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I Belong

Fatoumata Gandega, 14 minutes, 2025

Laliya navigates her cultural identity and belonging, reconciling Somali heritage with suburban life in Ireland while facing isolation and misunderstanding.

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…

IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU

Mary Bronstein,

SCREENING FROM FEBRUARY 20TH. Rose Byrne gives a performance of blistering intensity in Mary Bronstein’s extraordinary second feature; a white-knuckle ride into the psyche of a woman on the brink of despair. Byrne plays Linda, a psychoanalyst caring for her…

If I Should Fall From Grace

Sarah Share, 93 minutes, 2001

A moving,highly personal portrait of a rock icon.Shane MacGowan tells of his early problems with drink and drugs and his subsequent breakdown,his discovery of punk and the voice he found through music.IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE includes interviews with…

IFI & AEMI: DESIRE LINES

Various,

aemi’s touring programme is an annual selection of artist and experimental short films that brings some of the most exciting moving image work by Irish filmmakers into conversation with key international voices. ‘Desire Lines’ has been curated around Chloe Brenan’s…

IFI FAMILY: THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED

LOTTE REINIGER,

Bring a touch of magic and wonder to your post-Christmas family activities with our screening of the classic silhouette animation, directed by lotte Reiniger. Adapted from The Arabian Nights, it’s the tale of a prince tricked into flying a horse…

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: FRANZ

Agnieszka Holland,

A self-professed admirer of the Czech writer since her early years, Agnieszka Holland’s ambitious biopic manages to combine a straightforward account of Kafka’s life with a number of stylistic flourishes that paint him on a much larger canvas, separating the…

Imogen from the Heart

Emile Dineen, 60 minutes, 2024

IFI International [synopsis pending]

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