 16th. Presented in collaboration with Science Gallery… Read More

JUNE AT THE IFI – SEASONS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND MORE

June is here, and with it comes a host of new events and Q&As every week at the IFI. We’re delighted to be celebrating the work of one of the most versatile actors around with our Dustin Hoffman Retrospective (June… Read More

Tales from Cannes 2017 – Part 9: Roundup and Predictions

IFI Head of Cinema Programming David O’Mahony checks in from Cannes 2017 for one last time as the end looms close, and the awards are about to be announced.

With the award ceremony hours away there is just time to… Read More

TALES FROM CANNES 2017 – PART 8: The Beguiled, The Florida Project and more

Day 8 (Wednesday May 24th 2017)

Sophia Coppola’s remake of The Beguiled, Don Siegel’s lurid 1971 Clint Eastwood Civil War vehicle ditches much of the sleazier teenage male fantasy elements in favour of a quieter, more nuanced and decidedly feminist… Read More

Review Roundup – The Other Side of Hope, The Red Turtle, I Am Not Madame Bovary

We’ve got three new releases this week – The Red Turtle, The Other Side of Hope and I Am Not Madame Bovary. Check out some reviews for the films below and pop into the IFI to make up your own… Read More

The Irish Film Institute marks Traveller Pride Day on Wednesday, June 7th with a selection of free screenings and discussions co-curated by IFI and Ireland’s all-Traveller forum, Minceirs Whiden.

Irish Traveller culture has been captured in photographs and on film for decades.  The distinctive Traveller identity and culture, based on a nomadic tradition, will be celebrated in the IFI with a programme of screenings and discussions on Wednesday, June… Read More

The Irish Film Institute marks Traveller Pride Day on Wednesday, June 7th with a selection of free screenings and discussions co-curated by IFI and Ireland’s all-Traveller forum, Minceirs Whiden.

The Irish Film Institute marks Traveller Pride Day on Wednesday, June 7th with a selection of free screenings and discussions co-curated by IFI and Ireland’s all-Traveller forum, Minceirs Whiden. 

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Irish Traveller… Read More

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


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