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IFI Documentary Festival: WE ARE THE THOUSAND

Anita Rivaroli ,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. In 2016, Fabio, a marine biologist with a passion for rock music, convinced 1,000 musicians from all over Italy to…

IFI Documentary Festival: WOJNAROWICZ: F**K YOU F*GGOT F**KER

Chris McKim ,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Wojnarowicz is an incendiary portrait of New York City artist, writer, photographer, and activist David Wojnarowicz. As NYC became the epicentre…

IFI Documentary Festival: WRITING WITH FIRE

Sushmit Ghosh & Rintu Thomas ,

From Monday September 6th, in line with government guidelines, all patrons must show proof of vaccination upon entering the cinema screen. Writing with Fire is set in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, and notorious for its levels of corruption, violence against…

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The Image You Missed

Donal Foreman, 73 minutes, 2018

The complexities of a father/son relationship are explored in this documentary from Irish director Donal Foreman. Foreman, a passionate cinephile and keen filmmaker since childhood, grapples with the legacy of his estranged father, the late documentarian, Arthur MacCaig, whose decades-long…

Imogen from the Heart

Emile Dineen, 60 minutes, 2024

IFI International [synopsis pending]

In Sunshine or in Shadow

Andrew Gallimore, 58 minutes, 2010

In Sunshine or in Shadow is Andrew Gallimore’s dramatic investigation into the true story behind the epic world featherweight title match between Barry McGuigan and Panamanian Eusebio Pedroza which took place in the open air at Loftus Road, home of…

In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America

Maurice Fitzpatrick, 90 minutes, 2017

Exploring the decades-long campaign by Nobel Prize winner John Hume to secure peace in Northern Ireland, Maurice Fitzpatrick reveals how Hume, inspired by Martin Luther King and rising from the riot-torn streets of Northern Ireland, enlisted an army of heavy-weight…

IRISH FOCUS: A FAR GREEN COUNTRY

Jonathan Victory,

A Far Green Country follows filmmaker Jonathan Victory as he undertakes the trip of a lifetime to visit New Zealand and the locations for Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. The film reveals the ordinary and extraordinary challenges that…

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