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All set for a Summer of Fun at the Light House Cinema

With the Light House Cinema reopening its doors earlier this month, its loyal clientele were eager to avail of some of their beloved comfort movie favourites. Stuff to get people excited to get back into a cinema seat again, when they feel safe and willing to do so. The Smithfield cinema have duly obliged and July and August will see them host a ‘Summer of Fun’, all killer, no filler programming to put a smile on your face (behind your mask).

June 30, 2021
2021, August, July, Light House Cinema, Seasons, Smithfield, Summer, What's On

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Artwork from Wolfwalkers showcased at the Light House this Friday

An exhibition showcase of drawings from the making of the Irish animated sensation Wolfwalkers will be making its way to Smithfield later this week. Artist’s drawings from the hit film will be on display at the Light House Cinema when it reopens from Friday, June 25th.

June 23, 2021
2021, animated film, Animation, Artwork, Cartoon Saloon, Exhibition, Irish Film, June, Light House Cinema, Ross Stewart, Smithfield, Tomm Moore, What's On, Wildcard Distribution, Wolfwalkers

News

LIGHT HOUSE CINEMA RE-OPENING JUNE 25TH

The team at Light House are beyond excited to announce that they are re-opening their doors (again!) on Friday June 25^th. Our friends at one of Dublin’s best cinemas have been eagerly anticipating the reopening for so long and have saved fans in the fair city of film a seat for when they finally swing their doors open in three weeks time.

June 2, 2021
2021, Another Round, First Cow, In the Earth, June, Light House Cinema, Nomadland, Smithfield, Sound of Metal, Supernova, Sweat, Wolfwalkers

Features,Interviews

Movie Memories: Charlene Lydon on the Light House, awkward Q&As and hopes for reopening

Many a movie lover in the fair city of film is dying for the day when cinemas are back open again, but as we all know, a cinema is only as good as its programming. At the Light House Cinema in Smithfield and the Pálas in Galway, that selection is curated by Charlene Lydon, a genuine buff with a storied career and a fine eye for film.

In the latest Movie Memories, Film In Dublin spoke with Charlene to get more info on her own background, the secrets to a good slate of cinema and her hopes for the future as the chance of a return to Screen 1 becomes an ever so slightly bright light projected on the end of a long, uncertain tunnel.

May 21, 2021
Charlene Lydon, Dublin, Element Pictures, Interviews, Light House Cinema, Movie Memories, Pálás

News

Element Pictures launch online Light House Shop

The Halloween season is usually a time we’re glued to the big screen here in the fair city of film. Unfortunately the current status of Covid-19 here in Ireland means that all cinemas are shut for the foreseeable future, but that doesn’t mean we can’t show some of our favourite cinemas some support. At the IFI, the online IFI@Home player is going strong, with the IFI Horrorthon currently in full swing on the online platform.

Meanwhile, Element Pictures have launched a new online shop, so that the adoring patrons of the Light House Cinema and the Pálás can acess some great new gifts and give the venues some much needed revenue. You can now buy Gift Vouchers for the cinemas, exclusive locally designed prints and greeting cards and more on the new Light House Shop.

October 23, 2020
2020, Element Pictures, Light House Cinema, Online, Pálás

Film Festivals,What's On

The programme for GAZE 2020 is here at last

NOTE: The article below references cinemas being open for the GAZE LGBT Film Festival as was the case at time of publication. Per Level 3 COVID-19 restrictions in Dublin announced on 18/09/20, cinemas are not permitted to open. The festival as described below remains available online via the IFI@Home online media player.

For nearly three decades, the GAZE LGBT Film Festival has brought the best of queer cinema to Dublin, a shared experience of access, advocacy and adulation, sharing great films from Ireland and abroad. Taking place this year from September 30th – October 4th, GAZE 2020 have announced their full programme, a mix of live cinema and online screenings that will open one of Ireland’s biggest film festivals up to a wider audience beyond the fair city of film.

September 5, 2020
2020, Film Festivals, GAZE, GAZE 2020, GAZE LGBT Film Festival, IFI, IFI@Home, Irish Film Institute, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ Cinema, Light House Cinema, October, Online, September

News,What's On

Light House Cinema Reopening July 27th

The news we have been eagerly waiting for here at Film In Dublin has finally arrived. The Light House Cinema as well as the Pálás in Galway will be reopening to the public from Monday 27th July.

July 21, 2020
2020, Covid-19, Dublin, July, Light House Cinema, Pálás, Smithfield

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David Lynch Season returns to the Light House Cinema

In the Light House, everything is fine.

February 28, 2020
2020, 4k, April, Blue Velvet, David Lynch, Dune, Eraserhead, Inland Empire, Light House Cinema, Lost Highway, March, Mulholland Drive, Seasons, Short Film, Smithfield, The Elephant Man, The Straight Story, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Wild At Heart

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See some of the Best of the 10s at the Light House

Incredibly, there are only sixteen days remaining in the 2010s, and though every year of the last few years has felt like a decade unto itself in one way or another, one positive thing the 10s have undoubtedly given us is a plentiful supply of great films. And the Light House Cinema will give film fans an opportunity to see some of the best and most beloved of the decade this month and through January, screening a series of the Best of the 10s. The season will run from December 27th until January 5th, with 18 favourites to relive before another ten years of film kicks off for us.

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A bell rings as the Light House Cinema reveal their Christmas 2019 movie lineup

Attaboy, Light House.

The Smithfield cinema have today announced the programme for their annual Naughty or Nice season, a selection of beloved Christmas classics and carefully curated deep-cuts. Every year the selection tends to bring out the naughty and nice in Dublin’s film fans as they cross in-laws and distant relatives off their gift lists in order to fit in a few more tickets to treat themselves with and Christmas 2019 is set to be no different. The usual lineup are all there with a few new, intriguing choices thrown in, it’s going to be a busy few weeks at the Light House from November 29th to December 31st.

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