WHAT'S ON - 20/07/2014

• ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: PROGRAMME 2 (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: 16.15|19.30

  

• 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: 12.30|18.45

  

• 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: 18.30|20.40

  

• IFI Family Festival 2014: Felix

  Thirteen-year-old South African Felix dreams of being a saxophonist, just like his late father Zweli of the Bozza Boys’ Band. His mother wants him to concentrate on his studies, but Felix just can’t stop playing. Blending European classical with South... Read More

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  BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  

• IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2014: SHAUN THE SHEEP EVENT

  With Shaun getting his own feature film in 2015, it’s time to see some episodes of everyone’s favourite woolly farm animal on the big screen. Join in on some Shaun activities in our foyer farmyard. You will also get to visit... Read More

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  BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  

• IFI Family Festival 2014: The Unbeatables (3D)/Metegol 3D

  Be thrilled and entertained by this hit animation about Amadeo (voiced by Rupert Grint), the table football champ. When football star, Flash, announces plans to demolish the old bar to build the world’s biggest soccer stadium, Amadeo’s favourite foosball players... Read More

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  BOOK NOW Times: 16.30

  

• IFI Family Festival Workshop: VJ VAULT

  Explore the art of VJing with filmmaker Eavan Aiken. Learn how to manipulate and loop moving images to music. Get a rare opportunity to use material from the IFI Irish Film Archive, learn a bit about our national cinema heritage... Read More

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  Times: 11.30

  

• 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: 14.00|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: 14.15|20.30