Hello, welcome to this week’s IFI newsletter version!
This week’s Cinema opening is a dark comic kitchen drama Lakosinaa delicious twisted thriller Misericordiaand Joshua Oppenheimer’s Apocalyptic Musical end.
This week’s special event includes three rarely screened and highly acclaimed shows. Parting, my condoour monthly Mystery Matinee Sunday 30th, Pluton’s breakfast As selected by the IFI Youth panel on Monday the 31st, The Witch of Love Selected on Thursday 3rd by Rurit Rius of Garpal Group. The whole picture.
Conclusion Between Heaven and HellWe are pleased to welcome Ingmar Bergman Foundation CEO Jan Holmberg in the next series, a two-month celebration of Ingmar Bergman’s work. Ifi Talks: Ingmar Bergman’s Life and Work Sunday 30th. Meanwhile, only a few tickets remain for the final Bergman screening Fanny and Alexander This Saturday, the 29th.
Enjoy a trip to the cinema on this Mother’s Day? Why not catch a preview of Mothers of four Sunday 30th. Continue to celebrate by booking at the IFI Cafe Bar where all mothers receive a complimentary Prosecco with meals.
Next month, our analog retrospective David Lean’s movie and iberscreen Festival 2025Ireland’s premiere-American film festival. Both multi-film bundles are available on IFI Box Office or on phone on 01 679 3477.
Opens at IFI this week
Lakosina
director. Alonso Ruizpalacios
A series of events threaten to crash the kitchen amid the rush of lunch at my beloved Manhattan restaurant.
Misericordia
director. Alan Gillardy
Jeremy finds himself unable to leave his old village in this fun, unpredictable, dark and entertaining thriller.
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director. Joshua Oppenheimer
A wealthy family lives in an underground bunker of this blend of apocalyptic f-tales and old-fashioned Hollywood musicals.
Screening with IFI
Blue Lord: The Tale of Edna O’Brien
Farewell, my concubines (4K repair)
29th, 19.30, Sunday, Sunday 30th, 17.10 & Wed 2nd, 19.50
Chen Kaige’s sweeping, deeply moving epic – one of the most acclaimed but rarely screened ’90s films is presented in a new 4K restoration.
From 1924, the story follows the intertwined lives of two Beijing opera performers, Chen Diyi (Leslie Chong) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi). Raised and trained in the strict and often brutal world of opera, the two develop fierce and complex bonds.
IFI Youth Panel: Pluto’s Breakfast
31st month, 18.00
The IFI Youth Panel was selected this month Pluton’s breakfastdirected by Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan, adapted from a novel of the same name by Pat McCabe, starring young Chilean Murphy. The film follows Patricia, a trans woman trying to escape the social judgment of a small Irish town, and finds her birth mother in London and encounters violence and discrimination.
Bigger Picture: The Witch of Love
Thu 3rd, 18.10
This month’s bigger picture choice comes from Lulit Lewis of Galpal Collective, featuring this dark, supernatural horror comedy by our feminist author-director, Anna Biller.
It is the story of a modern witch who creates potions in her apartment so that she can make them fall in love with her and serve with disastrous consequences.
Rent at ifi@home
I’ll celebrate this Mother’s Day at ifi@home With a film curation that explores the theme of motherhood.
Includes new releases for IFI@Home Misericordia, This year’s housewife and There are no other lands.
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