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The Girl With the Mechanical Maiden

Andrew Legge, 15 minutes, 2012

A short set in a strange, quasi-Victorian world, The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden sees an inventor (Dominic West) construct a ramshackle robotic wet-nurse for his daughter after her mother dies in childbirth. As the child grows older, a robotic…

Give Up Yer Aul Sins

Cathal Gaffney, 5 minutes, 2001

A young Dublin girl tells her own, youthfully unique version of the story of John the Baptist in this animated short. Based on recordings made in a Dublin school in the 1970s and rediscovered in the 1990s, Give Up Yer…

I Used to Live Here

Frank Berry, 80 minutes, 2014

Amy (Jordanne Jones) is a 13-year-old living in Tallaght and has had to take on much of the responsibility for running the family home after the death of her mother. She is devoted to her father, Raymond (James Kelly), but…

IFI & THE ARK: WOLFWALKERS

TOMM MOORE & ROSS STEWART,

In association with The Ark Wolfwalkers exhibition, we have three screenings of the award-winning feature length animation from Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon. Lovingly drawn with the big screen in mind, its stunningly imagined world draws on history, myth and legend to…

IFI FAMILY: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise,

To mark 100 years of Disney, the legendary studio is re-releasing some of their most beloved titles, including this award-winning fairytale adaptation, which on first release restored the studio’s acclaim as leaders in animation. The story of Belle saving the…

IFI FAMILY: BOONIE BEARS: GUARDIAN CODE

YONGCHANG LIN & HEQI SHAO,

Boonie Bears is a long-running blockbuster animation from China about the adventures of lovable bears, Briar and Bramble. It began in 2012 as a TV series, and has since extended into games, feature films, and more. Usually direct-to-streaming, here is…

IFI FAMILY: PARANORMAN

11-year-old Norman sees dead people! But only those who will help him save his spooky old town from a centuries old curse. LAIKA Animation created something endearing and wonderful with the misunderstood boy of Blithe Hollow in this beautiful blend…

IFI FAMILY: RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

CARLOS LÓPEZ ESTRADA, DON HALL, PAUL BRIGGS,

Get the full big screen experience of Disney’s latest dragon adventure with a brave female warrior who offers a new take on the princess. Drawing on Asian mythology, it is set in the world of Kumandra where humans and dragons…

IFI FAMILY: THE RED TURTLE

Michael Dudok de Wit,

If summer has you dreaming of tropical islands, our August IFI Family film will appeal. The first co-production for acclaimed Studio Ghibli is this beautiful, almost dreamlike and silent animation set on a remote island where a single man is…

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