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13th May 2012 (Sun) from 16:00 - 17:30
Irish Film Institute
Join us for a chilled out Sunday afternoon of short dance films at the IFI. Featuring a mix of animation and live dance for camera, this selection will play with definitions of what dance is and will spark your imagination.
Films by David Hinton, whose work for DV8 is now legendary and Philippe Decouflé, a major figure in French dance for camera, will be presented alongside shorts from far and near. More
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13th May 2012 (Sun) from 16:00 - 17:30
Irish Film Institute
Taking place at the IFI on May 13th (16.00) will be the Dublin Dance Festival's programme of shorts - a refreshing blend of dance-for-the-camera classics, international curiosities and animation discoveries that play with what dance is and how your imagination responds to it. More
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13th May 2012 (Sun) from 18:30 - 20:15
Irish Film Institute
A thriller that provides multiple perspectives on the moral complexities of immigration, Maggie Peren's Colour of the Ocean is set on the Canary Islands, where the sun-drenched beaches are scattered not only with tourists but also the dead and dehydrated bodies of African boat people. More
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14th May 2012 (Mon) from 18:50 - 21:00
Irish Film Institute
4 Days in May is not a traditional war movie and caused some controversy with its depiction of Nazi soldiers joining forces with their Russian foe to counter an evil threat. More
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15th May 2012 (Tue) from 08:00 - 10:00
St. Johns Theatre & Arts Centre
Based on the novella by William Trevor, the film is set in the sprawling Italian countryside. After a tragic train accident, four survivors find comfort in the illa of an English writer (Maggie Smith) whose carefree lifestyle is disapproved of by some. In association with Access Cinema. More
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15th May 2012 (Tue) from 18:50 - 21:00
Irish Film Institute
More than 20 years after reunification, the baleful influence of the former East Germany's very sinister and corrupt system continues to be felt in today's Federal Republic. More
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15th May 2012 (Tue) from 20:00 - 22:30
Linenhall Arts Centre
Director Guillaume Canet's entertaining and acutely observed drama of manners. More
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15th May 2012 (Tue) from 20:00 - 22:00
Ballina Arts Centre
Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas), an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. More
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16th May 2012 (Wed) from 18:50 - 21:00
Irish Film Institute
A prize-winner at Cannes, Stopped on Track was also voted the 'best German film of 2011' by national critics. More
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16th May 2012 (Wed) from 19:30 - 22:00
Draiocht Blanchardstown
After her cheating husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful, but can't win the approval of her spoiled daughter. More
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17th May 2012 (Thu) from 18:20 - 20:00
Irish Film Institute
The IFI is delighted to welcome acclaimed author Joe Dunthorne on May 17th (18.20). More
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17th May 2012 (Thu) at 20:30
Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre
While on a shopping excursion to Milan Emily barely survives a terrorist train bombing... More
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18th May 2012 (Fri) from 14:00 - 16:00
Ballina Arts Centre
Based on the novella by William Trevor, My House In Umbria is set in the sprawling Italian countryside. After a tragic train accident, four survivors find solace in the villa of an English writer, Mrs. Delahunty (Maggie Smith). More
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18th May 2012 (Fri) - 24th May 2012 (Thu) from 15:10 - 20:00
Irish Film Institute
Now painstakingly restored to its full Technicolor glory, Powell and Pressburger's masterpiece is, among other things, probably the greatest study of 'Englishness' in the history of cinema. More
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18th May 2012 (Fri) from 18:30 - 20:30
Irish Film Institute
Following on from last month's screening of Carl Dreyer's classic, the IFI is delighted to present this reprise screening with live musical accompaniment by Steven Severin. More
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19th May 2012 (Sat) from 15:30 - 17:00
The New Theatre
May 19th
@ 3:30 pm More
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19th May 2012 (Sat) from 16:10 - 18:00
Irish Film Institute
For their seminal sci-fi actioner, sibling writer-director duo the Wachowski Brothers alluded to everything from Alice in Wonderland and philosopher René Descartes to The Tibetan Book of the Dead and Japanese anime. More
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20th May 2012 (Sun) - 23rd May 2012 (Wed) at 00:00
Triskel Christchurch
Films 'Delicacy (12A)' & 'Edge'
Sun 20th - Wed 23rd May
Delicacy (12A)
109 mins - France 2011 - Subtitles - Dir: David & Stéphane Foenkinos
Starring Audrey Tautou, François Damiens and Bruno Todeschini
Nathalie throws herself into her work after her husband of just three years unexpectedly passes away. One day, she fixates on Markus, an unremarkable underling of hers at the office...
Edge
92 mins - UK 2010
Dir: Carol Morley
Starring: Maxine Peake, Marjorie Yeats, Joe Dempsie
Over two days at the Cliff Edge Hotel several guests, frozen into the snowy landscape, begin to thaw - and find a purpose that connects them all. From the director of the 'Dreams Of A Life'.
Films 'Delicacy (12A)' & 'Edge' More
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20th May 2012 (Sun) at 15:00
Wexford Arts Centre
€3
Access Cinema film sponsored by Seven Seas.
Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound. More
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20th May 2012 (Sun) from 16:00 - 18:00
Irish Film Institute
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