Irish Film Institute -EAST ASIA FILM FESTIVAL IRELAND 2026

EAST ASIA FILM FESTIVAL IRELAND 2026

The East Asia Film Festival Ireland 2026 (EAFFI) celebrates its tenth edition with a vibrant programme of screenings and events.

It features independent filmmakers working across China, Japan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore, opening new cinematic landscapes, and bringing fresh perspectives and ways of seeing. Exploring themes of displacement, migration, and both collective and personal journeys of identity, these films illuminate what connects us across borders and reframe East Asian cinema as shaped by social, cultural and economic interactions, and the movement of people and ideas.

To open the festival, we are delighted to present the Irish premiere of Shanghai Daughter, the debut feature by Chinese filmmaker Agnis Shen Zhongmin on Thursday 19 March. Chinese producer Ziyang Lin will join us on Saturday 21 March to discuss his docu-fiction, The River that Holds our Hands.

This year’s focus is dedicated to Hong Kong cinema with three rare classic films presented in 4K digital restorations, a lecture by Prof. Chris Berry entitled Hong Kong’s Self-Reinventing Cinema, and a screening of Simon Liu’s short films–all unmissable!

Thanks always to the Arts Council, the Irish Film Institute, Asia Market, our partners, and our audiences for supporting EAFFI over ten years.
Maria O’Brien and Marie-Pierre Richard, EAFFI (www.eaffi.ie)

Festival ticket bundles are available for IFI members, offering 3 films for €30.00, and 5 films for €50.00 – available only from the IFI Box Office or over the phone on (01) 679 5744. See https://ifi.ie/support for full details on IFI Membership and to sign up. 

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