Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 18/07/2014

  • 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: 11.00

  • 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: 16.15|19.30

  • Family Festival 2014: Finn

    Instead of going to football practice Finn follows a strange crow to a deserted farmhouse where he meets a silver-haired man in a long black coat. The man starts to play the violin and Finn imagines he sees his late... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00

  • FINDING VIVIAN MAIER

    This film closes on Thursday, August 14th.

    Vivian Maier was born in New York in 1926, and spent most of her youth in France. She returned to America to work as a nanny, and took photographs. Over the next five... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.20|18.30

  • GRAND CENTRAL

    This film closes on Thursday, July 24th.

    An unskilled labourer desperate for cash, Gary Manda (Tahar Rahim, unforgettable in 2009’s A Prophet) signs up for perilous maintenance work at a nuclear power plant at the beginning of this slow-burning drama.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00|20.00

  • IFI Family Festival 2014: Short Tales 1

    Kick your Festival off with a bang at our wonderful programme of short films for younger viewers. You’ll meet a mischievous fox, a clever chickadee, a felt chef and a little girl who loves the magic of the night. There’s... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • IFI Family Festival 2014: The Cat Returns/Neko no ongaeshi

    Japanese teen Haru saves a talking cat from being run over. When she finds herself engaged to a cat prince, her only hope of escape is with the help of two other cats and a crow. This fantastic Studio Ghibli... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30

  • IFI Family Festival 2014: The Rooster of St-Victor/Le Coq de St-Victor

    The residents of St-Victor, a busy French-Canadian village, are woken early every day by the local rooster. Tired and cranky from lack of sleep, they decide to get rid of the noisy bird. But when bad luck strikes, the locals... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  • IFI Family Festival Workshop: Girl See, Girl Do

    The Bechdel Test asks if a movie features at least two girls who talk to each other about something other than a boy. Does your favourite movie heroine pass the Test? Explore some of the coolest female characters with The... Read More

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    Times: 11.00

  • SOME LIKE IT HOT

    IFI CLASSIC

    EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI

    Billy Wilder’s cross-dressing caper had a troubled gestation. Marilyn Monroe was reportedly pregnant during filming, and, too distracted to remember her lines, she was indulged with cue cards and multiple retakes. She got little sympathy... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.00|16.00

  • SUPERMENSCH: THE LEGEND OF SHEP GORDON

    EXCLUSIVELY AT THE IFI

    In the late 1960s, Shep Gordon chanced on a career in show business after walking out on his job as a parole officer and checking into a hotel that was home to Jimi Hendrix and Janis... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.15|20.30

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