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The title image for Stop Making Sense, it shows on the left side David Byrne in a suit, his eyes and forehead are cropped. On the right side we see the film title and some credits. Music, Cinema, Event Cinema

Stop Making Sense

Fri 28 Feb, 8pm

Talking Heads Concert Screening

A 40th Anniversary screening of the greatest concert film of all time: David Byrne and Talking Heads at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983, as captured by Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme.

Production image of Swan Lake. A line of ballet dancers, in white dresses en pointe with a foggy moon backdrop Cinema, Dance, Event Cinema

Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake

Sun 2 Mar, 2pm

The Royal Ballet (Encore Screening)

Classical ballet’s most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness - bringing together Tchaikovsky’s sensational score with the incredible imagination of choreographer Liam Scarlett and designer John Macfarlane.

Poster for Mandoob, with the title in bright green in the top left corner, with the arabic name below. A man sits on the hood of car, beneath a street-lamp in an empty car park. Cinema, Monday Night Cinema

Mandoob

Mon 24 Mar, 5pm & 8pm

Best Director, Casablanca International Film Festival 2024

A pacy thriller that uncovers the darker side of Saudi Arabian society, and explores the impact when tradition collides with consumerism in a country undergoing rapid change.

Still from Love & Revolution. A young man in a white shirt stands next to an older woman in a yellow and purple blouse. Both look suspicious. Cinema, Schools

Love & Revolution

Mon 24 Mar, 10.30am

IFI Schools Programme
Senior Cycle Spanish

A heartwarming 1970s Seville-set drama of a mother’s love for her LGBT+ son, and the struggle for personal freedom.

Poster for The Last Dance. Two Asian men stand beneath a tree, with a building in the background, with a large red door. Cinema, Monday Night Cinema

The Last Dance

Mon 31 Mar, 5pm & 8pm

★★★★ The Guardian

A smash hit in its native Hong Kong, this warm, charming film delicately balances comedy and drama and offers a fascinating insight into funeral traditions and rituals in the region.

A still from The Fantastic Three depicting three scruffy-looking boys in their early teens, dressed in identical wide-collar jackets, looking up with cheeky expressions. Cinema, Schools

The Fantastic Three

Mon 31 Mar, 10.30am

IFI Schools Programme
Senior Cycle French

A gripping tale of conflicting ties of friendship and family, where three best friends must intervene to save one’s brother.

A woman with red hair, the protagonist of The Teacher's Lounge, standing in front of a blackboard. She is wearing a dark blue polo neck jumper, and has red hair. Cinema, Schools

The Teachers’ Lounge

Mon 31 Mar, 1pm

IFI Schools Programme
Senior Cycle German

This thrilling, Oscar-nominated drama following a young teacher dealing with a series of petty thefts is unlike any other school-based film.

Poster for Nickel Boys. Two African-American boys, wearing matching denim uniforms, stand off to the right looking up at a mirrored ceiling. Cinema, Monday Night Cinema

Nickel Boys

Mon 14 Apr, 5pm & 8pm

Best Drama Nominee, Golden Globes 2025

An extraordinary adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, RaMell Ross directs this story of two African-American teenagers sent to the same cruel reform school in 1960s Florida.

Main poster for The Seed of the Sacred Fig - a blindfolded woman's head hangs above a man, holding a gun, walking down a long mud road. Cinema, Monday Night Cinema

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mon 21 Apr, 3.30pm & 7.30pm (note earlier start times)

Best Foreign Language Film Nominee, Golden Globes 2025

Shot entirely in secret, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller centres on a family thrust into the public eye as a judge grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran.

Poster for the Solve-Along - a cartoon Jessica Fletcher, holds up a magnifying glass, surrounded by a stylised rotary phone, blank notebook, binoculars, and a typewriter Cinema, Comedy

Solve-Along-A Murder She Wrote

Tue 3 & Wed 4 Jun, 8pm

The cult hit event comes to Dún Laoghaire for the first time. Join live superfan Tim Benzie and superslueth Jessica Fletcher for a unique and hilarious interactive screening featuring games, prizes and audience participation.