Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 23/10/2025

  • A WANT IN HER

    When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her and risks losing herself. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:05

  • BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER

    Set against the surreal neon haze of Macau’s imposing casino hotels, Edward Berger’s (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave) Ballad of a Small Player is a seductive character study of an obsessive gambler sinking further into a quagmire of... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:30, 18:15 (OC)

  • GERRY ADAMS: A BALLYMURPHY MAN

    Gerry Adams first met Englishwoman Trisha Ziff, a community activist and founder of the “Camerawork Derry” workshop, at the height of the Northern Ireland conflict in 1981, remaining in contact for over 40 years. This film weaves together interviews recorded... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:45, 20:30

  • HORRORTHON 2025: SHELBY OAKS

    One of the year’s most anticipated horror films makes its Irish debut opening our festival. A woman searching for her long-lost sister realises that not all of her sister’s childhood fears were imagined. 

    World Premiere: Fantasia International Film Festival

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30

  • HORRORTHON 2025: THE DESCENT

    We are pleased to present the first Irish screening of a new 4K restoration of Neil Marshall’s terrifying exploration of Appalachian caves, this year celebrating its twentieth anniversary.

    Screening as part of IFI Horrorthon 2025 – explore the programme here!

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.45

  • ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (70MM)

    ★★★★★ – The Irish Times

    ★★★★★ ‘An instant classic’ – Empire

    ★★★★★ ‘A masterpiece… extraordinary’ – The Times

    ‘Needs to be seen on the big screen’ – FM104

    After his freewheeling, shaggy dog adaptation of Inherent... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:00 (70MM)

  • ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST 4K RE-RELEASE

    Jack Nicholson gives what is perhaps his most indelible performance as Randle Patrick McMurphy in Miloš Forman’s masterpiece, one of just three films to win all five major Academy Awards. The film sees recidivist criminal McMurphy being moved from prison... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15:10

  • SOULEYMANE’S STORY

    The precarious life of an undocumented Guinean migrant is vividly brought to life in Boris Lojkine’s clear-eyed, compassionate, and quietly devastating film. Souleymane (Abou Sangare), a bike courier navigating deliveries through the frenetic Paris traffic, is two days away from... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13:00, 20:10

  • URCHIN

    Mike (Frank Dillane) has been sleeping rough on the mean streets of north London for five years. He attempts to turn his life around following a short prison sentence for robbery, securing a room in a hostel, and a job... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18:00

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