Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 16/05/2016

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: PROG 1 (MAY 2016-FREE EVENT)

    BE WISE, MODERNISE!

    PROGRAMME 1: AMHARC ÉIREANN – LEICTRIÚ CHONAMARA

    The Rural Electrification Scheme rolls out in the west of Ireland in this short magazine-style newsreel by Colm O Laoghaire for Gael Linn.

    FILM INFO: 3 mins, 1957, Black and White,... Read More

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    Times: 13.10

  • EVOLUTION

    This film was released 6th May 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★ The Irish Times ★★★★1/2 Movies.ie

    Over a decade has passed since the release of Lucile Hadžihalilović’s haunting debut feature, Innocence (2004), which focused on a group of girls... Read More

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    Times: 20.40

  • GREEN ROOM

    This film was released 13th May 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★★ The Irish Times

    In this taut and violent thriller, writer- director Jeremy Saulnier’s follow-up to Blue Ruin (2013), touring punk band
The Ain’t Rights are having difficulty getting... Read More

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    Times: 14.00, 16.10, 18.20, 20.30

  • KNIGHT OF CUPS

    This film was released 6th May 2016, and is no longer screening.

    EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI

    Rick (Christian Bale), a disillusioned screenwriter, reflects upon his privileged life and complex relationships with brother (Wes Bentley), father (Brian Dennehy) and ex-wife (Cate Blanchett)... Read More

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    Times: 16.00

  • MUSTANG

    This film was released 13th May 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★ The Irish Times

    ★★★★ Entertainment.ie

    Five orphaned sisters are kept under strict lock and key in a remote Turkish town by their aunt and uncle until one... Read More

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    Times: 13.50, 18.00 (Film Club)

  • SON OF SAUL

    This film was released 29th April 2016, and is no longer screening.

    ★★★★★ The Irish Times

    ★★★★★ The Guardian

    ★★★★★ Irish Independent

    Set in Auschwitz in 1944 and depicting a day in the life of a Jewish-Hungarian member of the... Read More

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    Times: 13.40, 18.30

  • TROUBLEMAKERS: THE STORY OF LAND ART (OPENS MAY 13TH)

    This film was released 13th May 2016, and is no longer screening.

    EXCLUSIVELY AT IFI

    The movement known as land art principally emerged in the 1960s out
of a frustration felt by a group of artists about the constraints imposed upon... Read More

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    Times: 16.00, 20.50


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