ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2021 FROM WWW.LUXEMBOURG-TICKET.LU (In-Cinema screenings) AND FROM https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl/ (Online screenings).
BIFFL 2021 Films
The 2021 British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg (BIFFL) takes place from 16 - 25 September 2021 in a Hybrid format.
British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg (BIFFL) 2021 Presents:
A Bend in the River
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| Date | Saturday 25 September 2021 | |
| Time | 16:30 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | IE | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration | 85 mins | |
| Directed by | Colin Broderick | |
| Starring | John Duddy, John McConnell, Kathy Kiera Clarke | |
| Synopsis | The story of a writer who returns to Ireland, after spending twenty five years in New York, to confront the ghosts of his past. Melancholy and poetic in parts, it also delves into the past to unravel his childhood and the reasons why he left for the US in the first place, using flashbacks and meetings with family and friends. Filmed on location in Tyrone. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €15 Saturday Double Bundle (with The Current War) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Aine Tyrrell - Irish Troubadour
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| Date | from Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | n/a | |
| Venue | Online only | |
| Country | IE, AUS | |
| Genre | documentary | |
| Duration | 68 mins | |
| Directed by | Enda Murray | |
| Starring | Aine Tyrrell | |
| Synopsis |
Irish Troubadour explores Áine Tyrrell's journey as she plays Woodford Festival just north of Brisbane with her new band over New Year's Eve 2019/2020. She has emigrated to Australia, partly to escape domestic violence and partly to start a new chapter in her life with her children. She buys a bus with which to tour Australia, busing and performing concerts along the way. The online screening is accompanied by a Q&A with Enda Murray (director) and Áine Tyrrell. |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Ammonite
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| Date | Saturday 18 September 2021 | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | EN, US, AUS | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration | 120 mins | |
| Directed by | Francis Lee | |
| Starring | Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones | |
| Synopsis | In 1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) works alone on the rugged Southern coastline. With the days of her famed discoveries behind her, she now searches for common fossils to sell to tourists to support herself and her ailing mother. When a wealthy visitor entrusts Mary with the care of his wife Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan), she cannot afford to turn his offer down. Proud and relentlessly passionate about her work, Mary initially clashes with her unwelcome guest, but despite the distance between their social class and personalities, an intense bond begins to develop, compelling the two women to determine the true nature of their relationship. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €20 Saturday Treble Bundle (with I Never Cry, Saint Maud) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Dream Horse
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| Date | Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | WA | |
| Genre | comedy drama | |
| Duration | 113 mins | |
| Directed by | Euros Lyn | |
| Starring | Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Alan David | |
| Synopsis | The film tells the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbours to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. The group's investment pays off as Dream rises through the ranks with grit and determination and goes on to race in the Welsh Grand National, showing the heart of a true champion. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €15 Friday Double Bundle (with The Nest) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Here Before
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| Date | Friday 24 September 2021 | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Cinémathèque | |
| Country | NI | |
| Genre | thriller | |
| Duration | 83 mins | |
| Directed by | Stacey Gregg | |
| Starring | Andrea Riseborough, Eileen O'Higgins, Martin McCann | |
| Synopsis |
A taut and sophisticated psychological thriller set in Northern Ireland. A young family - who has lost their daughter - is unsettled when a new family moves in next door and who daughter starts to befriend the mother who is still grieving their loss. Things become stranger and stranger as the girl claims she has been "here before" and the woman becomes more and more paradoid. Is there a simple explanation, is the woman becoming delusional or is the girl - possibly with the help of her family - trying to take the place of her dead daughter? Here Before opened the 2021 Galway Film Fleadh and won the award for Best Irish Feature Film. |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult, parterre); €3.70 (adult, balcony) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Herself
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| Date | Thursday 16 September 2021 (Opening screening) | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | IE, EN | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration | 97 mins | |
| Directed by | Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!, The Iron Lady) | |
| Starring | Clare Dunne, Molly McCann, Ruby Rose O'Hara | |
| Synopsis |
A young mother escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Phyllida Lloyd (director) and Clare Dunne (writer, actor): online The recorded Q&A will also be available on the online platform (the fir itself is only being screened in-cinema). |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
I Never Cry (Jak najdalej stad)
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Saturday 18 September 2021 |
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| Time | 16:30 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | IE, PO | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration | 98 mins | |
| Directed by | Piotr Domalewski | |
| Starring | Zofia Stafiej, Kinga Preis, Arkadiusz Jakubik | |
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Ola must travel to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he died working at a construction site. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he saved money for the car he had promised. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in her own street-smart way, Ola learns that her biggest dream wasn't a car, but getting to know her dad. In EN, PO with EN sub-titles. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Piotr Domalewski (director): online |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €20 Saturday Treble Bundle (with Ammonite, Saint Maud) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Kat and the Band
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Thursday 23 September 2021 |
