Events
A Prayer For The Wind Horse
The Wind Horse is a mythical Tibetan creature which combines the power of the wind and the strength of the horse to carry prayers from Earth to the Gods. Every year, it is called upon by villagers living high on the Tibet-Nepal border to give them ... (click to read more)
About Elly
About Elly is a tense ensemble drama that unmasks male-female relationships in middle class Iran: Sepideh (Farahani) plans a weekend getaway to the Caspian Sea with some friends, and invites her son’s kindergarten teacher, Elly (Alidousti), ... (click to read more)
Accident
Accident is one of the finest Hong Kong crime dramas since Infernal Affairs. Cult director Soi Chang has graduated to the master class with this gripping, smartly constructed and psychologically fascinating thriller. In a brilliantly executed early ... (click to read more)
Adrift
One glorious summer in the early 1980s: a family leave Rio for a holiday on the Buzios beaches. Fourteen-year old Filipa (Neiva) is pretty and popular with her teenage pals, gossiping with the girls and innocently flirting with the boys. She ... (click to read more)
Ajami
Ajami, a crime-infested Jaffa neighborhood, serves two first-time directors (one Israeli, one Arab) as an allegory for the kind of pressure cooker climate the entire state of Israel is subjected to today. A fractured chronology introduces a series ... (click to read more)
Alice In Wonderland 3D
A magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time, Tim Burton’s unique take on Lewis Carroll’s novels stars Johnny Depp (who else?) as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter (who else?) as the wicked Red ... (click to read more)
All That I Love (Wszystko co kocham)
Poland, 1981: Behind the Iron Curtain, Janek (Kosciukiewicz), the teenage son of a navy captain, forms ATIL (All That I Love), a punk-rock band whose songs express a frustration with socialism and a desire for freedom, echoing the sentiments of the ... (click to read more)
Altiplano
Set in the breathtaking Peruvian High Andes, this deeply affecting film is both a meditation on the power of the image and a song of protest against the ravages of war and colonisation. The film intertwines the destinies of two strong women: ... (click to read more)
An Unforgettable Summer
1925, in Dobroujda, an area of Romania on the Bulgarian border, populated by a variety of nationalities: to an isolated army garrison come Captain Dumitriu (Bleont) and his wife Marie-Therese (Scott Thomas). To avenge the massacre of frontier ... (click to read more)
Applause
Underpinned by a terrific performance from Paprika Steen, Applause offers an intelligent and inspiring take on the devastating nature of addiction and the long road back to normality. Steen plays actress Thea Barfoed, making a spectacular return to ... (click to read more)
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
Neither remake nor sequel to Abel Ferrara’s 1992 work, Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant is an anarchist film noir that seems, at times, almost as unhinged as its protagonist. Fuelled by Nicolas Cage’s delirious performance, its ... (click to read more)
Bare Essence Of Life
The darling of new Japanese cinema, Satoko Yokohama confirms her talent and brilliant originality with Bare Essence of Life, a satisfying tale of rural eccentricity that combines black humour and fantasy with romanticism and drama. The film ... (click to read more)
Begums
For 15 years, Latvia has been facing an outflow of inhabitants looking for a better life. One of the most popular countries for Latvians is Ireland. There are officially 42,000 Latvians registered in Ireland – unofficially, the number of ... (click to read more)
Behind the Burly Q
Behind the Burly Q is the behind-the-scenes story of what was a burlesque show. For the first time ever, the performers from the golden age of burlesque relate their heartbreaking, triumphant stories of life on the road performing in the ... (click to read more)
Behind the Silver Screen: The Real World of Movies
Take a peek behind the scenes of Tinseltown, as actor/author Laurence Foster brings back Hollywood memories of Irish film stars, and reveals some of the realities that lie ‘Behind The Silver Screen’. Admission free. Booking essential. ... (click to read more)
Behind the Silver Screen: The Real World of Movies
Take a peek behind the scenes of Tinseltown, as actor/author Laurence Foster brings back Hollywood memories of Irish film stars, and reveals some of the realities that lie ‘Behind The Silver Screen’. Admission free. Booking ... (click to read more)
Between The Canals
Between The Canals follows three small time criminals from Dublin’s North Inner City as they each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society: Liam (Hyland) a small time dealer who wants to quit his life of crime to become an electrician ... (click to read more)
Brand New Life
Striking a perfect balance between the vague, distant memories of childhood and the accuracy of a rigorous script, Ounie Lecomte’s directorial debut is a remarkable film. Lecomte’s warm approach to directing envelops this bare, ascetic ... (click to read more)
Breathless
Gangster Soon-Hong’s life is a cycle of violence and self-loathing. When he meets schoolgirl Han Yeonheui, he not only meets his match, but his possible salvation. Is his lifestyle one he can transcend? Get ready for the gangster genre at its ... (click to read more)
Broken Tail
A first for JDIFF, I am delighted to include a wonderful Irish produced nature documentary, a film focused on one of the rarest and most elusive animals - the Indian tiger. Colin Stafford Johnson spent almost 600 days filming Broken Tail and his ... (click to read more)
