Essay: Early Irish Cinema: Searching for “Screen Fein” in January 1919 and January 2019
Denis Condon explores how cinema responded to or participated in the electoral triumph of Sinn Féin 100 years ago.
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Review: Faces, Places
Irene Falvey goes on a road trip.
Report: Local Films for Local People - Archive Screenings at Thoor Ballylee
The IFI Local Films for Local People screened at the Thoor Ballylee which took place as part of the 30th Galway Film Fleadh. Deirdre de Grae reports
Review: Butterfly City
Stephen Porzio takes flight in his review of Butterfly City at the IFI Documentary Film Festival.
Article: Zoe Kavanagh, Writer/Director of 'Inexorable'
Ahead of its Horrorthon screening, filmmaker Zoe Kavanagh takes us into the shadows of her short film Inexorable.
Review: Straight Time (1978)
Tom Crowley checks out Ulu Grosbard's 1978 film 'Straight Time', which recently screened at the IFI as part of it Dustin Hoffman Retrospective