Irish Film Institute -IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2021

IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL 2021

The IFI Documentary Festival is back!

Join us September 20th to 26th 2021 to celebrate the best in documentary filmmaking from around the world. The festival will take place both in-cinema and online on IFI@Home.
View the programme brochure here. Rent films online on IFI@Home here.
 
IFI Documentary Festival: LOVE YOURSELF TODAY
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Every Christmas in Dublin, the crowds gather for Damo’s Christmas…
Monday 20th Sep 2021 18.30 Wednesday 22nd Sep 2021 16.30
IFI Documentary Festival: ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. All Light, Everywhere explores the personal and philosophical relationships between cameras…
Monday 20th Sep 2021 20.30
IFI Documentary Festival: MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Dieter Bachmann, an unflappable and delightfully eccentric 64-year-old teacher, presides…
Tuesday 21st Sep 2021 18.30
IFI Documentary Festival: OVERDOSED
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Overdosed highlights the deadly American opioid crisis as it unfolds…
Wednesday 22nd Sep 2021 18.30
IFI Documentary Festival: PRESIDENT
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. 2018; Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. In the first election…
Wednesday 22nd Sep 2021 20.30
IFI Documentary Festival: CAPTAINS OF ZA’ATARI
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Two teenage best friends, Mahmoud and Fawzi, living in the…
Thursday 23rd Sep 2021 18.30
IFI Documentary Festival: GHOST EMPIRE § BELIZE
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Part of a trilogy of films exploring the legacy of…
Thursday 23rd Sep 2021 20.30
IFI Documentary Festival: WOJNAROWICZ: F**K YOU F*GGOT F**KER
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Wojnarowicz is an incendiary portrait of New York City artist, writer,…
Friday 24th Sep 2021 18.10
IFI Documentary Festival: PURE GRIT
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Pure Grit is a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse…
Friday 24th Sep 2021 20.40
IFI Documentary Festival: SHORT FILM PROGRAMME
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. The IFI Documentary Festival’s short film programme puts a finger…
Saturday 25th Sep 2021 13.00
IFI Documentary Festival: I AM NOT ALONE
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. In 2018, journalist, politician and activist Nikol Pashinyan announced that…
Saturday 25th Sep 2021 15.30
IFI Documentary Festival: THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. A decade after The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Mark Cousins…
Saturday 25th Sep 2021 17.40
IFI Documentary Festival: WE ARE THE THOUSAND
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. In 2016, Fabio, a marine biologist with a passion for…
Saturday 25th Sep 2021 21.00
IFI Documentary Festival: WRITING WITH FIRE
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Writing with Fire is set in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous…
Sunday 26th Sep 2021 13.10
IFI Documentary Festival: THE IRISH WEDDING
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Celebrating the joys of an Irish Wedding in all its…
Sunday 26th Sep 2021 15.30
IFI Documentary Festival: THE SAVIOUR FOR SALE
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. In 2017, a painting titled Salvator Mundi (The Saviour of the World),…
Sunday 26th Sep 2021 17.40
IFI Documentary Festival: BREAKING OUT
From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Fergus O’Farrell was the charismatic voice of Interference, one of…
Sunday 26th Sep 2021 20.00