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Gaze Film Festival to host the Irish Premiere of THE WEDDING BANQUET

Your guide to family films screening this Easter weekend

This year's festival brings an excellent balance of brilliant new films and beloved classics

NEW ADDITIONS TO INCLUDE BAFTA WINNING WRITER AISLING BEA, BAFTA WINNING FILMMAKER SAVANAH LEAF, WRITER-DIRECTOR PRANO BAILEY-BOND AND MORE

The festival's 4th Edition promises many exciting new Italian films

This Easter Sunday, we will be screening all 4 of Robert Eggers' feature films back to back

Light House was the top performing site for the opening weekend of Gints Zilbalodis' FLOW.

After seven years of brining the best in international, arthouse and repertory cinema programming to Galway audiences, Pálás Cinema will close its doors on Thursday February 27th .

Saturday was our busiest day ever! Thanks, in large part, to audiences who joined us to see I’M STILL HERE.

This year we're voting with our hearts

To celebrate the release of MICKEY 17, we're bringing some of our favourite Bong Joon-ho films back to the big screen.

Celebrate Valentine's and Galentine's with a special screening

See this year's nominees on the big screen at Light House and Pálás

Tickets for the Dublin International Film Festival are available now!

Actress Nora-Jane Noone joins us at Pálás for a Q&A screening of her new film, BRING THEM DOWN

Light House & Pálás celebrate the life and career of a true visionary.

Director Sinead O'Shea will participate in a Q&A on February 2

The Academy Award winning director of Mary & Max brings his latest film MEMOIR OF A SNAIL to Dublin

Opening Hours at Light House and Pálás over Christmas

It is with deep regret that after seven years of trading, Pálás will be closing its doors at the end of February 2025.

We're bringing back some of our favourites to round out the year

Special Sing Along screenings will take place from December 27

Robert Eggers is back on the big screen

Tonight we celebrate European Cinema in both Dublin and Galway with free screenings

Wallace, Gromit and the villainous Feathers McGraw come to the big screen at Light House this December.

On Monday December 9th, KinoGames & Pálás present a screening and Q&A of the highly original documentary, Grand Theft Hamlet.

"I'll remember today for as long as I live" - Paul Mescal, attending the premiere of Gladiator II at Light House.

LIGHT HOUSE AND PÁLÁS ARE BURSTING WITH FESTIVE FAVOURITES THIS DECEMBER!

Star and Producer Cillian Murphy attended the Irish Premiere of his latest film, based on a Claire Keegan novel

Light House Cinema unveils The Wild Robot Exhibition to celebrate DreamWorks 30th Anniversary!

Ridley Scott's latest film will have its Irish Premiere at Light House in November

This Halloween, prepare for chills, thrills, and unforgettable frights as we bring you a spine-tingling lineup of horror classics, cult favourites, and genre-defining masterpieces!

25 OCTOBER - 28 OCTOBER: THE FILM FESTIVAL THAT GOES - 1 LOUDER!

(RE)EXPERIENCE CLASSICS AND CULTS ON THE BIG SCREEN

Saoirse Ronan will attend the red carpet at Light House and give an extended introduction to the film.

Dublin City Council Smithfield Fleadh returns this weekend with 2 special screenings in Light House.

In celebration of the nationwide release of MRS ROBINSON in cinemas on August 23rd

Two very different tales of mothers and daughters from your favourite indie studio

Pálás Cinema is celebrating this year’s Galway Community Pride with screenings of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER and ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY.

Dublin International Film Festival is hosting a special screening of Handsome Devil on July 25th at Light House Cinema.

KNEECAP HAVE FILM PROGRAMMING DOWN TO A FINE ART AT LIGHT HOUSE & PÁLÁS

Not long to go until Star Wars returns to a cinema not so far far away!

The Galway Film Fleadh returns for its 36th edition and Pálás are delighted to be a part of this incredible festival.

Our programmers' official Cannes Film Festival wrap up for 2024!

