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This film was released on Friday 20th March 2015 and is no longer screening.
Teaming up with writer Anders Thomas Jensen, with whom she collaborated on Brothers, After the Wedding and the Oscar-winning In a Better World, director Susanne Bier... Read More
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This film was released on Friday 6th March 2015 and is no longer screening.
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Shirin is a sexually ambiguous Brooklynite who has recently split from her committed lesbian girlfriend Maxine. She has kept the relationship a secret... Read More
Join us for FREE lunchtime screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office. Please check here regularly for updated dates and times.
SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE ABÚ!
Programme 1
AMHARC ÉIREANN
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Programme 2:
POBAL Louis... Read More
This film was released on Friday 1st February 2015 and is no longer screening.
Essential French drama based on childhood events from one of French cinema’s most important figures, Louis Malle. This classic film tells the tragic story of friendship and loss between... Read More
This film was released on Friday 27th March 2015 and is no longer screening.
Having suddenly lost her sight to a genetic condition, former school teacher Ingrid spends much of her time alone in her apartment, curious... Read More
This film screened on Tuesday 31st March 2015.
David Lynch’s award-winning thriller, with its scenes of masochism, dark humour and violence, caused what the late Roger Ebert referred to as “a national critical firestorm.” But how important is the critic’s... Read More
This film was released on Friday 20th February 2015 and is no longer screening.
No longer welcome at her chronic pain support group after she voices an acerbic response to the suicide of one of her fellow members, Claire (a... Read More
This film was released on Friday 1st March 2015 and is no longer screening.
In Catch Me Daddy, British Pakistani teenager Laila (Sameena Jabeen Ahmed) and white boyfriend Aaron (Connor McCarron), with whom she ran away in... Read More
This film was released on Friday 13th March 2015 and is no longer screening.
Christina Noble: In a House That Ceased to Be will finish its run at the IFI on Thursday 26th March 2015.
The winner of the audience award... Read More
Continuing our run of this tragicomedy about 15-year-old Kim and her struggle to cope with her mother’s death. Alienated by her father Markus’s grief, Kim retreats further into her Goth-like persona, eventually running away to Denmark with boyfriend Alex. Markus is propelled to act in... Read More
Director Ian Fitzgibbon will introduce this film.
A new addition to the Comparative Study for 2016, this highly original drama is based on a novel by New Zealander, Anthony McCarten. Fifteen-yearold Donald, brilliantly played by Thomas Brodie- Sangster (Love Actually), possesses an extraordinary imagination and... Read More
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This first feature from director Zeresenay Berhane Mehari about the landmark court case that ultimately outlawed the Ethiopian practice of abduction into marriage has... Read More
Dorset in the 19th century, and Bathsheba Everdene is an attractive, fiercely independent woman at odds with the age. Having inherited a large... Read More
Feast Your Eyes, our monthly gastronomic feature, is being freshened up this March. The IFI Café Bar will continue to pair specially created menus to complement a film for just €20, but we’re bringing our foodie regulars right up to... Read More
Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Award: Dublin & Leinster Heats
The Dublin Heats of Ireland’s Young Filmmaker Awards at the Fresh Film Festival will take place at the IFI. If you have entered or would simply like an opportunity to see some of the fantastic films... Read More
This film screened on Tuesday 17th March 2015.
We are delighted to welcome Lee Dunne, author of Goodbye to the Hill, who will introduce this screening.
An early Irish venture from producer Roger Corman (subject of It Came from Connemara!!),... Read More
Fáilte roimh Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015. Join us for a selection of new Gearrscannáin, including Beirt le Chéile, Rúbaí and, from 2014, Rince and Céad Ghrá. See www.ifi.ie/gearrscannain
Also showing at:
Galway UNESCO City of Film, Galway Mar 3An Taidhbhearc on 091 563... Read More
Director Niall Heery will introduce this film.
Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams excels as Abbie whose athletic ambitions are encouraged by her fitness fanatic, if slightly deluded, stepdad Frank (James Nesbitt). When her biological father Ray aims to reconnect with his ex-wife and daughter... Read More
One of the most critically acclaimed films of 2014, co-winner of the Jury prize at Cannes and an astonishing technical achievement; it’s a great pleasure to... Read More
This film screened on Monday 30th March 2015.
Best described by critic Ernest Callenbach as “one long raucous belch in the face of the American Home …”, Schmeerguntz, made with Dorothy Wiley, was Gunvor Nelson’s first film and instantly identified... Read More
This film screened Sunday 15th March 2015.
Showing in conjunction with the St. Patrick’s Festival, this warm-hearted and humorous tale tells the story of 11-year-old Mary who dreams of being a racing driver, despite the disapproval of her parents and... Read More
This film screened on Sunday 15th March 2015.
Ireland on Sunday is our monthly showcase for new Irish film.
What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than to enter the world of low-budget B-movie maestro Roger Corman, mentor of... Read More
David Robert Mitchell’s striking first feature The Myth of the American Sleepover... Read More
This film screened on Tuesday 24th March 2015.
