IFI & Kinopolis Polish Film Festivalcontinues this weekend, celebrating the best in new Polish cinema. Multi-film passes are available: 5 films for €50. Enquire at IFI Box Office in person or over the phone on (01) 679 5744.
OPENING TODAY AT THE IFI
WHITE NOISE
dir. Noah Baumbach
A chemical spill from a freak train accident forces an eccentric family to flee the suburbs.
An evocative film-poem exploring the literary and other ghosts of the bohemian quarter bordering Dublin’s Baggot Street during the mid-20th century where there was a radical flourishing of artistic and intellectual activity.
This screening will be followed by Q&A with poet Seán Hewitt and director Alan Gilsenan.
Women in Focus is a project which identifies and celebrates the work of amateur women filmmakers in archives around the world. This programme showcases the work of Sister Maureen MacMahon OP (b. 1918 in Dublin), an artist, writer, educator, filmmaker and Dominican nun.
This year’s celebration of new Polish cinema finds the industry in a state of rude health. Featuring films from newcomer Kamil Krawczycki, the idiosyncratic Agnieszka Smoczyńska and elder statesmen Wojtek Smarzowski and Jerzy Skolimowski, both still making fierce work reflective of its time.
There are over 170 titles to rent on IFI@Home, available to browse here. Today's F-rated* pick is recent addition How to Tell a Secret, a powerful hybrid documentary that communicates a moving message of what it is like to live with HIV in Ireland today.
*Any film directed and/or written by a woman receives an F-rating, highlighting the substantial contribution of women to the film industry.