Kasandra O'Connell

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 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

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

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

Film • 15 Feb 24