KERRY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIONA SHAW AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2025 MAUREEN O’HARA AWARD

KERRY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FIONA SHAW AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2025 MAUREEN O’HARA AWARD

One of Ireland’s top performers of stage and screen will be awarded this autumn at KIFF, joining the ranks of stars including Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley, Eileen Walsh and more. Kerry International Film Festival announced this afternoon that award-winning actress Fiona Shaw is the recipient of this year’s Maureen O’Hara Award ahead of the 26th…

7 days of the best in queer Irish and international cinema at GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival 2025

7 days of the best in queer Irish and international cinema at GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival 2025

The GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival has today announced the new full festival programme of Irish and international films, as they’ll be showcasing a spectacular 7 day schedule of Irish and international queer cinema in its full splendour at the Light House Cinema and Irish Film Institute (IFI) from 29th July to 4th August 2025. In the 33rd edition of one of Dublin’s biggest festivals,…

Godspeed You! English Child: The Poison Drips Through in 28 Years Later

Godspeed You! English Child: The Poison Drips Through in 28 Years Later

Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell Running Time: 115 minutes There are few more defining images of popular cinema in the new millennium than that of Cillian Murphy’s Jim, freshly out of a month-long coma, wandering the vacant streets of a London ravaged by disaster as the…

Irish Film Institute announces sizzling summer season Australian Dreams

Irish Film Institute announces sizzling summer season Australian Dreams

The IFI are promising a sizzling summer (we are very cool and will not mention shrimps or barbies) next month with a proramme of classic Australian cinema. From the grizzled Ozploitation action of Mad Max, to early films from masters like Peter Weir, Gillian Armstrong and Nicolas Roeg, and trailblazing Indigenous entries into the Australian…