Irish Film Institute -IFI International: October 2023

WHAT'S ON - 30/09/2023

ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: THE TEAR AND THE SMILE

Join us for free screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Simply collect tickets at IFI Box Office.

PROGRAMME 1 (PART 1) 27 mins, USA, 1961, Digital

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IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: CASA SUSANNA

Irish Premiere

In the 1950s and ‘60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe space for... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 20.30
IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: HUNGRY HILL + Q&A

Hungry Hill follows the daily struggles of a community of sheep farmers as they negotiate the mountainous terrain of the Beara Peninsula. Farmers Connie and John Doyle work alongside their neighbours, the Vanmechelens, who arrived in Ireland in the 1980s... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 18.10
IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT

From the makers of GAZA (2019), comes a new cinematic odyssey, penetrating deep below the surface of Beirut, a still beautiful, yet deeply troubled city on the brink of financial collapse. The film weaves together the stories of four characters... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 18.00
IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: IRISH SHORTS PROGRAMME

From micro-budget student films to lush cinematic odysseys, and with a distinct focus on working class Dublin experience, this year’s programme explores themes of adversity, injustice and identity alongside playful investigations of language and culture.

The Death of Terence... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 12.30
IFI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL: MY LOST RUSSIAN MOTHER + Q&A

Irish filmmaker Sam Jones, in his first feature documentary, welcomes the newfound friendship of US citizen Gabe, and follows him to a remote Russian village in search of the mother he and his sister were taken from in childhood when... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15.20