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Stories about women and by female directors at IFI Stranger Than Fiction
IFI Stranger Than Fiction returns to the IFI this week, and I was delighted to learn that more than half the films in this year’s impressive lineup have a female director. This news is particularly...
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Very extremely dangerous Jerry McGill
A year since its debut at last year's IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival, Paul Duane returns with his feature film, Very Extremely Dangerous, a tragic story of Jerry McGill, an aging...
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Keeping the summit dreams alive
What is different about seeing a wide-shot Everest, the world’s highest mountain for the first time in The Epic for Everest (1923), to seeing it captured on camera today? To my untrained eye, at least,...
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Calling all IFI Explorers!
IFI Explorers is our club for 15 to 18 year olds who want to discover a world of film beyond Hollywood blockbusters. Student Oleg Kuvsincikov came up with the club's name and here he explains why: I...
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Three generations of Lithuanian Cinema during the IFI Lithuanian Film Focus
Santa Lingevičiūtė, Artistic Director of the Vilnius International Film Festival, talks about three generations of Lithuanian cinema ahead of the IFI Lithuanian Film Focus (Dec 6th – 8th)Gytis Lukšas...
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IFI Head of Programming Michael Hayden discusses the career of Bruce Dern to...
In The Wild Angels (1966), Roger Corman’s brash precursor to Easy Rider, Bruce Dern plays a character called Loser, a rebellious biker in a gang of swastika sporting Hells Angels. He’s dead inside the...
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Kasandra O’Connell, Head of the IFI Irish Film Archive, talks about erotic...
Sex in the ArchivesFilms with erotic content are as old as the medium itself, not long after the Lumière Brothers’ first public screening of moving images in December 1895, French filmmaker Eugene...
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Adrian Wootton explains the background to his upcoming illustrated talk, The...
The Rolling Stones’ fame (some would say notoriety) and enduring popularity for 50+ years is inextricably linked, not just to releasing records and live performance but to their appearances on...
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Experimental Film Club presents 'The Train, The Cinema'
"Suddenly something clicks, everything vanishes and a train appears on the screen. It speeds straight at you—watch out!" The perceptual experience of train travel offered several parallels to the...
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Jury Critic Brogen Hayes on why three young actresses stood out in We Are The Best!The journey from child to teenager is a path that rarely runs smooth; as we change, our relationships with friends,...
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IFI Librarian Fiona Rigney highlights some additional resources about...
Ahead of IFI Spotlight, our annual focus on film and television made in or about Ireland, IFI Librarian Fiona Rigney picks her top 3 new books about filmmaking now available at the Irish Film Archive...
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Not Just in Black and White – 5 Complex Irish Clergymen from Film History as...
John Michael McDonagh’s film, Calvary, currently showing in the IFI, is garnering rave reviews and enjoying phenomenal success at the Irish box office. Brendan Gleeson’s dedication of his performance...
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IFI Announces winner of the inaugural Pete Walsh Critical Writing Award
Darragh O’Donoghue has been named winner of the IFI Pete Walsh Critical Writing Award for his review of Rob Epstein’s 2013 film Lovelace.The Pete Walsh Critical Writing Award is a new annual award...
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To coincide with the presentation of States of Fear to mark its 15th...
Shocking Documentaries: Four Films that Sparked Outrage in IrelandThis month the Mary Raftery Journalism Fund, in association with the IFI and RTÉ, marks the 15th anniversary of the broadcast of the...
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Cannes Film Festival 2014 (Part One)
So we're back in Cannes for another year of obsessing about schedules and trying to expertly judge queue lengths to pack in as many films as humanly possible!I started my Cannes 2014 trip with The...
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Cannes Film Festival 2014 (Part Two)
Ready for more complaints about queues? Welcome to the second and final blog from Cannes 2014!Cast & crew of XeniaXenia played in Un Certain Regard and, directed by Panos H. Koutras, it follows two...
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James Joyce’s Ulysses: Filming the Unfilmable
Eilís Ní Raghallaigh from the IFI's Tiernan MacBride Library looks at three filmmakers who attempted to capture Joyce on screen.The IFI will mark this Bloomsday, June 16th, with screenings of John...
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The Female Gaze: Heroines of Irish Cinema Portrayed by its Female Directors
This month, the IFI examines the work of women in film and the representation of women on film in Beyond the Bechdel Test throughout July. Related activities include panel discussions, screenings of...
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Behind the scenes at the IFI Irish Film Archive
Over the summer months the IFI Irish Film Archive will be undertaking a major digital infrastructure upgrade project that will radically improve its ability to collect, preserve and make accessible the...
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Researching at the IFI Irish Film Archive... and 10 Tips for Ph.D. Researchers!
Matthew McAteer Ph.D. writes about his time in the IFI Irish Film Archive when he researched the Radharc film and document collection, and provides some handy tips for researchers...I was a college...
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Evan Horan blogs for the IFI from Venice Days as part of 28 Times Cinema
As part of 28 Times Cinema, Evan Horan was chosen to represent the IFI at this year's Venice Days/Giornate Degli Autori. Here's an update on his adventures...As I am now approaching the end of my time...
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Love is All director Kim Longinotto talks about the making of her documentary...
This series of blog posts will include interviews with directors who will be screening their films at this year's IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentar Film Festival (Sept 25th - 28th).First up we have...
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It Came From Connemara!!, director/producer Brian Reddin talks about the making of his documentary aheads of it's Dublin premiere at IFI Stranger Than Fiction on Sept 27th. This series of blog posts...
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Blood Fruit director Sinead O'Brien talks about the making of her documentary aheads of its Dublin premiere at IFI Stranger Than Fiction on Sept 27th. This series of blog posts will include interviews...
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Taking hold of the truth: gripping Irish documentaries from the IFI’s...
The IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival (September 25th– 28th), now in its 11thyear, showcases the best documentary work from Ireland and around the globe. This year’s line-up includes...
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