Irish Film Institute -International Film Directory

Hunger

Steve McQueen, 96 minutes, 2008

Turner prize-winning artist Steve McQueen made a shattering entry into feature film-making with this vivid, contentious yet ultimately compassionate study of Bobby Sands’ 1981 hunger strike at the Maze prison. Extensively researched, and co-written by noted Irish playwright Enda Walsh,…

Hush-a-Bye-Baby

Margo Harkin, 80 minutes, 1990

Goretti (Emer McCourt) and her friends are four happy-go-lucky 15-year-olds living in the Catholic ghettos of the Bogside and Creggan estates in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1984. When Goretti meets Ciarán (Michael Liebmann) at an Irish language class, a romance…

I am Not a Serial Killer

Billy O'Brien, 98 minutes, 2016

When a series of mysterious murders happen in Clayton, a small mid-west town, John Wayne Cleaver, a 16 year old obsessed with serial killers, is suspicious. Fearing he might become a serial killer himself, John makes a list of rules…

I Hope We Can Still Be Friends

Aisha Tyler, 90 minutes, 2025

A high-powered executive wakes up alone, trapped inside a wooden cell, with food, water, and a bed but absolutely no idea how he got there. As the days pass, panic turns to anger, grief, and finally despair. When he discovers…

I NEVER CRY

Piotr Domalewski, 96 minutes, 2020

This film closes at the IFI on Thursday, August 5th. In Polish director Piotr Domalewski’s follow-up to his multi-award winning debut Silent Night, 17-year-old Ola (Zofia Stafiej) is desperately studying to finally pass her driving test when the family receives…

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…

I Went Down

Paddy Breathnach, 107 minutes, 1997

Made with an indie spirit synonymous with much of 1990s crime cinema, I Went Down is a stylish effort that sees two talentless criminals sent from Dublin to fetch a gangland leader in Cork. The trouble begins when Git (Peter…

IFI KINOPOLIS: BEAUTIFUL!

Katarzyna Priwieziencew,

Katarzyna Priwieziencew’s deceptively simple film follows six women at different stages of their lives as each strives for fulfilment. Among them: Magda (Marta Nieradkiewicz), who is eager to resume the career she put on hold for her children; teacher Basia…

IFI KINOPOLIS: CHOPIN, A SONATA IN PARIS

MICHAŁ KWIECIŃSKI ,

Director Michał Kwieciński and rising star actor Eryk Kulm reprise their successful collaboration on Filip (2022) with this lavish period piece on the life of Poland’s greatest composer. Following Chopin (Kulm) in his final years, the film begins with his…

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