German Film Week at IFI: The System
Marc Bauder’s taut, well-written thriller ‘The System’ screened on Tuesday night at the IFI as part of German Film Week.
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German Film Week at IFI: 4 Days in May
4 Days in May screened on Monday evening continuing the German Film Week at the IFI. The third film by writer/director Achim von Borries, 4 Days in May portrays an extremely odd incident that took place during the final days of World War II. With the end of the war imminent 8 Russian soldiers under [...]
German Film Week at IFI: Almanya: Welcome To Germany
The light-hearted and charming comedy Almanya: Welcome To Germany screened on Saturday evening as part of the German Film Week at the IFI.
German Film Week at IFI: Cracks in the Shell
The German Film Week at the IFI continued on Friday evening with a screening of Christian Schwochow’s impressive Cracks in the Shell.
German Film Week at IFI: Calm at Sea
‘Calm at Sea’ provided an intense yet profoundly moving start to the German Film Week at the IFI.
Volker Schlöndorff’s ‘Calm at Sea’ kicks off German Film Week at IFI
German Film Week, presented in association with the Goethe-Institut Irland, kicks off this evening at the IFI at 18.40 with the screening of Volker Schlöndorff’s Calm at Sea [Das Meer am Morgen), an affecting film based on a real-life story that portrays an atrocity that took place in German– occupied France during World War II. [...]
Report: Invasion Dublin
Brian Lloyd reports from Invasion Dublin – Ireland’s best celebration of all things Star Wars.
Out Now: Film Ireland: The Summer Issue 2012 – Issue 141
Yes it’s raining; yes it’s freezing – but that won’t stop us celebrating the fact that this year’s Summer Issue of Film Ireland magazine is out now. As you can tell from the grooviest of covers, this issue is a scorcher. So wrap up warm, bring an umbrella and celebrate the start of an Irish [...]
Lenny Abrahamson added to the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival line-up in Schull
One more heavyweight is added to the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival line-up in Schull. From Thursday, 24th to Sunday, 27th of May Schull becomes a mecca for film enthusiasts from all over the world and Lenny Abrahamson has just confirmed his willingness to take part in this years festival. Lenny graduated from TCD with [...]
Report: Ireland on Sunday at the IFI presents ‘Opus K’
Martin Cusack reports from the screening of ‘Opus K’ and Q&A with director Eamonn Gray and cinematographer Basil Al Rawi, which was presented as part of Ireland on Sunday the IFI’s monthly showcase for new Irish Film.
IFI Presents: A Season of Classic Action Movies
Get more bang for your buck in May with the IFI’s season of classic action movies including Terminator 2 (70mm), Die Hard (70mm), Robocop and First Blood What defines an action movie? It’s a slippery genre and one that perpetually reinvents itself while sticking to a set of conventions we all know and love; never [...]
Bealtaine Festival 2012
The Bealtaine Festival 2012 will be offering a great selection of cinematic experiences across the country during May.
Free Screening of ‘Oceans’ to mark International Earth Day
UCD Imagine Science Film Festival and the French Embassy in Ireland in partnership with Veolia Environnement and the UCD Earth Institute will screen the French film Oceans on Earth Day, Sunday, 22nd April in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 at 8.30pm. You are invited to a Free Screening of Oceans to mark International Earth Day [...]
Climate.Culture.Change – Film Screenings and Discussions
Climate.Culture.Change is a series of provocative films and discussions which highlight the social dimension of climate change.
Call For: Submissions for Freshly Squeezed International Student Film Festival
Freshly Squeezed International Student Film Festival is a non-profit film event which will take place in Dublin this Summer. The event aims to showcase the work of film school students and recent graduates from around the world. The purposes are to encourage students to pursue greater achievements, to promote the debate and feedback between [...]
Invasion Dublin: ‘Star Wars’ comes to town
Ireland’s largest and best loved Star Wars event, Invasion Dublin takes place in Citywest Event Centre from 4-7 May, supporting Irish Autism Action.
Preview of Fresh Film Festival 26-30 March
The Fresh Film Festival which starts on Monday, 26th March and runs until Friday, 30th March is now only 10 days away.
Report: IFI Ireland on Sunday presents Gerard Hurley’s ‘The Pier’
As Gerard Hurley’s The Pier continues its run in cinemas around the country with a screening on Monday, 19th March at The Phoenix Cinema, Dingle, Co Kerry @ 6pm, Soracha Pelan Ó Treasaigh reports on its recent IFI screening as part of Ireland on Sunday series. The Pier was screened as part of the Irish [...]
Competition: Festival Pass to Fingal Film Festival
The wonderful people at Fingal Film Festival have given us 3-day festival pass for a lucky reader. This pass will be for the winner +1 guest and allows entry to the whole festival. The Fingal Film Festival runs 21st – 23rd March 2012 For a chance to win this great prize just email filmireland@gmail.com [...]
Film Stars Find Their ‘Place’ at Fingal Film Festival
The organisers behind a new Fingal-based film festival, which opens with ‘This Must be the Place’, Sean Penn’s new film partially shot in Fingal, have announced that IFTA Award Winner Martin Mc Cann is giving a masterclass for budding actors during the three-day festival.
Screenwriter Stephen Walsh on ‘Where The Sea Used to Be’
Ahead of the screening of ‘Where The Sea Used to Be’ at the Fingal Film Festival on Wednesday, 21st March at 4pm, screenwriter Stephen Walsh describes how he stopped his characters from fecking off home.
Call For: Entries for 13th annual Kerry Film Festival
Kerry Film Festival is calling on filmmakers to start submitting their work now, ahead of KFF 2012 which will take place from the 6th -13th October.
Cork French Film Festival’s Programme Honours Pierre Étaix
Full details of this year’s Cork French Film Festival which runs from 4 – 11 March.
JDIFF 2012: Nightdancers
Cannibals, breakdance and Uganda – not your typical Irish documentary, Emile Dinneen’s ‘Nightdancers’ provided a fascinating insight into a generation’s struggle with their own cultural and spiritual beliefs.
JDIFF 2012 Out of the Past: Baraka,1992
Ron Fricke’s 1992 documentary on the development of our planet.
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JDIFF 2012 Real to Reel Cinema Review: This Is Not A Film [In Film Nist]
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s house arrest leading up to a 6 year jail sentence for making films against the ‘Islamic regime’.
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JDIFF 2012 German Cinema Review: The Day I Was Not Born [Das Lied In Mir], in co-operation with Goethe-Institut Irland
It’s the type of film Michael Bay doesn’t make.
JDIFF 2012: Out of the Past Cinema Review: Tim Burton’s Batman
Welcome cinema screening of Tim Burton’s classic 1989 ‘Batman’.
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JDIFF 2012 Discovery Cinema Review: A Quiet Life [Una Vita Tranquilla]
Claudio Cupellini’s beautifully paced thriller.
