Irish Film Institute (IFI)

Filmed over 5 years Anna Hints captures the unique environment of Estonia’s traditional smoke sauna, inscribed in UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, is an intimate space where women gather to not just cleanse their bodies, but also their souls.

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD streams as part of IFI Documentary Festival@Home

💻 https://www.ifihome.ie/film/smoke-sauna-sisterhood/

In 1909, four fearless entrepreneurs met with James Joyce, an unknown writer and teacher of English, in Trieste, the main port of the Austro-Hungarian empire. They agreed to expand their cinema business and open Ireland’s first full time cinema.

KINO VOLTA streams as part of IFI Documentary Festival@Home

💻https://www.ifihome.ie/film/kino-volta/

Ewoks! Jabba the Hutt! "IT'S A TRAP!!"

Our Saturday Serial continues with STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI!

📆 SAT OCT 5TH
⏰ 11:00
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/film/the-saturday-serial-star-wars-episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi/

Ó Bhéal is a cinematic exploration of the rise of Hip Hop and electronic artists in Ireland by director Ciara Nic Chormaic.

Streaming on IFI@Home as part of IFI Documentary Festival@Home.

💻 https://www.ifihome.ie/film/o-bheal/

Ahead of today's screening of Housewife of the Year, as part of IFI Documentary Festival, check out this classic ad for Calor Kosangas: Countrywide, the sponsors of the original Housewife of the Year Competition, on the IFI Archive Player.

Calor Kosangas: Countrywide - IFI Archive Player Various scenarios are presented as voiceover encourages viewers to think of the ways in which Calor Kosangas can assist when cooking at home. To see more from The Irish Adverts Project, click here.

If you missed Declan Clarke's stunning film How I Became a Communist last night, as part of IFI Documentary Festival we have you covered!

Clarke's film is streaming now on IFI@Home as part of IFI Documentary Festival@Home.

💻 https://www.ifihome.ie/film/how-i-became-a-communist/

The next IFI Talks is with Dorian Lynskey who will be here to discuss his book Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About The End Of The World which traces apocalyptic visions of the end of it all from the Bible to James Cameron!

📆 OCT 8TH
⏰ 18.30
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-talks-dorian-lynskey/

SING STREET returns!!

This month’s IFI Youth Panel pick was selected due to its celebration of Irish culture and struggles, in addition to its core themes of adolescence and coming of age.

Test your Irish film knowledge with IFI Youth Panel’s post-screening Quiz!

📆 SEPT 30TH
⏰ 18.00
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-youth-panel-sing-street/

Unable to make this years IFI Documentary Festival? Don't worry at IFI@Home we have all of your documentary needs.

This selection of documentaries, chosen to complement the IFI Documentary Festival taking place in our Eustace Street home from 25-29 September, is a wide-ranging collection of Irish and international films broaching subjects of art, music, cinema, rap, political activism, and how we relate to the world around us.

See the full selection here: https://www.ifihome.ie/page/docfest-at-home/

In My Friend Lanre, Irish filmmaker Leo Regan draws on decades of footage to portray the complex life of his friend, photographer Lanre Fehintola.

Described by Louis Theroux as “intimate, raw, beautiful”, this funny, devastating, and bravely personal film is a testament to deep friendship and to one person’s incredible life and work.

Streaming as part of IFI Documentary Festival@Home

Available to rent now! Check out the full programme on the IFI@Home site.

💻 https://www.ifihome.ie/film/my-friend-lanre/

Revisit one of the most iconic plot twists of all time on the big screen.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back screens as part of The Saturday Serial.

📆 SAT 28TH
⏰ 11:00
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/film/the-saturday-serial-star-wars-episode-v-the-empire-strikes-back/

Today is the opening Gala of IFI Documentary Festival with Tom Burke's The Gap in Consent.

Followed by a Q&A with Tom Burke and a post-film reception.

Join us to for the exclusive world premiere at the IFI tonight.

⏰ 20.30
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-documentary-festival-2024-the-gap-in-consent/

Slaughterhouse, Horrothon & Bram Stoker Festival, Dublin, present SLAUGHTERHOUSE OF HORRORS at the IFI.

Featuring a special Seanchoíche on ‘The Horror Within’, a 35th-anniversary screening of Pet Sematary, and an Irish horror masterclass, followed by Honey Pot in the foyer presenting a new soundtrack for 1922 classic Häxan.

📆 OCT 26TH
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/horrorthon

Coming in October we're showing a number of one off screening of music documentaries.

From the hidden history of Scotland's girl bands, the legacy of Placebo, and the music of Paul Simon we have a range of films to suit everyone's music palette.

Titles include:
In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon
Mogwai: If the Stars Had a Sound
Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Lush: A Far From Home Movie

📆 October 13th - 31st
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/ifi-programme

Henry Glassie: Field Work is a magisterial portrait by Pat Collins (That They May Face the Rising Sun) of the renowned American folklorist and ethnologist Henry Glassie, now in his eighties.

Screening on the occasion of the awarding of an honorary doctorate to Henry Glassie by UCD.

Followed by a Q&A with Henry Glassie and Pat Collins, hosted by broadcaster Vincent Woods.

📆 Oct 3rd
⏰ 18.30
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/film/henry-glassie-field-work-qa/

Two legends of Irish film met at the heart of Irish film last Friday. ⭐

We were delighted to welcome Saoirse Ronan for a Q&A with Sinead Gleeson to discuss her new film, The Outrun - a very special preview screening.

Saoirse also met IFI Board Member Ger Mc Naughton and had a special meeting with the star of An Cailín Ciúin, Catherine Clinch.

Catch this delicate, moving adaptation of Amy Liptrot's book upon it's release from 27 Sept at the IFI.

Tickets on sale now: https://ifi.ie/film/the-outrun/

In 1988, following a wave of IRA atrocities, the British Government introduced a Broadcasting Ban.

Sinn Féin and other loyalist and republican paramilitary groups were forbidden to speak on television or radio.

Róisín Agnew's film THE BAN reflects on the British government’s use of the threat of ‘terrorism’ to justify censorship, drawing inevitable comparisons with the present.

Followed by a Q&A with Roisin Agnew, Stephen Rea, and Danny Morrison, hosted by Trevor Birney.

Screening as part of 📽

📆 Sun 29th
⏰ 13.10
🎟️ https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-documentary-festival-2024-the-ban/

Drive it like you stole it, this month's IFI Youth Panel selection is SING STREET 🎙

Stick around afterwards and test your Irish film knowledge with IFI Youth Panel’s post-screening Quiz! ✍

📆 Mon 30th
⏰ 18.00
🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-youth-panel-sing-street/

Now available for the first time on Blu-ray, THE OUTCASTS is presented in a new 2K restoration by the Irish Film Institute!

Now available at the IFI Filmshop 💿

Pick up your copy in-person or order online 🛒👉 https://film-shop-ifi.myshopify.com/products/outcasts-blu-ray

Irish filmmakers speak about the need to develop their own ethical frameworks and power imbalances between filmmaker and subject in THE GAP IN CONSENT.

Screening as part of with a Q&A from director Tom Burke.

📆 Wed 25th
⏰ 20.30
🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-documentary-festival-2024-the-gap-in-consent/

Revisit the twin sunsets of Tatooine with the film that captured the imagination of an entire generation.

A NEW HOPE screens this weekend as part of our Saturday Serials 🥣

📆 Sat 21st
⏰ 11.00
🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/the-saturday-serial-star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope/

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