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    Head of IFI Irish Film Archive, a greyhound rescuer, frequent scribbler and occasional DJ

    Irish Destiny is one of the films given a new live score by the IFI

    Keeping score- cine concerts at the IFI Irish Film Archive

    As a cultural organization for film and film culture, the IFI endeavours to screen its programme in a communal theatrical setting whenever possible.

    Film • 17 Dec 24
    The Irish Film Institute run a popular schools programme

    Learning about film - close up on the IFI's educational activity

    Since the earliest days of its existence the Irish Film Institute has been involved in education.

    Film • 15 Nov 24
    An image from the Radharc documentary Glenties Tidy Towns (Images: IFI Archives)

    Radharc Films- the legacy of Ireland's documentary-making priests

    Even before Ireland had a national television station ( RTE was founded in 1961) or film industry ( the first Irish Film Board was set up in 1980), the Catholic Church realised the importance of the moving image...

    Documentaries • 15 Oct 24
    Flora Kerrigan is one of the filmmakers featured in the IFI's new project

    Putting Ireland's unsung amateur female filmmakers in focus

    Film • 13 Sep 24
    Louis Lentin's legacy - an Irish documentary pioneer remembered

    Louis Lentin's legacy - an Irish documentary pioneer remembered

    Louis Lentin forever changed the face of Irish documentary making through his probing and insightful explorations of social injustice and state failure.

    Irish Film Archive • 16 Aug 24
    An early meeting of the International Federation of Film Archives. in Venice circa 1953 ( courtesy of FIAF)

    When is an archive not an archive?

    While it may seem obvious that the IFI Irish Film Archive is (as its name suggests) recognized as an archive, it would probably surprise most people to learn that we are also considered a museum.

    Film • 18 Jun 24
    Mary Ryan in The Outcasts, recently restored by the IFI Irish Film Archive

    Digitise, remaster, restore - conserving Ireland's AV heritage

    Head of the IFI Irish Film Archive Kasandra O'Connell explores the IFI's ongoing mission to preserve and restore a number of Irish screen classics...

    Film • 13 May 24
    Let's talk about access, baby - archiving Ireland's AV history

    Let's talk about access, baby - archiving Ireland's AV history

    Part of the IFI Irish Film Archive's mission is to make the collections we preserve available to those who want to be educated and entertained by them

    Film • 03 Apr 24
    The 'controversial scene' from The Callahans and the Murphys (1927)

    Silent shenanigans! A controversial lost Irish film rediscovered

    It is thought that between 75- 90 percent of films from the silent era no longer survive...

    Film • 16 Mar 24
    Ta siad ag Teacht! Inside The Guinness Adverts Project

    Ta siad ag Teacht! Inside The Guinness Adverts Project

    Adverts may only last for seconds, but their omnipresence engrains them in our subconscious...

    Film • 15 Feb 24
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