To celebrate TradFest 2011, the IFI are presenting a programme of rarely-seen documentaries from the IFI Irish Film Archive including films from the ’60s and ’70s as well as a more recent documentary providing the backstory to one of the star turns for TradFest 2011, Clannad.
The IFI will be running part 1 of their Graham Greene season from 2–23 January.
The IFI screens a special preview and satellite Q&A with the directors of Catfish at 6:30pm on 14th December.
Moving Worlds: Cinemas of Migration returns with a diverse and contemporary programme of documentary and drama films from Austria, France, Germany, Spain, the UK, and the USA, and is running from 8–11 December 2010.
Gemma Creagh reports from Thursday 26th November at the ‘In The Beginning’ screening at the IFI’s 2010 French Film Festival.
Gemma Creagh reports from Wednesday 25th November at the ‘Mademoiselle Chambon’ screening at the IFI’s 2010 French Film Festival.
‘Mammuth’ provided plenty of laughs on Tuesday night screening as part of the IFI French Film festival.
Steven Galvin reports from Monday’s screenings at the IFI’s 2010 French Film Festival.
Steven Galvin reports from day 3 of the IFI’s French Film Festival.
Steven Galvin reports from day 2 of the IFI’s French Film Festival.
From Michel Leclerc’s ‘The Names of Love’ to wine and fromage; Steven Galvin reports from the opening of the IFI’s French Film Festival.
The winner of the Best Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh, ‘The Pipe’, goes on general release nationwide from Friday 3rd of December – with a Gala Preview taking place at the IFI on Thursday 2nd of December.
Taking place 3–21, November 2010, the first part of the IFI’s Frank Capra Season features six films which were all made during the 1930s.
In addition to hosting this year’s Darklight, the IFI are also collaborating with the festival to present a strand that draws attention to the work of experimental filmmaker Patrick Keiller.
The IFI is to welcome director Apichatpong Weerasethakul to introduce the Irish premiere of his 2010 Palme d’Or winning film, ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’, this evening at 6.10 pm.
Ireland on Sunday, the IFI’s monthly showcase for new Irish film, will present the European premiere of Frank Kelly’s debut feature ’140′.
The IFI are running a Jack Nicholson American Rebel Season from 1–31 August.
Pyjama Girls, a new Irish documentary by Maya Derrington examining the lives of two of Dublin’s ‘pyjama girls’, returns to the IFI for an exclusive release on the 20th August 2010.
This Film Ireland podcast recorded on Friday July 23rd 2010 was chaired by the IFI’s Sunniva O’Flynn, with ‘Colony’ co-director Ross McDonnell and former Green Party leader and former Minister for Food and Horticulture Trevor Sargent on the panel. The screening of ‘Colony’ highlighted the important role bees play in agriculture and agribusiness worldwide and the problems faced due to Colony Collapse Disorder.
The IFI’s Woody Allen season hosts an illustrated talk by Professor Neil Sinyard on 5pm Sunday 25th July.
The festival kicks off this Thursday with Synth Eastwood creating an interactive film fun installation.
In this Film Ireland podcast documentary filmmaker Anna Rodgers of Crossing the Line films talks to director Ken Wardrop and producer Andrew Freedman of Venon Films. The event was recorded as part of the IFI’s Conversations with Irish Filmmakers series on Tuesday June 28th 2010 as their acclaimed feature documentary ‘His & Hers’ was playing in cinemas.
They reflect on their earlier short documentaries ‘Hen’, ‘Farewell Packets of Ten’, ‘Useless Dog’ and the multi award-winning ‘Undressing my Mother’. Ken and Andrew also answer questions from the audience revealing more about their experiences at Sundance, the industry response to ‘His & Hers’ and their approach to filmmaking.
New Irish documentary, ‘Colony’, will be exclusively released at the IFI from July 23rd with co-director Ross McDonnell present to take part in a Q&A after the opening night screening.
During the World Cup in South Africa, the IFI will be running ‘Faraway, So Close: Film From Africa’, a series of films from across the continent.
The Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival and the Irish Film Institute have joined forces to bring NT Live to Dublin.
Due to circumstances beyond the control of the IFI, Tony Curtis will no longer be coming to Ireland, and Tony’s in-depth interview, An Affair with Tony Curtis, has been cancelled.
The IFI and Watershed will present Intense Intimacy, the body of work of innovative French director innovative Claire Denis.
The IFI announces the launch of its Summer Season today, promising Woody Allen, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Hong Kong cinema, a new Family Festival and a special guest appearance from screen legend Tony Curtis.
This year’s access>CINEMA / IFI Bealtaine film tour will see the film ‘Dean Spanley’ available to view at various venues around the country.
The award-winning Northern Irish drama ‘Peacefire’ to be screened as part of the IFI’s Ireland on Sunday.
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