50 Years of the Liffey Banks
To celebrate 50 years since the release of The Liffey Banks, the iconic album by Dublin fiddler Tommie Potts, the Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival plays host to a special afternoon in memory of the enigmatic Dubliner.
Songs and Singers from the Inishowen Peninsula
A documentary by award-winning filmmaker Bob Gallagher about the Inishowen song tradition followed by discussion and singing with Grace Toland and members of the ITSC.
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Best Film, Goya Awards 2022
Under increasing pressure, a Spanish company’s proprietor (Javier Bardem) pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable line in the process.
★★★★ The Irish Times
From the Academy Award-winning writer of The Imitation Game (Graham Moore) comes The Outfit, a gripping and masterful thriller, starring fellow Oscar winner Mark Rylance.
Join Alice as she chases the White Rabbit into a topsy-turvy world that gets “curiouser and curiouser” as her fantastical adventures unfold.
Best Film, BFI London Film Festival 2021
In this debut from Panah Panahi, gentle humour and vibrant music are deftly used to capture the dynamics, chaos and emotions of one family for whom a fateful road-trip will change their lives forever.
Royal Opera House (Live Screening)
With a score that includes Butterfly’s aria and the Humming Chorus, Puccini’s opera is entrancing and ultimately heartbreaking. This Royal Opera House production takes inspiration from 19th-Century European images of Japan.
Irish Entry to Oscars 2023
A coming-of-age tale as Gaeilge set in early-1980s Ireland, An Cailín Ciúin is a genuine, deeply felt portrait of the bonds that sustain us.
National Theatre Live: Encore
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) makes her West End debut in the UK premiere of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play directed by Justin Martin.
★★★★ The Guardian
ENNIO celebrates the life and legacy of Ennio Morricone, featuring never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Quentin Tarantino and Clint Eastwood.
★★★★ Irish Independent
Marianne (Juliette Binoche), a successful author, goes undercover to write an exposé on the low-paying working conditions of professional cleaners - finding herself growing closer and closer to her unsuspecting colleagues.
Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival 2021
A tense, compelling and unflinching film from Justin Kurzel (Macbeth) concerning a troubled young Tasmanian and his dark and violent path in life that ultimately results in the 1996 Port Arthur mass shooting.
Royal Opera House (Encore Screening)
Love and duty collide, and nations clash in Verdi’s political drama, starring Elena Stikhina with a glorious, monumental score conducted by Royal Opera Music Director Antonio Pappano.
★★★★ Time Out
Starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, in this Spanish comedy a legacy-hungy millionaire decides on his 80th birthday to produce a film.
★★★★ The Guardian
Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra) explores the true meaning of family in this gritty, neorealist drama set in Italy that tells the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl grappling with the sins of her father.
Exhibition on Screen
Edward Hopper’s work is the most recognizable art in America – popular, praised, and mysterious. This new film takes a deep look into Hopper’s art, his life, and his relationships.
Royal Opera House (Encore Screening)
Puccini’s opera of passion, friendship and heartbreak features a star-studded cast, conducted by Kevin John Edusei. A timeless love story that blooms, fades, and rekindles with the passing seasons.
Best Screenplay, Dublin International Film Festival 2021
A expertly crafted biopic about the life of war poet Siegfried Sassoon (played by Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi during different stages of his life), who became a vocal critic of the British governments continuation of the war.
Audience Award, Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2020
Starring, produced and written by New Zealand’s gender diverse community, Rūrangi follows a transgender activist as he heads home to the isolated, conservative dairy town where no-one’s heard or seen from him since before he transitioned.
