Director: Magnus von Horn Starring: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri Running Time: 115 minutes While Robert Eggers’ take on Nosferatu has become a box-office hit, with viewers ravenous for a gothic account of sexual politics not seen since My Immortal, the vampire flick doesn’t have a monopoly at the cinema this month for…
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.…
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Spooky season has arrived and with it cinemas across the fair city of film have announced their…
KERRY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (KIFF) CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY. HIGHLIGHTS: OPENING FILM – HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR FESTIVAL ANNIVERSARY GALA – SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY, EMILY WATSON AND EILEEN WALSH REBECCA O’FLANAGAN IS THIS YEAR’S MAUREEN O’HARA AWARD RECIPIENT Today (September 24th, 2024) Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) is…
Director: WEI SHUJUN Starring: YILONG ZHU, CHLOE MAAYAN, TIANLAI HOU Running Time: 102 minutes The film’s poster riffs on The Scream painting. It opens with a Camus quote and is scored with the mournful keys of the Moonlight Sonata. Only the River Flows is a noir that wears its pretentions on its sleeve, and its…
Director: Felipe Gálvez Haberle Starring: Camilo Arancibia, Mark Stanley, Benjamin Westfall, Mishell Guaña, Alfredo Castro Running Time: 97 minutes Though it can be challenging sometimes to place international cinema in the national context that it’s aiming to come from, viewers from Ireland especially don’t require a deep knowledge of Chilean history to get the angle…
An all-online offering of French cinema arrives on the IFI’s online platform this Friday. It’s an early festival for film fans that you can experience all from the comfort of your home. Organised by Unifrance, the organisation responsible for promoting French cinema and television content worldwide, MyFrenchFilmFestival 2024 will offer 11 French films to rent…
6 films across 3 days will showcase Hong Kong cinema in the fair city of film this December. DIFF and the Hong Kong International Film Festival are collab’ing to curate contemporary Hong Kong films. Covering a wide breadth of themes from youth culture and censorship to action-packed futurism, these films are both a meditation and…
Director: Justine Triet Starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaund, Milo Machado-Graner, Samuel Theis Running Time: 152 minutes Though inevitable, it comes out of nowhere. In the uninviting ski lodge home of a quarrelling couple, tension cuts through the air more bitter than any cold. Loud music blares, voices raise, everyone wants to flee the hostile space…
This week the programme was announced for one of the landmark fixtures in Dublin’s cinematic calendar. This year’s IFI French Film Festival takes place from 15 – 26 November. Over 15 days, 32 French feature films will be screened in the IFI. This annual celebration of French film at the Irish Film Institute will present…