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| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Cinémathèque | |
| Country | EN | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration |
92mins |
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| Directed by | E.E. Hegarty | |
| Starring | Katherine Kelly, Ella Hunt, Anna Devlin | |
| Synopsis |
Seventeen year old, music obsessed schoolgirl Kat Malone tricks her way into managing struggling band Dollar Days, pretending to be a band manager in her twenties. With an excellent soundtrack, mainly by alternative rock band Some Velvet Morning, Kat follows a rollercoaster of a ride - during which she flips seamlessly between an innocent schoolgirl and a hip band manager - to follow her dreams. Great family entertainment with a rip-roaring soundtrack. For music-lovers, Dougie Poynter, bassist with McFly, has a prominent role in the film. |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult, parterre); €3.70 (adult, balcony) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Lost Lives
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| Date | from Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | n/a | |
| Venue | online | |
| Country | NI, IE, EN | |
| Genre | documentary | |
| Duration | 89 mins | |
| Directed by | Dermot Lavery, Michael Hewitt | |
| Starring | Narrated by Roma Downey, Kenneth Branagh, Ciarán Hinds, Martin McCann, James Nesbitt, Stephen Rea, Michael Smiley,… | |
| Synopsis |
Inspired by the book of the same name that records the circumstances of every man, woman and child who died in a conflict - the Northern Irish "Troubles" - an obituary of 3,700 lives taken. Featuring an elegiac combination of high-end cinematography, a full orchestral score and readings from the book by an ensemble cast of leading Irish actors, the film is a requiem; a heartbreaking documentary which depicts the futility of this conflict. The narration is accompanied by scenes of archive news footage as well scenes of the Irish landscape. The film highlights just 18 of the lives taken. The end credits list the names of all those who died during the Troubles and past the years after The Good Friday Agreement. |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Men Who Sing
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| Date | Wednesday 22 September 2021 as part of the Documentary Double Bill (and Online from 23 September) | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Cinémathèque | |
| Country | WA | |
| Genre | documentary | |
| Duration | 76 mins | |
| Directed by | Dylan Williams | |
| Starring | n/a | |
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The Male Voice Choir is a Welsh institution, and one of the most indelible symbols of the country all over the world. But as an institution it is also one in crisis, with rapidly decreasing numbers and an ageing membership. This documentary is the story of one choir that refuses to go gently into that good night. In EN & Welsh (EN sub-titles). The online screening is accompanied by a Q&A with Dylan Williams (director) |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult, parterre); €3.70 (adult, balcony); €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Mountrath Unlocked
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| Date | Wednesday 22 September 2021 as part of the Documentary Double Bill (and Online from 23 September) | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Cinémathèque | |
| Country | IE | |
| Genre | documentary | |
| Duration | 53 mins | |
| Directed by | Maurice O'Carroll | |
| Starring | n/a | |
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Set in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film examines the social and economic fabric of Mountrath in Co Laois and its tight-knit community. With testimonies from young and old alike, including a couple of characters in a pub, it shows how life is like in this bustling midlands town which could very well be anywhere across the island of Ireland. It addresses issues such as work ethics and immigrants, and shows too how the town coped and evolved when a motorway opened and took business away from the high street overnight. When COVID-19 arrived, it hit the town like a hammer blow; in previous times, most businesses managed to pull through, but this was different with staff being let go and uncertainty and vulnerability hanging over everyone. But it was not just economic life that was affected; social contact was severed almost overnight and people became aware of mental health issues. Mountrath became a ghost town. On the upside, nature thrived and “every house in the town is now painted”. While people no longer stopped for a chat, they became more connected, went back to basics and became appreciative of the small things in life. A terrific, moving COVID-19 diary. The online screening is accompanied by a Q&A with Maurice O'Carroll (director) |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
My Salinger Year
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| Date | Sunday 19 September 2021 (in collaboration with Ciné Utopia) | |
| Time | 19:30 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | IE, CA | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration | 101 mins | |
| Directed by | Philippe Falardeau | |
| Starring | Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth | |
| Synopsis | In New York City's late nineties, a young aspiring writer lands a day-job at J.D. Salinger's literary agency. While her eccentric and old-fashioned boss tasks her to process Salinger's voluminous fan mail, she struggles to find her own voice. A delightful and melancholy film following the ups and downs of a bubbly female protagonist, littered with literary references throughout. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Ooops 2 - The Adventure Continues
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| Date | Sunday 19 September 2021 | |
| Time | 14:00 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | LU, IE, BE, DE | |
| Genre | children's animation | |
| Duration | 85 mins | |
| Directed by | Toby Genkel, Sean McCormack | |
| Starring | n/a | |
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The Number 1 Box Office hit in the UK/Ire (released there as Two by Two Overboard!). When best friends Finny the Nestrian and Leah the Grymp are finally reunited with their parents on board the ark, they quickly realise that there is no sign of the high waters retreating just yet. Life at sea is not easy, food is bland and stocks are running low. An uneasy, fragile peace between carnivores and herbivores, could break down at any second. Leah convinces a reluctant Finny to agree to a midnight raid of the food stores, which inadvertently leads to them being washed overboard -again!- along with the last of the food supplies. What is to become of Finny, Leah and the rest of the animal kingdom? |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €6 for children (U12s, accompanied) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Saint Maud
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| Date | Saturday 18 September 2021 | |
| Time | 21:30 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | WA, EN | |
| Genre | horror | |
