Hello and welcome to this week’s happenings at the IFI!
The Kingdom and Young Hearts open with us this weekend while Sense and Sensibility returns to our big screen for it’s 30th anniversary.
Also screening this week are previews of Materialists, Celine Song’s follow up to Past Lives.
Special events this week include our Irish Focus screening of Dreamtown on Thursday 14th, and our mini-season Jane Arden: A New Communion featuring screenings of Separation on Saturday 9th, The Other Side of Underneath on Sunday 10th, and the double bill Viration/Anti-Clock on Wednesday 13th.
Looking for something to do with the younger film fans in your life? The IFI Family Festival takes place next week from August 15th – 17th with a whole host of fantastic family films and creative activities to enjoy across the weekend. Tickets are on sale now!
OPENING THIS WEEK AT THE IFI
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
dir. Ang Lee
Revisit Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet as the Dashwood sisters in this much-loved Jane Austen adaptation.
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THE KINGDOM
dir. Julien Colonna
Lesia’s carefree summer comes to an end when her mafia boss father plans to enter into a bloody war with a rival gang.
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YOUNG HEARTS
dir. Stephen Frears
14-year-old Elias experiences his first feelings of love when new boy Alexander moves in across the street.
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ALSO SCREENING AT THE IFI
Archive at Lunchtime
2000 Metres to Andriivka
Amadeus
Barry Lyndon
Late Shift
My Beautiful Launderette
IRISH FOCUS: DREAMTOWN
Thu 14th, 18.30
Mickey Richards (Anthony Murphy), a delusional, ageing rocker who never realised his dreams, decides it’s time to reconnect with his adult son Alan (Cian Hyland), but his clumsy attempts to impress only drive a deeper wedge between them.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer/director Steven McKenna, lead actor Anthony Murphy, and cinematographer Jaro Waldeck.
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