An upcoming event at the Sugar Club on Leeson Street aims to raise funds in solidarity with Palestine. The Sila Community, aiming to build connections and celebrate MENA culture in Ireland one event at a time, will host their first film screening on Monday 6th November. The Sugar Club will be host to a screening…
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Dublin International Comedy Film Festival returns this winter and makes Light House debut
One of the most recent and well-received additions to the festival calendar in the fair city of film is returning this winter and it’s getting bigger and better. Going into its 3rd year and its 4th festival, the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival promises some much needed winter levity with a packed programme of films,…
GALPAL Collective presents Coffee Conversations
Creative community GALPAL Collective will be presenting an upcoming event to provide info on entry level opportunities in creative fields. Aspiring filmmakers and other creatives can attend this free knowledge sharing event in November, to engage with industry experts, gain essential info, and network with like-minded individuals. “Coffee Conversation,” is set to take place on…
IFI’s French Film Festival shares chic and chicken cinema
This week the programme was announced for one of the landmark fixtures in Dublin’s cinematic calendar. This year’s IFI French Film Festival takes place from 15 – 26 November. Over 15 days, 32 French feature films will be screened in the IFI. This annual celebration of French film at the Irish Film Institute will present…
GORM and Gal Pal Collective align for AJOYO
An anticipated collaboration between The GALPAL Collective and GORM will take place this weekend. Celebrating Black Filmmakers this Black History Month, their ‘AJOYO’ has officially sold out. Their inaugural collaboration will take place on Saturday October 21st at Fuel HQ on Camden Street. Following the success of their sold out “Directed by Her” screening for…
Cork International Film Festival launches 2023 programme
One of Ireland’s biggest film festivals has launched its programme this evening. This November, the Cork International Film Festival will be showing some of the year’s most anticipated films, including exciting new releases from a number of Irish filmmakers. Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) has launched the programme for the 68th edition of the Festival. The expanded…
The IFI Horrorthon brings a frighteningly fresh selection this Halloween season
This year’s IFI Horrorthon once again celebrates the most deliciously dark treats to have surfaced in the genre over the last twelve months. As always, the Horrorthon collates some of the best new work, Irish and international, to have appeared on the festival circuit, presenting these titles alongside previews of the most anticipated upcoming releases. This year’s…
IFI SCHOOLS PROGRAMME 2023/2024 LAUNCHES WITH THINK LANGUAGES WEEK SCREENINGS, EUROPA CINEMAS INITIATIVE, AND A TY MAKING HISTORY STRAND
This year’s Schools Programme by the Irish Film Institute has been revealed. A key strand of the cinema’s aims to exhibit, archive and educate, the launch for this school year includes films from Ireland and abroad to interest and enthrall students from across the island. The Irish Film Institute (IFI) today launches its comprehensive 2023/2024 Schools…
70s scares at the Light House’s Waking Nightmares season
The 1970s saw the arrival in cinemas of some of the greatest horror films of all time, resonant evils that still linger in the minds of viewers a half century later. This spooky season, these scares will return to the screen in Smithfield, as the Light House Cinema’s Waking Nightmares programme offers homage to some…