Monthly Screenings Chosen By Our Team

We've dug deep into the archives and dusted off our tinted glasses to treat audiences to a feast full of seduction, satire, suspicion and supernatural!

Séasúir Shorts is a new quarterly screening event bringing short films back into the cinema at Pálás!

Join us in remembering Roger Corman this June at Pálás!

The Bothy Band is the story of rock and roll, Irish style!

We are hosting a screening of BACURAU and a table quiz to raise money for Casa Mulheres Mirabal in the wake of flooding in Southern Brazil

This project hopes to ignite young people's passion and also encourage them to return to the cinema, by making them the creators! The Irish National Youth-REC Festival will take place on Monday, 20th May 2024 at 5:30-8:30pm in the Light House Cinema. This exciting one-day event will involve a screening of ten short films, filmmaker Q&A, awards presented by industry professional judges and an opportunity for young emerging filmmakers and enthusiasts to network!The National Festival is organised as part of the Youth-REC Erasmus Project by Irish Partner Instruction and Formation by festival director and head of the Youth-REC Ireland Team Clarice Makarevitch. The project is supervised by Joe Cabello and graphic design done by Alanna Kane. Youth-REC (YREC) is an EU Project and Festival created to empower, engage and inspire young people to speak up on topics which are important to them, through filmmaking. The project also aims to connect European youth from seven countries, understanding the problems that affect other young people, in order to promote empathy and solidarity. National Youth-REC Festivals are being held in all partner countries across Europe in advance of the International Festival. 10 Irish films have been submitted especially for the National Irish Festival, organised by Instruction and Formation. These films cover topics such as mental health, discrimination and the impacts of technology. Two filmmakers and their films will be chosen from each country to travel to Greece for the International Youth-REC Festival in September. Judges for the National Irish Festival are the esteemed: Aisling O’Brien (Head of Marketing at the Light House Cinema), Nell Hensey (Filmmaker and Co-Founder of Pure Divilment Pictures) and Eleanor Melinn (IFI International Programme Manager at the Irish Film Institute). The films have come from filmmakers across Ireland and have been programmed by William Reynolds, Saoirse White and Fatoumata Gandega. The films (in order of programming) are: Dolce Far Niente (Sweet Doing Nothing) by Michael Antonio Keane, Reminisce by Cian Conachy, FREEquencies by Olivia Curto, Tomorrow by Áine Fahy, Knight of the Living Dead by John O'Neill, Bittersweet by Greta Thornton, St Nick's Cinnamon Sticks by Cathal Moran, State of Mind by Aoibhín O'Byrne, Natural by Marlyatou Diallo and Alive Again by Seán Treacy. Leading up to the festival, Clarice Makarevitch led a series of free masterclass discussion zooms with industry professionals Gráinne Humphreys (DIFF Festival Director), Nell Hensey (Filmmaker & Co-Founder of Pure Divilment Films) and Alice Black (Head of Programming at Light House CInema), attended by young filmmakers and enthusiasts from across the country. These were fantastic opportunities for young people to connect, hold space for conversations with people in the industry they hope to enter into and learn something new. The Youth-REC Ireland Team are delighted to be hosted by the Light House Cinema for the National Youth-REC Short Film Festival and look forward to a splendid evening of cinema! Tickets can be booked through Eventbrite. Tickets are being made free to allow the widest possible audience to attend.

In a celebration of Italian cinema, the recent N.I.C.E Italian Film Festival Ireland held at Light House and Pálás showcased a vibrant array of cinematic masterpieces, offering a glimpse into the rich tapestry of Italian culture and storytelling. Throughout May, we continue our celebration of Italian cinema at both Light House and Pálás.

Return to the world of George Millers' MAD MAX

Zoinks! SCOOBY-DOO (2002) and SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED are, like, totally screening at Light House and Pálás!

Join us for a double bill of Villeneuve's Sci-Fi Epic

In Partnership with GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival.

The N.I.C.E. Italian Film Festival Ireland is back for its 3rd edition in Ireland!

