It is 70 years since Michael Curtiz’s wartime romance Casablanca (10th – 16th) starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman was first released and their characters Rick and Ilsa unexpectedly became one of the most iconic screen partnerships of film history. The dialogue is snappy, the performances are mesmerising and the soundtrack lingers long after the [...]
In celebration of Trad Fest 2012 the IFI presents two remarkable programmes of films about traditional Irish music.
IFI Ireland on Sunday presents Gerard Hurley’s look at a returning emigrant in his new film, ‘The Pier’.
The IFI is full of festive cheer with a season of musicals and popular classics this December.
Horrorthon 2011 had it all: tricks, treats, a very special guest and even some French nihilism, writes Niall Kitson
Saoirse Ronan is digitally transported into a century of Irish films to launch the IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund – a major new initiative to secure the future of Ireland’s film heritage.
To celebrate the launch of their new album, ‘Hans the Reluctant Wolf Juggler’ the IFI i welcomes back Dublin group 3epkano on Sunday, 16 October 2011 for a rare and very special performance accompanying a classic of early German cinema, G.W. Pabst’s ‘Pandora’s Box>
Horrorthon returns to the IFI this Hallowe’en for its 14th year of screams, gore, laughs, sneak previews, classic cult hits and special guests – including screen icon Michael Biehn.
IFI is examining the rich history of stars behind the camera that stretches back to D.W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille and Charlie Chaplin.
SDGI and IFI bring directors and composers together in a conversation about the melody of film.
The Irish Film Institute wishes to appoint an Education Officer to work in their busy and progressive Education Department which operates from the IFI in Temple Bar.
The political edge of both well-known and rarely-seen frontier films exhibited in the IFI’s upcoming season, The Western.
Peter White catches up with Demián Bechir, who stars as Carlos Galindo in ‘A Better Life’. Demián is no stranger to these shores having played the lead role of Ernesto in Ian Power’s debut feature ‘The Runway’ which was released in cinemas earlier this year.
‘Living Colour’ will be screened at the Irish Film Institute on Eustace Street, Dublin 2 on Sunday, 31st July at 12pm, as part of the Ireland on Sunday film series. Its director Éamon Little tells Film Ireland 5 things he learned from making it.
To coincide with the cinema release of Ian Palmer’s visceral new documentary about bare-knuckle boxing in the Traveller community, ‘Knuckle’, the IFI will present a programme looking at a range of fictional and non-fictional representations of Travellers on film
Clive Barker to visit the IFI for a public talk and rare screening of early films on 13th July.
IFI celebrates the release of The Tree of Life with a retrospective of visionary director Terrence Malick
High Anxiety at the IFI: A season of classic American conspiracy thrillers in the era of Vietnam and Watergate, that run from 1–26 June.
The Irish Film Institute will pay tribute to the late Donal Gilligan, a highly respected and greatly missed cinematographer, with a screening of ‘Country’, a rural drama written and directed by Kevin Liddy, on 30th May.
This May the IFI is re-releasing three cinematic classics on new digitally restored prints: ‘The African Queen’, ‘Apocalypse Now’ & ‘Taxi Driver’.
Fourteen Films Exploring Representations of Irish Identity in Cinema curated by Gabriel Byrne and presented by The Museum of Modern Art and the Irish Film Institute as part of Imagine Ireland: Culture Ireland’s year of Irish arts in America 2011; 20th May – 3rd June, 2011 at MoMA, New York
This April the IFI is launching a new film discussion club that brings audiences together with critics, filmmakers and programmers to discuss new releases, seasons, and re-releases of classic films from the IFI programme.
The shortlist has been announced for the DARE2BDRINKAWARE.ie competition. Now in its fourth year, the competition challenges students to explore the relationship between Irish culture and drinking through a film or multimedia project.
IFI presents part two of it Jerzy Skolimowski Seasons to accompany the release of his new film ‘Essential Killing’, which opens on Friday, 1st April.
The Irish Premiere of Jeremiah Cullinane’s documentary ‘The Book Smugglers’ takes place in the IFI at 12pm on Sunday March 13th.
Robert Flaherty’s Irish documentary ‘Man of Aran’ is to be re-released at the IFI from March 11–17 before being re-released on DVD in a restored version, with the extras including material provided by the IFI Irish Film Archive.
The IFI and JDIFF present a special screening of Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing’s ‘Self Made’
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