Acclaimed new Irish films Sing Street, Viva and Mammal are all part of the programme for this year's Audi Dublin International Film Festival which was launched on Thursday.
Over 80 films will be screened from February 18 to 28 with public interviews, shorts and workshops also part of the line-up.
This year the festival boasts a particularly strong Irish line-up. The festival's curtain raiser, John Carney's Sing Street, which is set in 1980s Dublin, was greeted with rave reviews after it had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this week.
Variety described it as "a heart-melting adolescent romance that gives teenage garage bands everywhere a better name."
Mammal which stars Oscar nominee Rachel Griffiths is bound to attract a big audience with its controversial storyline about a relationship between a divorced Dublin mother and a teenage boy while the closing film Viva, a story about a Cuban drag queen, narrowly missed out on an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign language film.
"This year's festival is a Valentine to cinema, celebrating world and Irish film, and championing the work of both established and emerging talent," said Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys.
Among the international guests will be Angela Lansbury who will receive a Volta Lifetime Achievement Award and Richard Gere who will flying in to present his new movie Time Out of Mind.
Irish cinema meanwhile will be represented by actors including Killian Scott, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton and Nika McGuigan, and directors Neil Jordan, John Carney and Paddy Breathnach.
Screen legend Angela Lansbury will receive the festival's Volta award
Richar Gere brings his acclaimed film Time Out of Mind to Dublin
Other new Irish films screening at the festival will include Traders, The Truth Commissioner and Staid, while the Coen brothers' new caper Hail Caesar!, Golden Globe winner Mustang and the Tom Hiddleston-starring High-Rise are part of the international line-up receiving Irish premieres.
A buff Killian Scott in Irish thriller, Traders
Booking for the festival is now open, with more details available at diff.ie.
