Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 28/09/2014

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: PROG 4 (FREE EVENT- SEPTEMBER 2014)

    Join us for Free lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office.

    This month our programme, Flow Gently, features some river-side films from the IFI Irish Film Archive.

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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

  • IFI FAMILY: WILLOW AND WIND (BEED-O BAAD)

    This wonderful and occasionally heart-stopping film from Iranian Mohammad-Ali Talebi was one of those featured in director Mark Cousins’ recent documentary, A Story of Children and Film. As a filmmaker, Talebi has directed many films for and about children, usually... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • 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: 20.50

  • 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: 13.15|18.15

  • SALVATORE GIULIANO

    This film closes on Thursday, October 2nd. 

    IFI CLASSIC

    Castelvetrano, 1950. A lifeless body, riddled with bullets and drenched in blood, lies face down in a courtyard, two guns at its side. Reporters twitter around it, demanding answers from harassed... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40

  • STF: AI WEIWEI – THE FAKE CASE

    There will be a post-screening Q&A with director Andreas Johnsen.   IRISH PREMIERE   Returning from 81 days of solitary detention and under house arrest, China’s most celebrated and provocative artist suffers from a sleeping disorder and memory loss while Chinese authorities watch his every move. ... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • STF: CONCERNING VIOLENCE

    IRISH PREMIERE

    Swedish director Göran Hugo Olsson, maker of the stunning The Black Power Mixtape, returns again to the archives to create an unsettling, intelligent and overwhelming film, this time about the African liberation struggles of the ’60s and ’70s.

    Narration by ex-Fugee Lauryn Hill, drawn from... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  • STF: LIFE ITSELF

    IRISH PREMIERE

    The latest film from award-winning Hoop Dreams helmer, Steve James, is an affectionate and moving portrayal of the life and death of arguably America’s best-known film critic, Roger Ebert.

    Life Itself, based to some extent on the auto-biography of the same name, takes a candid... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • STF: SHOWRUNNERS

    WORLD PREMIERE

    Director Des Doyle will be interviewed by Newstalk’s Philip Molloy following this screening.

    This film lifts the lid on the fascinating world of U.S. television showrunners and the creative teams that combine to make some of the leading series on TV. These... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

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