The full programme has been announced for the Irish Film Institute’s annual celebration of French Film. From 13 – 24 November, the IFI French Film Festival 2024 will share over 35 titles from the nation du cinéma, including retrospective odes to Varda and Duras, a lavish opening gala, and even a Chaplin from the archives.…
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A hub of indie ideas at the Dublin Independent Film Festival this September
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,…
A Serial Summer at the IFI with Serial Saturdays
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…
Film gets lit at the Bloomsday Film Festival this June
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…
5 things movies show us could be worse to come out of the Dublin-New York Portal than a lad showing hole
A portal to another world has suddenly appeared in Dublin. And while that other world may just be New York City, any self-respecting film fanatic knows that when a portal suddenly appears, it’s time to take notice. There may be great danger, or a flimsy excuse for a listicle, on the edge of emerging. Since…
BYOA24 to Hen’s Teeth this summer
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…
Anseo anois agus aris for Video Vista starting from May
Video Vista digs into the archive of VHS, Blurays and DVDs, looking at cult classic deep cuts. They’re returning for monthly screenings from next month, from a new venue in the fair city of film. Camden Steet pub Anseo are the new venue for Video Vista, which will be hosting film screenings from the first…
Here’s what’s on in Dublin for the Japanese Film Festival Ireland in April
All through April, the Japanese Film Festival Ireland returns to spread the latest in Japanese cinema across the island of Ireland. With a collection of films showing in Cork, Dublin, Dundalk, Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Waterford and Wexford from 9 – 27th April, JFF24 has a busy month ahead. We’ve picked out the films that are…
Music, movies, mutinies and dance moves at the Doc’n Roll Film Festival
Next week will see a selection of documentary features about music screen in Smithfield, as well as Galway, as the Light House and Pálás hold host to the Doc’n Roll Film Festival. Beginning in London and hitting the road on tour to cities across Britain and Ireland, this festival has screened films in an effort…
An elevated cinema experience arrives as Dublin International Film Festival 2024 programme launches
The full programme for the 2024 edition of the Dublin International Film Festival has arrived. From 22nd February to 2nd March, a huge selection of films will be screened, guests will be celebrated and audiences will be engaged by the biggest festival in the fair city of film. Creating unique and unforgettable memories for all lovers of film, Dublin…