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Anne Devlin
Pat Murphy, 121 minutes, 1986
Irish history is often dominated by male names such as Pearse, Collins, Wolfe Tone, and Emmet; Anne Devlin rejects this imbalance by narrating the life of its titular figure, who resisted torture and confinement rather than betray her comrades to…
Apocalypse Clown
George Kane, 102 minutes, 2023
A troupe of failed clowns and an intrepid reporter embark on a chaotic road trip of self-discovery after a mysterious solar event plunges the world into anarchy. When international clown master Jean DuCoque dies suddenly, Bobo (David Earl), a hobo…
Arracht
Tom Sullivan, 86 minutes, 2019
On the eve of the great famine, fisherman Colmán Sharkey (Dónall Ó Healaí) ekes out a meagre existence for his family on the west coast of Ireland. Wrongly blamed for the murder of an inclement local landlord (Michael McElhatton) he…
As If I Am Not There
Juanita Wilson, 109 minutes, 2010
With the Academy Award-nominated short film The Door behind her, Irish writer-director Juanita Wilson delivered this haunting, affecting and visceral drama for her feature debut. Taking place in 1992 as Bosnia is plunged into war, the story, adapted from Croatian…
Attracta
Kieran Hickey, 55 minutes, 1983
Adapted from a work by William Trevor, Attracta is a searing account of lone voices resisting the bloodshed of twentieth century Ireland, told through the figure of the elderly, institutionalised Attracta (Wendy Hiller). An orphan of Ireland’s War of Independence,…Babygirl
Macdara Vallely, 81 minutes, 2013
Babygirl, the second feature from Armagh-born writer-director Macdara Vallely, revisits the world of troubled teens which he first explored in Peacefire (2010). Set in the Bronx, Babygirl is an unsettling drama about a Puerto Rican teenager (Yainis Ynoa) who finds…
The Ballroom of Romance
Pat O'Connor, 65 minutes, 1982
This perfectly rendered naturalist feature, adapted from writer William Trevor’s short story The Ballroom of Romance, explores the deadening atmosphere of 1950s Ireland through the figure of the unmarried Bridie (Brenda Fricker). “Spinster” Bridie goes to the country ballroom, where…Ballywalter
Prasanna Puwanarajah, TBC, 2022
A university drop-out living with her mum, and making money as an unlicensed minicab driver, picks up a budding stand-up comic whose marriage has recently broken up. A bittersweet life-affirming story about the unexpected connections that can change the course…Baltimore
Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor, 97 minutes, 2023
Wealthy art-loving British heiress Rose Dugdale, radicalised at Oxford, finds herself hiding in a remote cottage in Ireland, following an audacious and violent art heist. Gathering at pace beyond the cottage is the biggest police hunt in Irish history. With…IFI CINEMAS TODAY
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ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: FRENCH CONNECTIONS (DOUBLE BILL)
12:10
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: A WOMAN OF PARIS
12.00
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: BEATING HEARTS
19.50
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: LA MUSICA
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: NIKI + Q&A
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: OUT OF SEASON
16.50
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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: STÉPHANE BRIZÉ IN CONVERSATION
12.30
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HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR
13:40, 18:30
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SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
16:00, 18:10
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SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT
15:30
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