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IFI20 Artists’ Commission
Throughout our 20 years in Temple Bar the IFI has reached out to the wider artistic community, not just to filmmakers, forging links within theatre, dance and visual arts, and providing a location for...
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The IFI is just half my age
I can still remember the excitement and expectations amongst my friends and I. Being 20 years old in the early 1990s was rather a good thing to be, especially if you were a fan of cinema. The dreaded...
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A Night To Remember – a most stressful time at the IFI
Friday December 10th 1993 – excitement was running high in the offices of the Irish Film Institute on the eve of the re-premiere of the War of Independence drama Irish Destiny.The adventure had begun...
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Sitting and standing at the IFI
I've been sitting in the IFI for a long time. I was there when it opened in Temple Bar, sitting at screenings, festivals, and conferences as a student; sitting and looking up at stellar faces in the...
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IFI20: Falling in love ... at the IFI
It was a busy Wednesday early evening in July 2008, and the IFI cafe was hopping, and we both found ourselves awkwardly sharing a table beside the stairs. Not much was said until Joan asked me to hold...
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IFI20: Dancing, eating and drinking at the IFI Café Bar
I started working at the IFI Café Bar shortly after it opened. After a little while I left but was asked to come back in shortly afterwards as Manager and I’ve been here ever since. When I started the...
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IFI20: We’ll take Manhattan
When I became Director of the IFI in 2008 I moved from being a regular visitor to its then two cinemas, to being involved in all of the IFI’s extensive activities – the cinemas, IFI Education, IFI...
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IFI20: Remembering the IFI
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary, I have been asked to post a few comments about my experience as a film-viewer and customer at the IFI.To start at the beginning, my almost life-long enthusiasm...
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IFI20: A Celebration of Audiences
The IFI’s home in Temple Bar is all about the people who come here to engage with our extensive programme, so when we started to plan our anniversary celebrations, we very quickly decided that we...
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October at the IFI
After a busy September celebrating the IFI’s 20th anniversary of its home in Temple Bar, we wanted the first month of the next 20 years to demonstrate the breadth of our programming and to start the...
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Passing of Robert Monks
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the unexpected death of Robert Monks on last Thursday morning.Bob Monks, Willard Van Dyke and Walter Cronkite filming Ireland the Tear and the Smile in...
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Coming Home to Dreamtime Ireland
I remember the first time I came across the work of John Moriarty. I was sitting alongside Peadar Ó’Riada (the film’s composer) in his home studio in Cúil Aodha, his father Seán looking on from a...
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Remembering Tiernan
I often wanted to write about Tiernan but never found the right way to talk about the vast activity of his life. So this is really a fragmented, impressionistic piece in response to Sunniva’s request...
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Irish Film Week in Beirut, Lebanon: Notes from its Co-Director
Don Duncan, Co-Director of Worlds Alike: Irish Film Week in Beirut talks about running the first ever festival of Irish film in Lebanon and its local impact. This festival was set up with the support...
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November at the IFI
November focuses on all things French as we celebrate the 13th IFI French Film Festival. In October we started the build-up to the Festival with a celebration of one of France’s most prestigious...
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Article 9
Pat Collins, director of Silence, now available to buy on DVD in the IFI Film Shop, explains the story behind the documentary which follows sound recordist Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde on a...
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December at the IFI
From a full retrospective of films of Alfred Hitchcock, to a host of Irish and international features and the unmissable Christmas classics - that's December at the IFI!Starting this month, and running...
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Recollections from 1978 to 1984
On the occasion of the launch of Film Focus: New Directions in Film and Media Literacy for Young People, IFI Education's two-year action research project, Ciarán Benson writes about film education as...
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The season of giving…
As much as I find it hard to believe that it’s December once again and we’re about to embark on another festive season, I’m going to have to face facts and accept that I’m another year older and have a...
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Christmas Shopping ideas from the IFI Film Shop
Christmas is in sight and you’ve no shopping done? Time is short but the pressure is on to find that special gift and despite the global realm of internet shopping you fear you’ll end up grabbing...
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