Keep an eye on film festivals here and Irish film festivals abroad
Film Festivals in Ireland:
Dublin Smartphone Film Festival (26th January 2019)Subtitle European Film Festival
(31st January – 3rd February 2019)Psychoanalytic Film Festival (
1 – 2 February 2019)Dublin (5 – 9 February)Rathmullan Film Fest Donegal (21 – 24 February 2019)VM Dublin International Film Festival
(20 February – 03 March 2019)(3 – 10 March 2019)First Cut! Youth Film Festival
(6 – 9 March 2019)(8 10 March 2019)See You Next Thursday Festival (14th March onwards)Dingle International Film Festival
(21 24 March 2019)Limerick (25 30 March 2019)Irish Adventure Film Festival Westport, Co. Mayo (29 – 31 March 2019)
International Student Documentary Festival Cork (2 – 5 April)
East Asia Film Festival Ireland Dublin (11 – 14 April 2019)
(11 20 April 2019)(6th April onwards nationwide)Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival Dublin (May - June)
Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival
Cork (22 – 26 May 2019)(13 - 15 June 2019)China Ireland International Film Festival (24 - 29 June
2019)
Beara Film Fest (6th July 2019)(9 – 14 July 2019) IFI Family Festival Dublin (26 - 28 July 2019)Radical Film Network Conference Dublin
(TBA)GAZE International LGBT Film Festival
Dublin (1 5 August 2019)Still Voices Short Film Festival
Longford (15 – 18 August 2019)Dublin Feminist Film Festival Dublin (22
–24 August 2019)
Charlie Chaplin Comedy Festival
Kerry (23 – 25 August 2019)Ireland Wildlife Film Festival Cork (14th September 2019)
Dublin (31st August – 2nd September 2019)(5 - 8 September)Meath (20 - 22 September 2019) Dublin (26 – 29 September 2019)Donegal (27 – 29 September 2019)Cork (13 – 15 September 2019)Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival Belfast (1st October - 3rd November 2019)Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival (4 – 6 October 2019)
–8 October 2019)
(4 – 6 October) (6 – 13 October 2019)Offaly (9 – 13 October 2019)Dublin Greek Film Festival (TBA
)Dublin Animation Film Festival (18 - 19 October 2019)
–21 October 2019
)–28 October 2019)
Richard Harris International Film Festival
Limerick (22 – 28 October 2019)IFI Horrorthon Dublin (
24 – 28 October 2019)
(Returns in 2020)Dublin Independent Film Festival (5th November 2019)Cork Film Festival
(7 – 17 November 2019)10 - 14 November)
IFI French Film Festival Dublin (
13 - 24 November)
Carlow International Film Festival (15 - 16 November 2019)
Foyle Film Festival Derry (
15 - 24 November)
Iffy Short Film Festival Dublin (6th July & 20th November 2019)
Waterford Film Festival (22 – 24 November
2019)
Vancouver Irish Film Festival (22nd November - 1st December)
Subtitle European Film Kilkenny (25th November
–1st December 2019)
Luminous Void Experimental Film Festival Cork (
6 - 7 December 2019)
Global Migration Film Festival 18th December 2019
Irish Film Festivals Abroad:
Irish Film Festival New Jersey (8 – 9 February 2019)Washington (28th February – 3rd March 2019)
(28th February – 3rd March 2019)
(1 – 3 March 2019)Boston (22 - 24 March 2019)Irish Film Festa Rome
(27 - 31 March 2019)(29 - 31 March 2019)Sydney (1 - 5 May), Melbourne (9 - 12 May 2019)Seattle (16 - 17 March 2019)Aviemore (4 – 6 June 2019)Baton Rouge Irish Film Festival (26
–27 July 2019)
(13-22 September 2019)San Francisco Irish Film Festival
(19 - 21 September)New York (25 - 27 October)os Angeles(2nd November)Syracuse Contemporary Irish Film Festival(13 - 16 November 2019)(20 - 24 November)Warsaw (TBA)Vancouver Irish Film Festival (29th November - 1st December)This list will be updated throughout the year as festival dates are announced. If there’s a festival you are involved with or know of that we haven’t listed, please do let us know at filmireland@gmail.com
