Irish Film Institute -IFI International: February 2024

IFI International: February 2024


9 February // Ciné Gael Montréal // Ann // J.A. DeSève Cinema, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada


23 February // Ciné Gael Montréal // Sunlight // J.A. DeSève Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada


29 February – 3 March // Capital Irish Film Festival // Opening gala: Lies We Tell + Q&A with director Lisa Mulcahy and writer Elisabeth Gooch, Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan, Tarrac, Notes from Sheepland, Much Ado About Dying, My Lost Russian Mother, The Silent People [Norman Houston Short Film Award] + Q&A with Cinemagic producer Joan Burney Keating and director Keith O’Grady, Lie of the Land + Q&A with director John Carlin, Sunlight, Stolen + Q&A with director Margo Harkin and producer Martha O’Neill, Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Liricí [A Life in Lyrics] + Q&A with director Alan Gilsenan, One Night in Millstreet + Q&A with director Andrew Gallimore, Double Blind [2 screenings], Puffin Rock and the New Friends, Ó Bhéal + Q&A with director Ciara Nic Chormaic, That They May Face the Rising Sun, The Graceless Age – The Ballad of John Murry, Verdigris + Q&A with director Patricia Kelly.

Shorts Program 1: Far Away, Headspace, Man of Arran, Making Waves, Malcolm, Unhinged
Shorts Program 2: Picture Day, Irreverence, Mud Queen, Scrumpy, Licence for Nil, The Golden West
Shorts Program 3: Screen Ireland Spotlight: Shake Versus Shaw, Cantata, Worry World, Bog, Two for the Road, Lamb, Baby Steps // AFI Silver, Silver Spring, Washington, USA


29 February-10 March [In-Person: 29 February – 4 March, Virtual: 4-10 March] // Chicago Irish Film Festival // Verdigris + Q&Q with director Patricia Kelly, producer Paul FitzSimons, music John Conlan, actor Geraldine McAlinden, In the Shadow of Beirut, Ann + Q&A with director Ciarán Creagh, Double Blind, Hungry Hill + Q&A with director Mieke Vanmechelen, Lies We Tell + Q&A with director Lisa Mulchay and writer Elisabeth Gooch, Made in Dublin + Q&A with director Jack Armstrong, One Night in Millstreet + Q&A with boxer Steve Collins, Songs of Blood and Destiny + Q&A with director Trish McAdam, Translating Ulysses, Lie of the Land + Q&A with director John Carlin, Stolen + Q&A with director Margo Harkin and producer Martha O’Neill, That They May Face the Rising Sun
25th Anniversary Shorts: Chicken, Frankie, Fifty Percent Grey, The Door, Useless Dog, Downpour, Noreen, The White Dress, Teeth, Fear of Flying, Undressing My Mother, Dream Kitchen
Shorts 1: Life is Unpredictable (In-Person and Virtual):The Silent People, Berdansk’y, Keepers of the Channel Light, The Bully, Baps and Buns, Street Musician, Cod & Chips, The Golden West
Shorts 2: Seize the Day (In-Person and Virtual):Trouble, JFK – The Three Miles, Barry vs the Binman, Calf, Waiting Day, Headspace, Dear Imelda
Family Shorts: The Innkeeper, Scrumpy, Fishing Poles, Alva + The Gizmazing Maze, Picture Day, A Bedouin Dream
Shorts 3: First Steps: Fintan O’Toole and the Evolution of James Joyce as an Artist, Porter, Whispers, Man of Arran, You Don’t Have to Be Good, A Different View, A Little Chilli, Baby Steps
Shorts 4: Finding Your Voice: The Life of Lester Wink, Scartin’ Midges, Forest/ry, Lamb, When Horses Run, Un-read, Unhinged, Burn it All
// AMC Theatres: Newcity, The Society of Arts: Gallery Theatre, Theatre on the Lake, and online // Chicago, USA

The IFI International programme is supported by Culture Ireland.

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