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IFI FAMILY: MINUSCULE: VALLEY OF THE LOST ANTS

HÉLÈNE GIRAUD & THOMAS SZABO,

Step into the world of mini-beasts with this fun and unique animation, where a spirited ladybird gets caught up in a forest war between two tribes of ants, sparked by their attack on the remains of a picnic. Glorious animation…

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: PETER RABBIT

WILL GLUCK,

Wrap up school holidays with our floppy-eared friend on the big screen! Loosely inspired by Beatrix Potter’s original creation, this lively hybrid with impressive special effects aims for fun and slapstick rather than the more delicate origin story. James Corden…

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: SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

DAVID HAND,

In association with Samhain Fable Festival, we are showing classic Walt Disney animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first ever animated feature film. Based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale, the mouse house drew together an extensive team working…

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…

In America

Jim Sheridan, 103 minutes, 2002

Jim Sheridan’s most autobiographical film, this tale of an Irish family settling in New York following the death of their young son drew on his two older daughters’ memories of coming to the city as children. The loss of a…

Into the West

Mike Newell, 97 minutes, 1992

Simplicity proves the greatest charm in this magical tale of two boys and the white horse they ride across Ireland. To help comfort them as father Papa Reilly (Gabriel Byrne) drinks himself into a stupor after the death of his…

Kisses

Lance Daly, 72 minutes, 2008

This heart-warming coming-of-age tale finds two diamonds in the rough of inner city Dublin in the form of pre-teens Kylie (Kelly O’Neill) and Dylan (Shane Curry). Violent, dysfunctional homes drive the pair to run away, with a fistful of cash…

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