The IFI Family Festival brings 3 days of films, fun and activity in August

The IFI Family Festival brings 3 days of films, fun and activity in August

The Irish Film Institute has announced the full programme for IFI Family Festival 2025, taking place this year from Friday, August 15th to Sunday, August 17th. This year’s selection of new international films and an Irish classic together share themes of imagination and being yourself across three days of films for young fans and their families. Always…

Irish Film Institute announces sizzling summer season Australian Dreams

Irish Film Institute announces sizzling summer season Australian Dreams

The IFI are promising a sizzling summer (we are very cool and will not mention shrimps or barbies) next month with a proramme of classic Australian cinema. From the grizzled Ozploitation action of Mad Max, to early films from masters like Peter Weir, Gillian Armstrong and Nicolas Roeg, and trailblazing Indigenous entries into the Australian…

Queer stories in motion at the Queer Spectrum Film Festival 2025

Queer stories in motion at the Queer Spectrum Film Festival 2025

This June will see the second edition of the Queer Spectrum Film Festival, as they make their way to the Irish Film Institute on the 13th-14th June. A celebration of queer stories in motion, Ireland’s first film festival especially dedicated to LGBTQIA+ people of colour and immigrant voices, QSFF aims to highlight powerful narratives shaped by…

Iberscreen 2025 at the Irish Film Institute

Iberscreen 2025 at the Irish Film Institute

The Irish Film Institute is your best bet in Dublin for seeing collated and curated international cinema, whether that’s in their ongoing programming or in their dedicated seasons like the French Film Festival, or Kinopolis. This spring they’re adding a new festival to their calendar to share the best of contemporary South American and Spanish…

Lean, Mean Filmmaking Machine – see the classics of David Lean at IFI

Lean, Mean Filmmaking Machine – see the classics of David Lean at IFI

Brief Encounter, In Which We Serve, Great Expectations are among the 8 classic titles to be screened at the Irish Film Institute starting from this April, all in 35mm, as part of their latest series. A screening Kicks off a 2-month, 16-film extended encounter with David Lean, one of the most influential filmmakers in Western cinema…