Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 11/11/2012

  • A WINTER’S TALE

    An examination of love and the various forms it can take, A Winter’s Tale begins on the beach as hairdresser Félicie (Charlotte Véry) engages in a brief but all-consuming holiday romance with trainee chef Charles (Frédéric van den Driessche).

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.20

  • ALPS + SHORT

    After his startling debut Dogtooth, Greek filmmaker Giorgos Lanthimos continues to shape a new kind of cinema in this conflation of dreamlike ritual and profound emotional underpinning. Careful with its secrets, the film unfurls a series of seemingly unconnected scenes,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.30|18.40|20.50

  • ARIA FOR AN ATHLETE

    Filip Bajon’s first full-length feature is a period biopic of legendary Polish wrestler Zbyszek Cyganiewicz (1879 –1967), portrayed in the film by Krzysztof Majchrzak. The young Zbyszko is first drawn to the sport when a travelling circus sets up in... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.00

  • DANTON

    Although a period drama about one of the leaders of the French Revolution may seem an unlikely match for a director as thoroughly Polish as Andrzej Wajda, the film was in fact adapted from a play by Polish writer Stanisława... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  • RUST AND BONE

    Ever-enterprising French writer-director Jacques Audiard follows his brilliant crime picture A Prophet with his rather particular take on a modern love story, handled in characteristically abrasive and original fashion.

    After high-profile assignments for Christopher Nolan in Hollywood, leading lady Marion... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.30|20.30

  • SISTER

    Franco-Swiss filmmaker Ursula Meier’s gritty new film is a stylistic volte-face from her magical debut Home, but displays a consistent focus on the conflicted workings of the family. In a story unfolding on and below the alpine ski slopes, that... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.10|16.10|18.10

  • THE MOLE

    The screening will be followed by a Q&A with actor Wojciech Pszoniak.

    Formerly a maker of documentaries (including a piece on Polish immigrants to Ireland, Bye, Bye Dublin!), Rafael Lewandowski’s first feature is a carefully-observed study of the lingering effects... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00

  • THE SHINING

    IFI CLASSIC

    Undervalued on its 1980 release, since regarded as a masterpiece of screen terror, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining first played U.S. cinemas in a version 24 minutes longer than the subsequent European cut. Every home video release has followed... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.10

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