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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 · 14d

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 · 1h

Jack Nicholson gives what is perhaps his most indelible performance as Randle Patrick McMurphy in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, returning to our big screen this Friday in a brand new 4k restoration.

Book your tickets now 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-4k-re-release/

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

Catch all four films with our multi-film bundle deals!

🎟️ 5 films for €60/65
🎟️ 10 films for €100/105
🎟️ 5 day festival pass for €160/165

Bundles are available at IFI Box Office in-person or over the phone on (01) 679 3477 ☎️

Check out the full programme here ➡ ifi.ie/horrorthon/

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

📽 HIGH TENSION

📆 Mon 27th
⏰ 12.00
🎟 ifi.ie/film/horrort...

Best friends Marie (Cécile de France) and Alex (Maïwenn) are terrorised by a murderer who has killed Marie’s family in this gruesome slasher.

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

📽 MARTYRS

📆 Sun 26th
⏰ 14.10
🎟 ifi.ie/film/horrort...

Arguably the key film of the New French Extremity movement, Pascal Laugier’s film sees a young woman seeking revenge on those who tormented her as a child.

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

📽 IRRÉVERSIBLE

📆 Sat 25th
⏰ 18.20
🎟 ifi.ie/film/horrort...

Told in reverse chronological order, Gasper Noé’s film is by turns a brutal and tender account of a relationship sundered by a horrific assault.

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

📽 INSIDE

📆 Fri 24th
⏰ 14.15
🎟 ifi.ie/film/horrort...

In this disturbing shocker, a heavily pregnant woman is tormented by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.

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

Explore the New French Extremity movement at @horrorthon-fest.bsky.social with four boundary-pushing, high-octane titles 👁️

A rare opportunity for hardcore horror fans to catch some standouts of the genre on the big screen 🎞️🩸

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

Join us next Monday 20th at 18.00 for a special IFI Youth Panel screening of SOULEYMANE’S STORY. The IFI Youth Panel is formed from 25 & Under cardholders, who meet twice a month to programme a monthly screening at the IFI 📽🎞✨

Find out more about the IFI Youth Panel here ➡ ifi.ie/after-school...

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

The precarious life of an undocumented Guinean migrant is vividly brought to life in Boris Lojkine’s clear-eyed, compassionate, and quietly devastating film.

SOULEYMANE'S STORY opens this Friday 🚲

Book now 🎟👉 ifi.ie/film/souleym...

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

We're still buzzing from our screening of Lee Knight's gorgeous short film A Friend of Dorothy on Saturday.

After the screening, Miriam Margolyes joined @pantibliss.bsky.social on stage where they reflected on her extraordinary career on screens big and small.

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

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

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

A seductive character study of an obsessive gambler sinking further into a quagmire of his own making.

BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER starring Abrakebabra black card holder Colin Farrell opens this Friday at the IFI 🃏

Book now 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/ballad-of-a-small-player/

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

📽 THE DESCENT

📆 Thu 23rd
⏰ 18.30
🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/horrorthon-2025-the-descent/

Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Neil Marshall’s terrifying cult classic with a brand new 4k restoration screening at @horrorthon-fest.bsky.social

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IFI Schools @ifischools.bsky.social · 1d

Just 2 days to go until our Careers in Animation event @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social

Additional tickets have been released and available here: ifi.ie/learn/ifi-ca...

@screenireland.bsky.social @artscouncilireland.bsky.social @cartoonsaloon.bsky.social @animationdingle.bsky.social

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

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

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

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

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

📽 SHELBY OAKS

One of the year’s most anticipated horrors makes its Irish debut opens @horrorthon-fest.bsky.social. A woman searching for her long-lost sister realises that not all of her sister’s childhood fears were imagined.

📆 Thu 24th
⏰ 21.00
🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/horrorthon-2025-shelby-oaks/

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

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

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

When a single unattributed nuclear missile is launched at the United States from somewhere in the Pacific, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is now screening at the IFI.

🎟 https://ifi.ie/film/a-house-of-dynamite/

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

📣 We're thrilled to announce the IFI French Film Festival 2025!

🗓️ 19-30 November

Celebrate the very best of new French cinema at the home of film in Ireland ✨

Book Now 🎟➡ ifi.ie/frenchfest/

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

We were delighted to welcome director Kirk Jones and lead actor Robert Aramayo for a special preview of I SWEAR last month followed by a Q&A!

I SWEAR opens today at the IFI.

Book your tickets 🎟👉 https://ifi.ie/film/i-swear/

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

📽️ Screening today at the IFI 🎟️

👉 ifi.ie/whats-on/

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

Cad é an focal Gaeilge do Godzilla? 🦖

GORGO is #NowStreaming on IFI@Home 👉 www.ifihome.ie/film/gorgo/

Read more about the Irish kaiju below at @filmindublin.bsky.social ⬇

Film In Dublin @filmindublin.bsky.social · 5d

The
@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social IFI@Home platform has just added Gorgo to their curated Halloween selection.

Here's why you should watch the Irish Godzilla destroy London town in this monster movie classic: filmindublin.ie/2025/10/09/gorgo-to-ifihome-to-watch-a-deadly-monster-movie/

Still from the film Gorgo. A giant angry sea monster attacks Big Ben.

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

Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon is one of the most influential works in American experimental cinema 🌼🪞🔪🌊

Catch it next week as part of aemi's screening of NIGHTSHIFT.

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

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

"A daughter’s shattering testament to her mother’s absence, presence and endurance" - Variety

"ranks among the best Irish films of the decade" - Headstuff

A WANT IN HER opens tomorrow at the IFI.

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

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