The Embassy of Japan in Ireland and access>CINEMA are delighted to bring the Japanese Film Festival back for its 15th edition.

Free movies for Marys, giant invisible rabbits, and fugitives! There's something for everyone this bank holiday.

Inspired by two new releases - Ethan Coen's Drive Away Dolls and Rose Glass' Love Lies Bleeding - we've put together a season of our favourites fugitives.

Light House and Pálás are delighted to announce Q&A screenings of BRENDAN GLEESON’S FAREWELL TO HUGHES this March!

Talent behind Poor Things, One Day, Anatomy Of A Fall, Holy Spider, How To Have Sex and Scrapper among speakers

Join us back on Arrakis for a Dune Double Bill to kick off screenings of Dune Part 2!

DIFF returns to Light House for 2024 - and even makes its way to Pálás with GFS

Doc'n Roll Film Festival is expanding to Ireland.

Light House was top performing site for opening weekend of All Of Us Strangers.

The 2024 award’s season is officially upon us, and what a lineup!

Cozy up at the cinema this Valentines Day as we bring some of our favourite love stories to the big screen!

A new year means new films - here's what our Programmers are most looking forward to!

A look at our opening hours over the festive season.

Our round-up of the best films of 2023 is as eclectic as ever!

We made our list and now we've checked it twice! The Naughty or Nice season has plenty more festive treats in store between now and the big day!

Celebrating the release of PRISCILLA and bringing back an old favourite!

DIFF and HKIFF present showcase one of the most vibrant cinematic hubs in Asia at Light House

Light House and Pálás present a spotlight on Sullivan Bluth Studios, the animation studio established in Ireland by former Disney animators in the 1980’s.

IRELAND’S FIRST-EVER SEX WORKER FILM FESTIVAL

A run down of all things London Film Festival

This October, Open House Dublin hosts a special NewNowNext event entitled “Cities Have Feelings” at Light House Cinema.

Get ready for Booogie Nights at Light House Dublin & Pálás Galway this October with Waking Nightmares, a season dedicated to the 1970s and the birth of modern horror.

Byrne and co. make their triumphant return to the big screen in Smithfield

After a hugely successful Spring season, with many sold-out screenings, patrons are strongly encouraged to secure tickets early!

“More Human than Human, that’s our motto.”

SKYNET IS ABOUT TO BECOME SELF AWARE

Get ready to embark on a cinematic odyssey across the cosmos as Light House and Pálás launch STARGAZERS: A Summer Sci-Fi Spectacular, where imagination knows no bounds.

Light House Group smash records, as Barbie smashes the patriarchy!

Pálás Cinema is presenting an eclectic mix of fun, moving, and informative queer films and documentaries to celebrate this year’s Galway Community Pride.

C'mon Barbies let's go party!

The Galway Film Fleadh returns for its 35th edition and Pálás are delighted to be a main venue again this year.

See Oppenheimer in 35MM before anyone else at Light House Cinema Dublin and Pálás Cinema Galway

To celebrate the highly anticipated release of Barbie on July 21st, Light House and Pálás are paying tribute to Greta Gerwig, and her particular brand of awkward.

Our programmers' official Cannes Film Festival wrap up for 2023!

HANS ZIMMER – NO TIME FOR CAUTION is a month long celebration of the work of legendary film composer Hans Zimmer.

Pálás and Light House are celebrating the one and only Michael J. Fox on Sunday May 21

Ahead of Beau Is Afraid you can catch Ari Aster's first 2 films on the big screen.

New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) is bringing the world renowned Italian Film Festival to Light House this month.

In the 1980's and 90's, the erotic thriller was one of cinema's most pervasive genres. This genre put a new, sexy spin on classic noir tropes, with some of the greatest (and most controversial) hits of the era’s hottest Directors, including Paul Verhoeven, Brian De Palma and Adrian Lyne.Throughout the month of May we pay homage to the greats of the genre with late night screenings of some of our favourites with this series.