Irish Film Institute

Breathless & beyond: the unclassifiable cinema of Jean‑Luc Godard

Dave O Mahony, the Irish Film Institute's Head of Cinema Programming, takes aim at a moving target - legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, the subject of a new season at the IFI this February.

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.

Putting Ireland's unsung amateur female filmmakers in focus

Lights, camera, archive! Preserving our audiovisual heritage

Although Temple Bar often gets dismissed as an over-priced tourist trap, it's home to a number of organizations resolutely dedicated to the original vision for the area - to be a cultural quarter for Dublin.

Annette director Leos Carax to attend IFI French Film Festival

The annual celebration of French film returns to the Irish Film Institute this November.

Manners in Church to F-rated films: inside the IFI Archive Player

IFI Documentary Festival - where filmmaking gets real

Japanese Story - the IFI celebrate Ozu, Kurosawa and beyond

Kevin Coyne of the Irish Film Institute introduces Japanese Story, the IFI's new season celebrating the finest cinema from Japan over the decades...

IFI Documentary Festival 2020 - real life on the big screen

Irish Film Institute programmer David O'Mahony writes for Culture about this year's IFI Documentary Festival, which runs from Monday, September 21st to Sunday, September 27th.

Architect Kevin Roche dies aged 96 - a tribute

Mark Noonan's new documentary The Quiet Architect is the Closing Film at this year's IFI Documentary Festival, which opens tonight - Noonan writes for Culture about the film and it's subject, Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kevin Roch

Kinopolis - celebrating Polish cinema at the IFI

Irish Film Institute programmer Kevin Coyne introduces this year's Kinopolis festival, the IFI's annual celebration of new Polish cinema.

Horrorthon preview - a bloody good time at the IFI

Who's game for five days - count 'em - of hauntings, splatterings, creature-ings, zombifications and home invasions? It's Horrorthon time at the Irish Film Institute...

The Films That Made Me: Les Amants du Pont Neuf

As a cinephile, we've all got films like this. Films that got under our skin at formative moments in our lives. There's usually at least one in every genre. And as we get older our lists of favourite movies tend to evolve.

East Asia Film Festival Ireland - the art of Asian cinema

Marie-Pierre Richard, Artistic Director of the East Asia Film Festival Ireland previews this year's festival, which runs from 5-8 April at Dublin's Irish Film Institute.

Groovy! Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell coming to Ireland

Cult movie legend Bruce Campbell, the star of the Evil Dead movies, is coming to Dublin next month for his first ever public appearance in Ireland.

Roller Derby Revolution: the new film about Irish women on wheels

Filmmaker Laura McCann writes about her new documentary Revolutions, a compelling portrait of the Irish women's roller derby scene.