Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 12/07/2014

  • AFTERNOON TALK: A HISTORY OF THE ‘CHICK FLICK’ (FREE EVENT)

    FREE EVENT

    Although the term ‘chick flick’ (nearly always with a pejorative connotation) is a contemporary one, it can be seen to have many historical derivations. The films called up by the term often fall into well-recognised generic categories such... Read More

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    Times: 12.00

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: PROGRAMME 3 (JULY 2014 – FREE EVENT)

    Join us for FREE lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive.

    This month’s series, which looks at the changing role of women in Irish society, provides a rich factual counterpoint to the feature films in our Beyond the... Read More

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    Times: 13.00

  • BOYHOOD

    This film closes on Thursday, August 28th.

    Boyhood follows Texas native Mason (Ellar Coltrane) from the age of seven, as he goes from being a carefree kid, through awkward adolescence to the start of his adult life. Over time, he learns to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00|16.15|19.30

  • COLD IN JULY

    When Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall, Dexter) shoots dead an intruder in his Texas home, he is left filled with remorse, and uncomfortable with the almost congratulatory response of his friends and neighbours. Attending the funeral, he is accosted by... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • CYCLING WITH MOLIÈRE

    EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI

    Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson) is a star, having become a readily recognised heartthrob after playing a brain surgeon on a hit TV show. Yet he yearns to be taken seriously as an actor, and ventures out of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • GOLTZIUS AND THE PELICAN COMPANY

    Following 2007’s portrayal of Rembrandt in Nightwatching, the second entry in director Peter Greenaway’s Dutch Masters series focuses on 16th century engraver Hendrick Goltzius. Leader of the Pelican Company, a troupe of actors and artists whose activities support both themselves... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.45|18.20

  • LOVE ETERNAL

    Winner of the Best Irish Feature Award at this year’s JDIFF, this dark, tender romance introduces us to Ian (Robert de Hoog), an isolated young man intent on taking his own life. Chance encounters however, send him on a different... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 21.00

  • LOVELY & AMAZING

    In all her films, writer and director Nicole Holofcener has demonstrated a knack for crisp, quick-witted dialogue that her ensemble casts clearly relish, and Lovely & Amazing is no different in this respect.

    Here, Brenda Blethyn plays a well-off single... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  • THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED

    Jonas Jonasson’s bestselling novel retains its picaresque flavour in this film adaptation, which begins with Allan Karlsson (Robert Gustafsson) slipping away from the centenary celebrations being thrown in his honour, and taking to the road with a dubiously acquired suitcase... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.15|20.45

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