Join us for FREE lunchtime screenings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office.

PROGRAMME ONE

OUR NEIGHBOURS’ CHILDREN

Children with physical disabilities are seen at work and play in Baldoyle Children’s Hospital. The film provides a valuable record of institutional care at that time, but some of the educational and therapeutic methods in use and the language used to describe the children may not align with current practice or values.

Dir. Colm Ó Laoghaire. 10 mins, Ireland, 1960, Digital, Black & White

HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

A drama in which a woman (Eileen Walsh) looks forward to the birth of her first child but is devastated when she is born with physical and mental difficulties.

Dir. Damien O’Donnell. 8 mins, Ireland, 2011, Digital

PROGRAMME TWO

Christy Brown, My Left Foot

Father Peter Lemass of the Radharc team visits Christy Brown at home in Crumlin and talks with him about his work as a celebrated author and painter.

Dir. Radharc. 18 mins, Ireland, 1962, Digital, Black & White