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The Home of Film in Ireland. A historic 3-screen cinema in the heart of Temple Bar, with Ireland's only 70mm projector 🎞 Visit http://ifi.ie + watch online via http://ifiarchiveplayer.ie and https://www.ifihome.ie Charity Number: 20021429

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 8d

The most horrifying event in our calendar, @horrorthon-fest.bsky.social, returns from Thursday, October 23rd to Monday, October 27th 💀

Featuring a fangtastic fright-filled programme and a very special Vampires Ball in partnership with District Film Club 🦇

Boo-k now 👻🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/horrorthon/

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 46m

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 17h

Last week marked the 65th anniversary of Nigerian Independence 🇳🇬

Take a look back at this newsreel of people celebrating the day in Dublin!

Discover more archive footage as part of The Gael Linn Collection on the IFI Archive Player ➡ https://ifiarchiveplayer.ie/category/gaellinn/

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 19h

Last week, we were delighted to welcome teachers to the launch of our IFI Schools Programme where they were treated to a preview screening of I SWEAR followed by a reception! 🥳🙌

Our full IFI Schools programme is available to browse now 📰👉 https://ifi.ie/learn/news

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 19h

Only 2 WEEKS to go until MITSKI: THE LAND 💡🎸

Screening for one night only!

More info + 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/mitski-the-land/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 23h

📽 CLOSING THIS WEEK 🎞

🎧 STEVE
🥊 THE SMASHING MACHINE
🌊 THE SWALLOW

Don't miss your chance to catch them on our big screen 🎟👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 1d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Watch an exclusive clip from LOVE ON TRAIL, the latest film from Japanese writer-director Kōji Fukada (Harmonium, Love Life).

Screening next Tuesday 14th as part of @eastasiaffirl.bsky.social Discoveries 💕

🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/eaffi-discoveries-love-on-trail/

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 2d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 2d

With nerve-shredding tension, Katheryn Bigelow masterfully weaves a complex web of interlocking characters and incidents, mounting a terrifying scenario of how a third world war might begin.

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE opens this Friday 🚨

Tickets are on sale now 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/a-house-of-dynamite/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 2d

This new film, produced by @molimuseum.bsky.social features passages read from Oscar Wilde's De Profundis by a host of LGBTQ+ writers, artists and activists.

Presented as part of Oscariana: A Wilde Dublin Festival.

📆 Thu 16th
⏰ 18.30
🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/ifi-moli-oscariana-de-profundis/

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IFI Schools @ifischools.bsky.social · 6d

Our Careers in Animation for students 15-19 is on Weds 15th October @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social

Meet creatives from @cartoonsaloon.bsky.social + National Talent Academy Animation

Tickets + further info: ifi.ie/learn/ifi-ca...

@screenireland.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

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Zara Hedderman @zarahedderman.bsky.social · 3d

So unbelievably buzzed to be this month’s film selector for the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social Bigger Picture. I obviously picked the greatest film of all time, Five Easy Pieces. Come along & watch it on Thursday, October 30th 🎹

ifi.ie/film/the-big...

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 3d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 4d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 5d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 5d

When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her and risks losing herself.

A WANT IN HER screens next week at the IFI!

Book now 🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/a-want-in-her/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 6d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 6d

Watch an exclusive clip of Mitski performing ‘I'm Your Man’ from MITSKI: THE LAND.

Don’t miss this portrayal of an artist at the height of her musical powers, screening for one night only on Wednesday, October 22nd.

🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/mitski-the-land/

#MitskiFilm

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Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 6d

Our next event with aemi is an underseen jewel from the 1980s British avant-garde.

NIGHTSHIFT screens with an introduction from pioneering filmmaker Pat Murphy.

📆 Wed 15th
⏰ 18.30
🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/aemi-meshes-of-the-afternoon-nightshift/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 6d

Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around.

By turns exhilarating and poetic, URCHIN is a bold, vibrant and utterly unmissable portrait of life on the margins.

Opening this Friday 💚

Book now 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/urchin/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 6d

📽 OPENING THIS WEEK 🎞

🥊 THE SMASHING MACHINE
⚡ URCHIN

Catch these new releases on our big screen 🎟👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 7d

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 7d

Markito is back! 🔔🥊

A sports biopic of rare authenticity and psychological depth, THE SMASHING MACHINE is about a fighter who must learn how to lose.

Opening this Friday!

Book your tickets now 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/the-smashing-machine/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 7d

A film constantly referenced as a favourite by filmmakers (including François Truffaut), Alfred Hitchcock’s NOTORIOUS screens on Tuesday 7th.

🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/notorious-2025/

Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Robert, our last one for September was The Incident, directed by Larry Peerce from 1967.

August's Mystery Matinee was The Quick and The Dead directed by Sam Raimi from 1995.

The next Mystery Matinee will screen on Sunday October 19th at 1pm - ifi.ie/film/mystery...

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