Irish Film Institute – Now screening: Wolf, Young Plato, Paris 13th District
This week’s new releases include Belfast-set documentary Young Plato, three-time Sundance winner Hive, Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District, and Wolf starring George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp.
FILMMAKER Q&As: Today’s 6pm screening of Wolf will be followed by a Q&A with director Nathalie Biancheri, hosted by Tara Brady of The Irish Times. The March 23rd screening of Young Plato will be followed by a Q&A with co-director Declan McGrath and Kevin McArevey, Headmaster of Holy Cross Boys School, moderated by Gráinne Humphreys.
OPENING TODAY AT THE IFI
YOUNG PLATO
dir. Declan McGrath and Neasa Ní Chianáin
In a Belfast primary school, Headmaster Kevin McArevey tries to empower 4-11 year old children through critical thinking and pastoral care.
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HIVE
dir. Blerta Basholli
Fahrije hopes to provide for her family by selling local red pepper relish. In her traditional patriarchal village, she attracts resentment and suspicion.
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PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT
dir. Jacques Audiard
A festival favourite and Palme d’Or winner, Jacques Audiard’s rapturously beautiful ninth feature is a free-wheeling ode to careless young love.
WOLF
dir. Nathalie Biancheri
Jacob (George MacKay) feels himself to be a wolf trapped in a man’s body. In a care facility, he meets a kindred spirit in Wildcat (Lily-Rose Depp).
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SPECIAL SCREENINGS AND EVENTS
TONIGHT: WOLF + Q&A
Come along to tonight’s special screening of Nathalie Biancheri’s latest feature, followed by a Q&A with the director hosted by Tara Brady of The Irish Times.
STAND WITH UKRAINE: OLGA
Saturday, March 26th, 1.30pm
A talented teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland dreams of Olympic gold in Elie Grappe’s multi-award-winning drama. Ticket profits from this screening will go to the Red Cross and Unicef Ukraine Appeals.
ROMA ON 70MM
March 25th – 30th
Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA is coming to the IFI on 70mm! An intimate film of epic proportions, experience Roma’s luminous black and white photography, sinuous camera movement, and immersive sound design on the big screen.
KATHARINE HEPBURN SEASON + SCREWBALL COMEDIES
April 9th to April 30th
Two new seasons are coming to the IFI! Exclusively in-cinema, we celebrate the work of the iconic Katharine Hepburn. Online on IFI@Home, we explore seventy years of Screwballs – timeless romantic comedies that redefined the genre.
