Indie cinema returns to Donabate this month as the latest edition of local film festival the Bleeding Pig Film Festival is back. This September 16-18, some of the best Irish shorts and features of 2024 will be making their way to the Dublin coast. Organised by Emma Fagan, for the last few years the Bleeding…
Irish artists association the GALPAL Collective continue their collaboration with the Irish Film Institute. Later this month, they’ll be curating this year’s short film documentary programme for the IFI Documentary Festival 2024. Now in its 23rd year, the IFI Documentary Festival is Ireland’s longest-running and most esteemed documentary festival. They’ve curated six shorts from around…
Independent films from around the world will be arriving in Smithfield this September. The Dublin Independent Film Festival will be host to a midweek celebration of features and shorts, held in the Light House Cinema this September 3-4. The Indie Film Festival aims to bring groundbreaking shorts and features by international and local filmmakers alike,…
One of the most anticipated events on the IFI slate returns next month and their programme is out now. The Irish Film Institute have announced an exciting programme for the 2024 edition of the IFI Documentary Festival. Running from Wednesday, September 25th to Sunday, September 29th, tickets are on sale now from ifi.ie/docfest. With a lineup…
Film festival fun comes to Louth this weekend at the Boyne Valley International Film Festival. Wildcat, directed by and starring father-daughter duo Ethan and Maya Hawke, will be an eye-catching feature alongside some of Ireland’s best local talent. Wildcat invites the audience to inhabit the mind of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor (played by…
GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival has begun for 2024, and over the next few days, it will deliver the usual mix of the essential and emotional, the taboo and transgressive in queer cinema. Taboo is a spicy but vital ingredient in any cinematic stew, a window into the parts of us that are certainly there…
The Irish Film Institute have announced the programme for this year’s Family Festival. Tickets are on sale now for the IFI Family Festival 2024, running in-cinema from Friday, August 23rd to Sunday, August 25th. This year the festival will include a special homegrown celebration, as Dublin’s own animators Brown Bag Films mark their 30th anniverary.…
One of Ireland’s best and brightest film festivals kicks off next week as once again out west the Galway Film Fleadh will be taking place. The 36th edition of the film festival will be taking place from 9 – 14 July between the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema, with a whopping 94 feature films…
The GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival is returning on the August Bank Holiday for its 32nd edition, showcasing the best in new Irish filmmaking and in queer international cinema. As always Ireland’s long standing queer film festival will cover a spectrum of eras and identities, from spotlighting new works by Elliot Page to celebrating the history of…
Joyce fans rejoice. Ireland’s most literary film festival returns to the fair city of film next week. The festival aims to encourage artistic innovation within the medium, artists who do things their own way, and films that seek to push the craft forward, as Joyce did so greatly within his own craft of literature. They’ll…
