You can check out some culture on the coast next month as the Bleeding Pig Film Festival makes its return to Donabate. Free films will be showing at the fest this September 12th – 14th. Short films by Ger Walsh, Lia Campbell, Tristan Heanue and more will be on offer over the three days of…
Later this month a new film festival arrives in Ireland as the Droichead Arts Centre and film maker Frank W. Kelly launch the inaugural Boyne Valley International Film Festival. This two day event will feature the best short films from around the country, and the world, with a special focus on films made in the…
Later this month the Irish Film Institute will be hosting the 12th edition of their family friendly film festival. A series of screenings of animation and family films from all over the world will allow viewers of all ages to grow their love of the cinema together. The IFI Family Festival is taking place this…
A new film festival is being brought to the Boyne this summer. From 12-13th August, the Boyne Valley Film Festival will highlight talented filmmakers from the ford. Bursaries are on offer also for filmmakers during this burgeoning festival. Set against the beautiful backdrop of the Boyne Valley, Droichead Arts Centre and film maker Frank W.…
A new film festival for BIPOC filmmakers of Irish descent will be taking place at the end of this month, with a hybrid approach to screening and a concerted effort to widen the playing field. The first-ever edition of the Chroma International Film Festival takes on the hybrid setting, happening in The Brooks Hotel Cinema,…
The 34th Galway Film Fleadh will be taking place from 5th – 10th July in the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema, Galway. With the full programme now revealed, top talents from home and abroad will be shown as the Fleadh celebrates cinema this summer. The Fleadh programmers have assembled a large programme, with plenty of Irish…
The Light House have announced their summer season and it’s more packed than a pimple and more exciting than a sweaty first shift at a disco. All the way from July to September at the Smithfield cinema it’s Not Another Teen Season, a celebration of teen movies across genre, across decades and all across the…
Bloomsday is here again this summer and with it comes Ireland’s most literary film festival, back for its third year. 2022 marks the centenarian celebration of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922) and the Bloomsday Film Festival 2022 has expanded its efforts to serve as a celebration of cinema, literature, and artistic innovation accordingly.…
The Irish Film Institute will be hosting a retrospective on one of the great names in musical cinema throughout June. The American dancer, choreographer and director Bob Fosse will be featured throughout the next month as all five feature films directed by Fosse will screen at the IFI. The season starts on Thursday 9th June…
A charity screening of Audrey Diwan’s Happening will be taking place at the Light House Cinema on Sunday 22nd May in support of reproductive rights. The Smithfield cinema will be sending all proceeds on to the Abortion Rights Campaign. The Abortion Rights Campaign (ARC) is a grassroots all-volunteer group dedicated to achieving free, safe and…