REEL ART: JAMESON DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Arts Council and Filmbase, in association with IFI, are delighted to present the world premieres of the latest two films... Read More
This film screened on Monday 23rd March 2015.
Office worker Kumiko (Rinko Kikuchi, Babel) leads a melancholy existence in Tokyo, forcefully encouraged by her boss to move on, harangued by her mother for being... Read More
This film was released on Friday 13th February 2015 and is no longer screening.
Ben and George are a New York couple who have decided to get married after being together for over 20 years. They mark their union surrounded... Read More
Xavier Dolan was celebrated as a wunderkind when he presented his debut feature I Killed My Mother at Cannes in 2009 when he was just 20... Read More
Sinéad Kathy Rice, Education Officer at the National Gallery will give a short introduction to Turner’s work.
Whether we are looking at paintings in a gallery, watching a film in the cinema or posting a selfie online, we interpret visual content in its... Read More
The new Junior Cycle English Curriculum includes a selection of films that are varied in origin, genre, style and theme. Would you like to bring your students to view one of these exciting films? If so, here is what to do:
1. Check out... Read More
Paul (Stephane Guillon) was once a successful novelist but, his confidence shaken after a personal tragedy, is overcome with writers block and can... Read More
We continue our tour of this delightfully perceptive French title concerning country girl Rose who moves to Paris to become a secretary. While she may lack secretarial prowess, her boss (Romain Duris) notices her typing skills. The glamorous 1950s costumes and period details make this... Read More
This film screened on Wednesday 18th March 2015.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski has sustained a singular vision and style throughout his career. By using the basics of cinema – picture, sound and editing – he aims to put the audience inside... Read More
Whether we are looking at paintings in a gallery, watching a film in the cinema or posting a selfie online, we interpret visual content in its various forms with our visual literacy skills. In collaboration with the National Gallery, we have two different opportunities to... Read More
Despite the success of silent film tribute The Artist, and the popularity of live accompaniment to silent classics, it’s hard to imagine film without sound.
Taking a somewhat contrary approach, producer, sound... Read More
Alice Howard is a linguistics professor at Columbia University, a leading expert in her field. She lives in a plush Manhattan apartment with her surgeon husband... Read More
This film screened on Tuesday 10th March 2015.
Ever since the Lumière Brothers pointed their camera at workers leaving the factory in 1895, the cinematographer’s endeavour to record movement with light remains at the heart of any film. Drawing on... Read More
Join this month’s panel of Mike Finn (screenwriter, playwright and actor), Páraic McGeough (Spooool.ie) and Michael Ryan from the IFI’s Irish Film Programming Department, for The Critical Take on March 31st at 18.30 for discussion on three... Read More
Following his tribute to giallo films with 2012’s Berberian Sound Studio, director Peter Strickland here takes his cue from 1960s and ‘70s European erotica, particularly the... Read More
Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, lecturer with the School of Mathematical Sciences, UCD and Presenter of RTÉ’s The Science Squad, will introduce this film.
Based on the true story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, this Oscar-nominated film portrays the nail-biting race against time by the... Read More
This interpretation of a 10th-century Japanese fairytale has been a labour of love for veteran Studio Ghibli director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies). Eight years... Read More
IFI CLASSIC
Advancing on the romantic themes and experimental techniques they had developed in The Red Shoes (1948), Powell and Pressburger once again... Read More
This film screened on Tuesday 3rd March 2015.
Narrative, the art of storytelling, has relevance for most of the fiction films we watch today. The conventional three-act-structure is the framework within which stories unfold.
In The Verdict, we follow the... Read More
Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) finds a rich seam of humour in some very dark material, a difficult balance successfully maintained through the combination of her confident direction,... Read More
Toast St. Patrick at the IFI Café Bar with an evening of Irish whiskey tasting and food pairing on March 16th. Delicious craft Irish whiskey will be on the menu, including Teeling Whiskey and Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey,... Read More
When a regulation encouraging the breeding of pedigree dogs comes into play, pet owners across an unnamed city ditch their mongrels and local pounds quickly become... Read More
This film screened on Wednesday 25th & Friday 27th March 2015.
Wild Strawberries is our bi-monthly film club for over 55s.
” …too high to eat with the servants. Too low to join (you at) dinner.” Dido Elizabeth Belle, the... Read More
The passengers on an aeroplane are disturbed when they begin to realise they all have something in common; a waitress in a late night diner recognises... Read More
Ostwind – Zusammen sind wir frei
Junior Cycle students of German will enjoy this classic teen story concerning rebellious Mika who fails her school exams and is sent to spend summer holidays with her strict grandmother in the country. With... Read More
Diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum and suffering a family tragedy at a young age has left Nathan (Asa Butterfield) emotionally burdened as he copes... Read More
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:55
BALTIMORE 18:30
IO CAPITANO 13:20
JEANNE DU BARRY 13:10, 18:10
PERFECT DAYS 13:30
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 15:40, 20:45
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN Q&A (PREVIEW) 18.30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 20:40
THE ZONE OF INTEREST 16:10
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