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…
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…
A series of 10 films starring the big screen legend Bette Davis will be shown at the Irish Film Institute this June. All month long some of the greatest works by Davis will have new eyes on them, as Fasten Your Seatbelts: The Films of Bette Davis takes place at the IFI, 8 – 26 June.…
Ahead of their milestone 25th edition, the Kerry International Film Festival have confirmed a shakeup. KIFF have revealed that Amy-Louise O’Callaghan has been appointed Programming Director for KIFF 2024. An IFI stalwart and frequent contributor to Film In Dublin’s own Pretty Deadly Films zine, O’Callaghan will be taking charge in the Kingdom this autumn. She…
D8 events avenue Hen’s Teeth are partnering again with Abhainn Studio to host an evening ideal for the indie film heads out there in Dublin. This summer, their latest Bring Your Own Art Art Show will have an A24 they’re inviting artists to submit works inspired by the indie darlings’ ouevre. Bring Your Own Art…
