Pavilion Theatre proudly presents a brand new 17-week season of Monday Night Cinema featuring award season contenders, hidden gems, Irish talent and glimpses of life around the world.

★★★★★ Irish Independent
★★★★★ RTÉ

Based on Claire Keegan’s novel and starring Cillian Murphy, this powerful film explores one man’s efforts to confront the culture of silence and complicity in Catholic Ireland.

★★★★★ Irish Independent

Based on the novel by Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, this deeply moving film by Baltasar Kormákur is a rich study of love and grief is both heartbreaking and achingly romantic.

6 Nominations incl. Best Drama, Golden Globes 2025

Directed by Oscar-winner Edward Berger and based on Robert Harris’s novel, Conclave is a riveting, religious thriller, packed with twists and turns, with an astonishing cast lead by Ralph Fiennes.

Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2024

Payal Kapadia’s remarkable fiction debut is a poetic portrait of two women’s lives in contemporary India, that overflows with empathy and respect for its characters.

Palme d’Or Nominee, Cannes Film Festival 2024

The latest film from acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey) elegantly combines social and magical realism with exceptional performances from Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski and newcomer Nykiya Adams.

★★★★★ Irish Independent

Nora Fingscheidt (System Crasher) presents a vivid adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s personal memoir of addiction, powered by an extraordinary central performance from Saoirse Ronan.

Best International Film, Galway Film Fleadh 2024

This first narrative feature from Oscar-nominated, and BAFTA-winning, British-Palestinian writer-director Farah Nabulsi (The Present) is a gripping, authentic complex drama, shot entirely in the West Bank.

5 Nominations incl. Best Director, Golden Globes 2025

The uproarious new comedy-drama from acclaimed filmmaker Sean Baker. The film mixes farce and sharp class commentary to giddy effect as it follows a Vegas wedding gone wrong.

Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2024

Director Pedro Almodóvar presents a compassionate, frank and darkly humorous study of end-of-life, starring the tremendous pairing of Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.

Palme d’Or Nominee, Cannes Film Festival 2024

Based on a true story, Director Magnus von Horn’s film is a meticulously crafted and fearful observation of one woman’s struggle for survival in post-WWI Copenhagen.

★★★★ The Times

A breathtaking adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s 1844 novel. Pierre Niney leads a stellar cast in this truly lavish adaptation of the iconic tale of romance and redemption.

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.

★★★★ 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.

★★★★★ BBC

Acclaimed director Mike Leigh returns to contemporary London for this character-driven family drama with an exceptional cast led by Marianne Jean-Baptiste.

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.

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.

New York Asian Film Festival 2024 - Winner, Audience Award

Thai director Pat Boonitipat offers a feel-good, sunny, gracious portrait of family life in this true story about a grandson and grandmother.