GAZE 2022

GAZE returns for its 30th edition, September 28th to October 2nd 2022!

Join us in celebrating LGBTQ+ films and filmmakers from around the world.

In-cinema multi-film bundles* - 4 films for €40 and 9 films for €80 - are available to purchase directly from the IFI Box Office, on (01) 679 3477.

Multi-film bundles exclude the closing film gala screening of Girl Picture*.

GAZE: HOW TO TELL A SECRET

'I want to tell you something. I want to tell you something…' This groundbreaking film takes on the enormity and complexity of HIV in Ireland with rigorous honesty, ingenuity and…

Thursday 29th Sep 2022 18.10

GAZE: MAKE ME FAMOUS

“There was this kind of mania to be noticed…” Our collective cultural obsession with all things downtown and dirty from pre-gentrification New York City is supremely catered for by the…

Thursday 29th Sep 2022 20.50

GAZE: JIMMY IN SAIGON

'When he came home from Vietnam, he didn’t wanna stay, he was gonna go back…' Gay film director Peter McDowell was only 5 years old when his enigmatic older brother…

Friday 30th Sep 2022 18.30

GAZE: WANDERING HEART

'You need to go deep…' An incredibly persuasive orgy scene sets the tone for Brzezicki’s deep-dive into a sexy gay existentialist crisis. Santiago (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is handsome, horny, hung, and…

Friday 30th Sep 2022 20.45

GAZE: THE FIRST FALLEN

'I called to say I love you. To thank you for your love…' The early days of AIDS brought such losses that a true cultural reckoning of those times has…

Saturday 1st Oct 2022 13.15

GAZE: IN HER WORDS: 20TH CENTURY LESBIAN FICTION

'We believe lesbians are superior at once and your manuscript should reflect this…' Prepare to repeatedly gasp in awe as all your favourite literary lesbians grace the screen in new…

Saturday 1st Oct 2022 15.30

GAZE: EVERYTHING AT ONCE: KINK

'It begins one way, until you tell him to get naked. When he takes off his underwear it becomes another thing…' For over 25 years, partners in life, art and…

Saturday 1st Oct 2022 18.20

GAZE: MOMMY IS COMING

Queer Classic Guest curation by Ruth McCarthy 'I think you could learn something from us…' Experimental sex, love and identity blossom wildly in the Berlin underground among a circle of…

Saturday 1st Oct 2022 20.45

GAZE: NELLY & NADINE

'I would give my life to see you again for 24 hours…' Gertten’s masterful tale of lesbian love that survived Hitler’s death camps both empowers and humbles the viewer with…

Sunday 2nd Oct 2022 13.15

GAZE: GIRL PICTURE

'I love that I can give you pleasure…' Three very different yet equally confused girls grapple with love, ambition, pleasure, responsibility and their very imminent adulthood. Awkward sex, broken promises,…

Sunday 2nd Oct 2022 20.30