Jim Sheridan: In Focus (3rd-21st Feb)
IFI Stranger Than Fiction: Ireland
A programme of Irish and American feature films curated by Gabriel Byrne- IFI/MOMA Collaboration with the support of Imagine Ireland(New York, May 20th-30th)
Hidden Ireland: Irish Documentary Film - In collaboration with New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at the Lincoln Center with the support of Imagine Ireland (New York, March 19th-May 19th)
IFI Open Day (June)
IFI Family Festival (July)
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Be afraid! Be very afraid! Horrorthon 2009 returns 22nd-26th October 2009The IFI once again plays host to five days of madness, mayhem and blood-curdling suspense. Horror fans and genre aficionados are preparing to descend upon the IFI over the October Bank Holiday to indulge Dublin’s most disturbing and depraved film festival that is now in its 12th spine-tingling year.Ed King, Horrorthon Director, launched the programme this morning saying ‘It has been a terrific year for Horror with an o...
The Irish Film Institute is delighted to announce a major redevelopment of its landmark Old Quaker Meeting House premises on Eustace Street in Temple Bar. Plans have been unveiled to create a third cinema in addition to the existing two cinema screens, a major overhaul of the existing public areas, and significant development of the IFI's Irish Film Archive allowing better access to the archive's collection for the IFI's audience, film researchers and students.
Speaking of the redevelopmen...
The Irish Film Institute announces a major cinema expansion and redevelopment The Irish Film Institute is delighted to announce a major redevelopment of its landmark Old Quaker Meeting House premises on Eustace Street in Temple Bar. Plans have been unveiled to create a third cinema in addition to the existing two cinema screens, a major overhaul of the existing public areas, and significant development of the IFI’s Irish Film Archive allowing better access to the archive’s collection for th...
Brave cinema-goers who join hundreds of genre-aficionados making their way to the IFI for Horrorthon can expect a relentless weekend of guts, gore, shocks and sheer psychological terror interrupted only by darkly comic cackles and kitsch classics. The popular festival is back for the 11th year running with a programme that is bigger, bloodier and better than ever. Announcing the programme Ed King, the Horrorthon festival director said ‘When Horrorthon first started in 1998 as a one day event ...
Undeniably one of cinema’s master storytellers and an inspiration to generations of filmmakers, the Irish Film Institute is proud to announce a two-part retrospective of the work of David Lean. The sixteen films showing throughout July and August demonstrate his achievements as a chronicler of the British imagination and as one of the greatest creators of cinematic epic in film history.In a BFI poll of the 100 best British films of the century, David Lean had 3 in the Top 5, Brief Encounter, L...
Mexican Actor celebrates success of Spanish Film Festival Daniel Tovar to host Q&A after screening of ‘La Zona’28th March 2008 The IFI is delighted to celebrate the success of their 2nd Spanish Film Festival with a screening of ‘La Zona’, followed by a Q&A with the actor, Daniel Tovar, this Sunday, 30th March 2008 at 7pm. ‘La Zona’ is the last film to be showcased, in what has been a very successful Campo Vieja Spanish Film Festival, in the Irish Film Institute. With sold out attend...
The Board of The Irish Film Institute is delighted to announce Sarah Glennie as DIRECTOR OF THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE. She will take up the full time position in Autumn 2008, before which time she will work with the IFI on a consultative basis. In the transition period, IFI operations will continue to be managed by Annmarie Gray, Acting Director and Head of Finance and HR.Sarah has fourteen years experience in the cultural realm, most recently as Director of the Model Arts and Niland Gallery in S...
