Tickets
Missed the cinema? Check out our online festival!
Select A Film To Find Tickets
We are half-way through the Irish Film Festival season and there are loads of pix below from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth plus a preview of Brisbane and Canberra. We have published our 2024 Q&A’s on YouTube so catch up with our interviews with directors and actors including Margo Harkin (Stolen) and Brendan Gleeson. We have a double pass to giveaway to Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot at the State Theatre in Canberra. And we also have some Irish music and TV shows making their way to Australia. November Friday 1 – Sunday 3 November Irish Film Festival Perth Luna Cinemas, Leederville lunapalace.com.au/festivals+983+irish-film-festival-2024 Saturday 2 November Sail Into Samhain Samhain concert of music, poetry, song, and drama… This month’s round-up is full of entertainment news and updates. The Irish Film Festival Australia’s full cinema and online program for the 10th Anniversary 2024 Festival has been announced! We are delighted to announce our Opening Night Movie: This month’s roundup has once again been hijacked by Kneecap! – the sensational new Northern Irish, Irish language comedy that is now in cinemas in Australia! September Wednesday 4 – Sunday 15 September Andrew Strong performs The Commitments Australian Tour Andrew Strong, the Irish Singer and Actor finally returns to Australia for the first time… October Saturday 5 October, 10:00am A Day with James Joyce’s Ulysses a friendly, entertaining, one-day session, designed especially for beginners, to take the mystery out of reading James Joyce’s… This month’s roundup has been hijacked by Kneecap! – the sensational new Northern Irish, Irish language comedy that is breaking all records! August Friday 2 August, 12:30pm The Ireland Funds Brisbane Luncheon MC: Catherine Murphy, Sports Journalist for ABC guest speaker: Les Kiss, Head Coach of the Queensland Reds Carawa Street…
If you missed it, we announced our full program at our media launch last week, revealing the 16 films and documentaries that we will be screening in cinemas and online. We also unveiled our 10th birthday t-shirt. We have an update on the Irish artists that will be touring Australia over the next 6 months. We also have an update on Irish stars in Hollywood productions.
This year, the festival will showcase a total of 16 films and documentaries from Ireland. This includes 1 World Premiere and 12 Australian Premieres. The festival will screen in cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, and Canberra from 17 October – 24 November and online across Australia from 17 Octpber – 3 November.
That They May Face the Rising Sun
Starring Anna Bederke & Barry Ward (Sunlight)
BEST FILM
Irish Film and Television Awards
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE SCREENING!
The film has been chosen as Ireland’s entry for the 2025 Oscars and we have an update on their Australian tour’s ticket sales.
Plus our monthly wrap up of Irish movie news and for sports fans an update on the Irish at the Paralympics.
The film screens for Melburnians this weekend at the Melbourne International Film Festival plus the Irish Film Festival is partnering with Dendy Cinemas with special ‘Próvaí Previews’ to launch the film around Australia. PLUS…we announce the dates for the 2024 Irish Film Festival; Oct 17 – Nov 3, with full city and dates breakdown below. All this plus our monthly wrap up of Irish movie news and for sports fans a wrap up of Irish achievements at the Olympics so far.