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WHAT'S ON - 25/10/2016

A DATE FOR MAD MARY

This film was released 2nd September 2016, and is no longer screening.

★★★★★ Movies.ie

★★★★ Irish Times

Joint winner of Best Irish Feature at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, A Date for Mad Mary, based on Yasmine Akram’s theatrical monologue, sees... Read More

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Times: 14.00
AMERICAN HONEY

This film was released 14th October 2016, and is no longer screening.

★★★★★ Telegraph

★★★★★ Independent

18-year-old Star (newcomer Sasha Lane) abandons her hardscrabble life on the fringes of society in Andrea Arnold’s electrifying take on that American staple, the... Read More

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Times: 15.15 | 20.00
FURTHER BEYOND

This film was released 21st October 2016, and is no longer screening.

★★★★ – Irish Times

In their documentary debut Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take as their point of departure the compelling 18th Century figure Ambrose O’Higgins (father of... Read More

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Times: 13.20 | 16.00
IFI SCHOOLS: THE KING’S SPEECH

For 2017 Leaving Certificate candidates we offer an extended introduction to this popular choice, followed by a 15 minute presentation on a key scene. Colin Firth is the reluctant monarch, King George VI, who overcomes his speech disability with the... Read More

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KEEPING IT REAL EVENING COURSE: RIDING GIANTS

Documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta shows how you can make a sports story appeal through his combination of interviews, footage and thrilling scenes communicated with his own passion. In this history of surfing, the wow factor runs high as we watch... Read More

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Times: 18.30
SPECIAL EVENT: THE ROAD TO GOD KNOWS WHERE

This film screened 25th October 2016.

The Road to God Knows Where was a breakthrough, iconoclastic film for Alan Gilsenan and remains a memorable zeitgeist movie of Ireland in a transformational decade. The 1980s was a period of social regression, emigration... Read More

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Times: 18.00