Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 27/09/2014

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: DOUBLE BILL (PROGS 3 & 4 – SEPT 2014) FREE EVENT

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

    PROGRAMME 3: LIFFEY FACES  

    A toy boat bobs along from Kippure to Poolbeg, past the Liffey Descent, Dublin quays and the Ringsend Regatta.

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    Times: 13.10

  • HUMAN CAPITAL

    Dino (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is a real estate agent who is easily seduced by the trappings of wealth, and fancies himself as deserving of a payday. He throws his lot in with hedge-fund hawker Giovanni Bernaschi (Fabrizio Gifuni), the father of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10|18.30

  • MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

    This film closes on Thursday, October 16th.

    It’s 1928, and celebrated illusionist Stanley Crawford (Colin Firth) is wowing crowds performing as Chinese magician Wei Ling Soo. After a show in Berlin, he is approached by old friend Howard (Simon McBurney),... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • MAPS TO THE STARS

    This film closes on Thursday, October 16th.

    Newly released from a psychiatric hospital, Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) embarks on a Hollywood adventure, connecting with Carrie Fisher via Twitter and sparking the intrigue of Jerome (Robert Pattinson), a wannabe actor/writer and driver... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30|20.45

  • STF: DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

    DUBLIN PREMIERE

    Audience Award – Best Short – The Wild Geese (directed by Ailbhe Fitzpatrick)

    Programmed in association with Eat My Shorts, a strong collection of seven shorts includes Wandering Rocks, which unlocks the life on a discarded cassette; Still Can’t Hear Her Mouth,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30

  • STF: GETTING PLACES IN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

    IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION SPECIAL EVENTS 

    IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN/IRISH FILM BOARD

    Featuring producers and directors who have had success with both short and feature documentaries, including Aoife Kelleher and Rachel Lysaght (the makers of recent Galway Film Fleadh hit One Million Dubliners) and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.30

  • STF: HOW TO MAKE A WINNING DOCUMENTARY SHORT

    IFI STRANGER THAN FICTION SPECIAL EVENTS 

    IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BORD SCANNÁN NA hÉIREANN/IRISH FILM BOARD

    In recent years, Irish Short Documentaries have screened at major festivals across the world and brought home many international awards. In this panel, successful short documentary makers – including Ciaran Cassidy (Last Days... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 10.00

  • STF: IT CAME FROM CONNEMARA!!

    DUBLIN PREMIERE

    There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Brian Reddin.

    This is the incongruous tale of when legendary Hollywood B-movie producer (of films like Swamp Women) Roger Corman created a studio in Connemara in the mid-1990s.

    In five years here he produced close to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 22.15

  • STF: LOVE IS ALL

    There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Kim Longinotto.

    IRISH PREMIERE

    Love is All takes us on a journey through the 20th century, exploring love and courtship on screen in a century of unprecedented social upheaval.

    From the very first kisses ever caught on... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.15

  • STF: NIGHT WILL FALL

    IRISH PREMIERE

    There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Andre Singer.

    In 1945, the Allies had the novel idea of training soldiers to film the liberation of Europe. What these fledgling cameramen found was both shocking and powerful as they travelled alongside forces... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.15

  • STF: REALITY BITES DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

    WORLD PREMIERE

    Jury’s Award – Best Short – Bloody Good Headline (directed by Tom Burke and Paul Quinn)

    Many shorts from the Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board scheme, Reality Bites, have gone on to play at major festivals and win international... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 17.00

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