Director: Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne Starring: Shaun Dunne, Robbie Lawlor, Lady Veda, Jade Jordan, Eva-Jane Gaffney, Lauren Larkin Running Time: 101 minutes Breaking a stigma is about removing walls. In How To Tell A Secret, performance and interview are interwoven. Stories of living with HIV pass through acting, re-enacting and interview, from performance to…
The Irish Film Institute’s flagship festival of French cinema returns this November, with an extended tribute to Jean-Luc Godard a big part of the programming. The IFI French Film Festival 2022 will be taking place from November 16 – 27. Highlights in the programme for this year include Brother and Sister by modern favourite Arnaud Desplechin; Winter Boy by…
The Horrorthon is the Irish Film Institute’s extended love letter to spooky season. A massive selection of horror films from all over the world are curated at the IFI every October, and 2022 is no exception. This year’s IFI Horrorthon takes place October 27 – 31st, with over 30 feature films set to screen over…
This week sees the return of the IFI Documentary Festival for another year. Taking place from from September 21st to 25th, the Doc Fest will show some of the best new Irish and international non-fiction cinema. Screenings and Director Q&As alike will provide plenty of insight, with Irish premieres including All that Breathes, winner of the Golden…
The IFI Open Day was a long praised date in the Irish film fan’s calendar; an opportunity for the Irish Film Institute to highlight their hard work and share great films from their back cataglogue in the process. It’s been on a break for the last five years, but the Open Day returns this Saturday…
See John Waters, Cheryl Dunye and new voices galore at the 30th anniversary special of Dublin’s biggest queer film festival. A leading light in the film festival calendar in the capital for decades, GAZE this year marks its anniversary by celebrating queer cinema classics, and uplifting emerging talents from Ireland and abroad. With a new…
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…
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…
Our friends at the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival are returning at the end of April with their usual mix of workshops and innovatively filmed-by-phone programming. The festival this year will be taking a blended approach, offering in-person events at the Irish Film Institute on 30th April, with online screenings to take place from the 30th…
