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IFI Documentary Festival: CAPTAINS OF ZA’ATARI

Ali El Arabi ,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Two teenage best friends, Mahmoud and Fawzi, living in the Za’atari Syrian Refugee Camp in Jordan have a dream of…

IFI Documentary Festival: GHOST EMPIRE § BELIZE

Susan Thomson,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Part of a trilogy of films exploring the legacy of British colonial rule and the criminalisation of LGBTQ+ people in…

IFI Documentary Festival: I AM NOT ALONE

Garin Hovannisian,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. In 2018, journalist, politician and activist Nikol Pashinyan announced that he was beginning a walk across Armenia to inspire a…

IFI Documentary Festival: LOVE YOURSELF TODAY

Ross Killeen,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Every Christmas in Dublin, the crowds gather for Damo’s Christmas gig at Vicar Street. For many, these shows have become…

IFI Documentary Festival: MR BACHMANN AND HIS CLASS

Maria Speth ,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Dieter Bachmann, an unflappable and delightfully eccentric 64-year-old teacher, presides over a class of teenage girls and boys in Stadtallendorf,…

IFI Documentary Festival: OVERDOSED

Mary Sue Connolly,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Overdosed highlights the deadly American opioid crisis as it unfolds in the small town of Petersburg in rural West Virginia,…

IFI Documentary Festival: PRESIDENT

Camilla Nielsson ,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. 2018; Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. In the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, the new leader of…

IFI Documentary Festival: PURE GRIT

Kim Bartley,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Pure Grit is a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing, and an intimate love story chronicling three years in…

IFI Documentary Festival: SHORT FILM PROGRAMME

Various,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. The IFI Documentary Festival’s short film programme puts a finger on the pulse of contemporary Irish, short-form non-fiction film. This…

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