Irish Film Institute (Dublin)

 cinema, public institution, film society, film archive

The Irish Film Institute is a national body dedicated to supporting Irish Film heritage. It maintains an archive of Irish films and provides education in film culture. At its arthouse cinema in the Temple Bar quarter of Dublin it shows independent and foreign language films that don’t see wider distribution through the commercial multiplexes. It also runs a number of film festivals throughout the year.
Occupies the former Society of Friends meeting house, parts of which date from 1692, not long after the Quakers’ arrival in the city. The main cinema is sited inside the old Quaker meeting room, which still has most its original features with the exception of the balcony level. Cinema 2 is sited upstairs and retains its old roof timbers.

www.ifi.ie