IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL

IFI Family Festival 2025 takes place August 15-17!

Welcome to our annual 3-day event for young film fans. This year’s selection of new international films and an Irish classic share themes of imagination and being yourself. With lots of creative activities to enjoy across the weekend, we look forward to welcoming you and your family to IFI.

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: SPACE CADET

The stunning, moving story of Celeste and her guardian Robot, who both learn to cope with loss against a backdrop of space exploration. Funny, dialogue free, with music from director,…

Friday 15th Aug 2025 18.30

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: SHORT TALES 1

IFI Age Recommendation: 4+ A collection of fantastic mostly dialogue-free short films from around the world, specially curated for our youngest film fans. Explore tales of unexpected friendship, musical animated…

Saturday 16th Aug 2025 11.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: BALLYMUN THEN & NOW – A YOUNG FILMMAKERS’ COLLECTION

IFI Age Recommendation: 8+ Beware of horse bandits, banshee combs, and revolting robots! Short films created by Our Lady of Victories Schools with artist Helen Flanagan, inspired by the IFI…

Saturday 16th Aug 2025 12.15

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: SHORT TALES 2

IFI Age Recommendation: 8+ For our slightly older audience, we present a wonderful selection of live-action and animated short films. These creative shorts touch on topics like climate action and…

Saturday 16th Aug 2025 13.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: WOLF CHILDREN

(Ôkami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki) Remastered in 4K, Mamoru Hosoda’s enchanting anime take on the werewolf fantasy, with hand-drawings, humour, and edge, in this tale of the young mother…

Saturday 16th Aug 2025 15.30

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: THE TALE OF DAYE’S FAMILY

(Daye: Seret Ahl El Daye) IFI Age Recommendation: 10+ 14-year-old Daye is a Nubian albino boy with a golden voice. Bullied in school, he is encouraged by a teacher to…

Saturday 16th Aug 2025 18.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN

(Pohádky Po Babicce) IFI Age Reccomendation: 7+ After losing their grandma, the kids miss listening to her vivid stories, and grandpa is sad too. They decide to cheer him up…

Sunday 17th Aug 2025 11.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: THE BOY FROM MERCURY

This sweet and nostalgic fantasy set in 1960s Dublin, concerns eight-year-old Harry, who imagines he and his dog have been sent down from Mercury. Also starring Hugh O’Conor. Screening as…

Sunday 17th Aug 2025 11.15

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: SHOWKIDS

IFI Age Reccomendation: 9+ A sneak preview of RTÉ’s brand new series for kids and families, created, written and directed by Hugh O’Conor. Imaginative 12-year-old Sam is unsettled in school,…

Sunday 17th Aug 2025 13.00

IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2025: HOLA FRIDA!

Gorgeous, colourful animation about the early life of artist Frida Kahlo. Growing up in Mexico a mischievous, expressive child, she learns to cope with life’s challenges through her artistic self-expression.…

Sunday 17th Aug 2025 16.00