Every month the Irish Film Institute presents its latest entry to the Bigger Picture, their programme strand in which a key film is screened with an introduction from a special guest, the Dublin cinema centre establishing its own film canon, as built by the people of the fair city of film. Over the years guests…
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.…
There’s a bit of Kneecap fever across Irish film this summer as film fans get hyped for the release of the Belfast boys’ feature film. Ahead of the general release of KNEECAP on August 8th, the rap trio have programmed three films to screen at the Light House Cinema, an early-August insight into the cinematic…
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…
A new strand at the Irish Film Institute will bring back the fun of film serials this summer. It’s a bowl of blockbuster breakfasts on offer this June and July with the IFI’s Saturday Serial. In the first decades of cinema, serial series would keep audiences coming back to the cinema week after week, eager…
