Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 23/08/2026

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    SCREENING FROM AUGUST 21st

    Twenty years after a devastating family rupture, Andrew Dyer (Bill Nighy), a celebrated but reclusive novelist, summons his estranged sons, Jamie (George MacKay) and Richard (Johnny Flynn), home with news that promises to rewrite their shared... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00, 20.20

  • AN IRISH ATLANTIC RAINFOREST

    An Irish Atlantic Rainforest tells the story of Eoghan Daltun, a leading climate activist at the forefront to save native Irish rainforests in the face of climate change and political indifference. From his inner-city Dublin upbringing, to his life as... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: HORSE PLAYS (PROGRAMME 2)

    Join us for free daily lunchtime screenings in August of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Collect tickets at IFI Box Office or online (with a small booking fee).

    JUMPIN’ DUBLIN A film about the elite set attracted to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2026: CHIMNEY TOWN: FROZEN IN TIME

    Original title: Entotsumachi no Poupelle – Yakusoku no Tokeidai

    Everyone’s favourite anime chimney sweep Lubbichi is back! Following the disappearance of his garbage-made pal, Poupelle, Lubbichi is transported to another world. With talking cat Fluff, he embarks on a quest home. A series or thrilling encounters unfold,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2026: INTO THE WEST

    A new IFI Irish Film Archive restoration of the Irish classic, supported by Screen Ireland. Ossie and Tito are two settled Traveller boys, whose horse, Tír na nÓg, is confiscated. 

    Rescuing him, they abscond to the West, pursued by their father. A much-loved... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 12.00

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2026: LOONEY TUNES CLASSICS

    Beep Beep! It’s our lunchtime blast of classic Looney Tunes, compiled especially for the festival. With a new Daffy Duck on the autumn cinema horizon, it’s a perfect time to watch a fine feathered mess back on the big screen.

    Introduced by Looney Tunes... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.30

  • IFI FAMILY FESTIVAL 2026: MY LIFE IN VERSAILLES

    Original title: La vie de château – Mon enfance à Versailles

    After her parents pass, Violet goes to live with her Uncle Régis, caretaker of the palace at Versailles. He’s grumpy and she’s stubborn, but they begin to feel at home, with a playground... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

  • LADY

    SCREENING FROM AUGUST 14th

    A mockumentary about a narcissistic aristocrat who dupes a gullible director into filming her every move, Lady blends eccentricity and poignant character study to winning effect. Lady Isabella (a gloriously fearless turn from Sian Clifford), an eccentric... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.00

  • TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA

    SCREENING FROM AUGUST 21st

    Kris (Hannah Einbinder), a successful young writer-director, is hired to reboot Camp Miasma, a moribund horror franchise in Jane Schoenbrun’s knotty, deliriously meta creation. Kris tracks down Billy (Gillian Anderson), the reclusive actress who played Miasma’s... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.20, 20.10

  • THE INVITE

    Spanish comedy The People Upstairs (2020) receives the latest in a line of international adaptations, and its first in English, courtesy of co-writers Rashida Jones and Will McCormack (Celeste And Jesse Forever, 2012).

    Joe (Seth Rogen) arrives home only to... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 15.40

  • THE ODYSSEY

    Although previous Christopher Nolan films have been grand in scale, this adaptation of the classic poem by Homer, showing exclusively on 70mm at the IFI, is of another order of spectacle entirely, harkening back to the swords-and-sandals and historical epics... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.45

  • TONY

    SCREENING FROM AUGUST 14th

    In 1975, on failing to win a writing fellowship, 19-year-old Tony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) flees to a small town on Cape Cod with no plan other than to chase his high school crush Nancy (Emilia Jones).... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00, 17.40


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