Tara O’Callaghan highlights sex-for-rent exploitation in short No Time Wasters

Tara O’Callaghan highlights sex-for-rent exploitation in short No Time Wasters

The 2025 Dublin International Film Festival begins this week, and for Irish filmmakers it’s a huge platform to share their work, and in the festival’s expansive offering of shorts there is an impressive variety of filmmaking approaches and outlooks from across the island. No more is that more on display than in the immersive, intelligent…

The IFI French Film Festival programme will sacre bleu you away

The IFI French Film Festival programme will sacre bleu you away

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.…

A hub of indie ideas at the Dublin Independent Film Festival this September

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,…

5 things movies show us could be worse to come out of the Dublin-New York Portal than a lad showing hole

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…