IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL

IFI Family Festival takes place this August, from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th!

Highlights include the opening film, Fox & Hare Save the Forest, a hilarious English language animation from Holland in which a fox and hare try to save the forest from an encroaching flood. Saturday starts with the popular international short film programmes, curated for 4+ and 8+. There’s some green screen desert island fun in the afternoon, a very special Brown Bag 30th Birthday celebration event on Sunday morning, along with other premieres of some of the best new international films for children.

Individual tickets: €7.00, Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children or 1 adult, 3 children): €23.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: FOX & HARE SAVE THE FOREST – OPENING FILM & ACTIVITIES

In this hilarious English-language animation, best friends Fox and Hare set out to find Owl, who has gone missing, while ruthless rats are threatening the neighbourhood. Searching in the forest,…

Friday 23rd Aug 2024 18.30

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: SHORT TALES 1

What do a baker, a squirrel, and a talking dog have in common? They all appear in this magic selection of mostly dialogue-free short films from various directors and countries,…

Saturday 24th Aug 2024 11.00 | 11.05 (Relaxed Screening)

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: SHORT TALES 2

Where can you find birthday boy, a tour-guiding goat, bread that worries, and staying afloat? All this and more in our curated selection of animated and live action international shorts…

Saturday 24th Aug 2024 13.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: KENSUKE’S KINGDOM

A special festival screening of this exquisite Michael Morpurgo adaptation, about a schoolboy who finds himself shipwrecked on a desert island, with only his dog Stella and an old Japanese…

Saturday 24th Aug 2024 15.30

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: IT’S OKAY!

Winner of the Crystal Bear at Berlin Film Festival, this hugely appealing film is set in the competitive dance world of Seoul Dance Academy. When feisty student In-Yuong finds herself…

Saturday 24th Aug 2024 18.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: BROWN BAG FILMS CELEBRATE 30 YEARS!

Brown Bag Films's animation studio joins IFI Family Festival for a very special, fun-filled celebration of their 30th anniversary. Featuring screenings of their Oscar®-nominated short films Give Up Yer Aul…

Sunday 25th Aug 2024 11.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: GREETINGS FROM MARS

This beautiful, award-winning film from Germany is an emotional rollercoaster tale of a family dealing with various challenges. Tom is 10 and sees the world a bit differently from the…

Sunday 25th Aug 2024 13.30

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2024: THE CONCIERGE AT HOKKYOKU DEPARTMENT STORE

Hokkyoku Department Store has everything, from jewellery to silks to all kinds of luxury items. The clientele are different, they are all kinds of animals, including some who are extinct.…

Sunday 25th Aug 2024 16.15