Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 15/08/2022

  • BLIND AMBITION

    Winner of numerous festival accolades, Blind Ambition tells the inspiring story of four Zimbabwean refugees who became world-class sommeliers. The four young men – Joseph, Tinashe, Marlvin, and Pardon – undertake a perilous journey to South Africa, fleeing the economic failures of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.20, 20.50

  • FIRE OF LOVE

    World renowned volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft were killed on June 3rd, 1991, while attempting to capture terrifyingly close video footage of the eruption of Mount Unzen in Japan. Sara Dosa’s affectionate and engaging documentary pays homage to the French... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.15

  • HIT THE ROAD

    A boisterous family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape in Panah Panahi’s exuberant, riotously funny, and ultimately moving debut film, a highlight from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.40

  • HOLE IN THE HEAD

    While Irish director Dean Kavanagh’s latest film sees him take a step away from his previous, more purely experimental work towards a traditional, narrative style, the playful approach to the medium of cinema on display and the healthy dose of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00, 20.40

  • IFI & HERITAGE WEEK: SAOIRSE?

    On the centenary of events portrayed, we present George Morrison’s powerful sequel to Mise Éire (1959). Saoirse? is a much darker film than its triumphalist predecessor, depicting events from 1919 – 1922: the brutality of the War of Independence; the... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • WHEN EUROPE MADE HOLLYWOOD: FURY

    After fleeing Nazi Germany in the early 1930s, Fritz Lang wanted to get a sense of American culture and society and took a road trip where he came across alarming contemporary stories of mob rule. Set in a fictional small... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.15

  • WHERE IS ANNE FRANK

    Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, written between 1942 and 1944 when she was in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, is one of the most celebrated and widely read books of the 20th century.... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00, 20.30

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