| Duration | 84 mins | |
| Directed by | Rose Glass | |
| Starring | Morfydd Clark, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Jennifer Ehle | |
| Synopsis | Maud, a reclusive young nurse whose impressionable demeanor causes her to pursue a pious path of Christian devotion after an obscure trauma. Now charged with the hospice care of Amanda, a retired dancer ravaged by cancer, Maud's fervent faith quickly inspires an obsessive conviction that she must save her ward's soul from eternal damnation - whatever the cost. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €20 Saturday Treble Bundle (with Ammonite, I Never Cry) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Six Minutes to Midnight
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| Date | Tuesday 21 September 2021 | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Cinémathèque | |
| Country | EN, WA | |
| Genre | wartime drama | |
| Duration | 99 mins | |
| Directed by | Andy Goddard | |
| Starring | James D'Arcy, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Izzard | |
| Synopsis | Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English sea side town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But no one is listening. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult, parterre); €3.70 (adult, balcony) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Songs for While I'm Away
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| Date | Monday 20 September 2021 (also Online from 21 September) | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Cinémathèque | |
| Country | IE | |
| Genre | documentary | |
| Duration | 112 mins | |
| Directed by | Emer Reynolds | |
| Starring | n/a | |
| Synopsis | The story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland's Greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer and a wildman. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult, parterre); €3.70 (adult, balcony); €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
The Current War
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| Date | Saturday 25 September 2021 | |
| Time | 19:00 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | EN, US | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration | 107 mins | |
| Directed by | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | |
| Starring | Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult | |
| Synopsis | The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world. Backed by J.P. Morgan, Edison dazzles the world by lighting Manhattan. But Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, has seen fatal flaws in Edison's direct current design. Igniting a war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €15 Saturday Double Bundle (with A Bend in the River) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
The Nest
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| Date | Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | 21:30 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | EN, CA | |
| Genre | drama | |
| Duration | 107 mins | |
| Directed by | Sean Durkin | |
| Starring | Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche | |
| Synopsis | Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); €15 Friday Double Bundle (with Dream Horse) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell
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| Date | from Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | n/a | |
| Venue | Online | |
| Country | IE | |
| Genre | docudrama | |
| Duration | 89 mins | |
| Directed by | Tomás Seoighe | |
| Starring | n/a | |
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The film reveals on screen for the first time the true story behind one of the most compelling murder plots in Irish history, a thrilling tale of violence, courtroom drama, romance and political intrigue. Containing evidence from British Home Office files kept secret for 100 years, it reveals shocking new information about the fate of the quiet-spoken Donegal man who killed the infamous informer James Carey on board a ship off the coast of South Africa in 1883. What possessed the illiterate labourer from the Donegal Gaeltacht to shoot the leader of The Invincibles who were involved in the infamous Phoenix Park killings? Who was the mystery woman posing as his wife? And why did both the US President and the French luminary Victor Hugo plead that Patrick O'Donnell not be hanged for his crime? In EN & IR (with EN sub-titles) The online screening is accompanied by a Q&A with Tomás Seoighe (director). |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
To the Moon
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| Date | from Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | n/a | |
| Venue | Online | |
| Country | IE | |
| Genre | documentary | |
| Duration | 80 mins | |
| Directed by | Tadhg O'Sullivan | |
| Starring | n/a | |
| Synopsis | A cinematic love letter to the moon, celebrating the night sky over the course of a lunar month. There’s a mesmerising quality to the film, which along with extraordinary footage from around the globe, looks at the moon's place in literature, culture and storytelling. Aided and abetted by a remarkable score, To The Moon is contemplative, poetic and sincere. Made primarily from international cinematic archive in combination with literary fragments and original moonlit cinematography filmed across five continents, To The Moon steps lightly through the ages and ideas that people have drawn from the moon to meditate on the fragile and fleeting nature of humanity. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Untold Secrets
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| Date | from Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | n/a | |
| Venue | online | |
| Country | IE | |
| Genre | various | |
| Duration | 84 mins | |
| Directed by | Teresa Lavina | |
| Starring | n/a | |
| Synopsis |
Untold Secrets voices the experiences of survivors of the Mother & Baby Homes Irish institution, and focuses on the life and upbringing of one survivor, Anne Silke, who was fostered out of the Bon Secours Mother & Baby Home in Tuam. A harrowing account of the appalling conditions and experiences of survivors and their families, and their reaction to the recently-published report following an enquiy commissioned by the Irish government. This was the Closing Film at the 2021 Galway Film Fleadh. The online screening is accompanied by a Q&A with Teresa Lavina (director). |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (online) | |
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S Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Anima Stone (short film)
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| Date | Saturday 25 September 2021 (before the screening of A Bend in the River) | |
| Time | 16:30 | |
| Venue | Ciné Utopia | |
| Country | EN | |
| Genre | fantasy drama | |
| Duration | 12 mins | |
| Directed by | Julian Cupello | |
| Starring | Reza Diako, Monika Herberova, Lara Shaw | |
| Synopsis | A psychiatrist enters a mysterious garden to diagnose a potentially psychotic girl. | |
| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (adult); included with the screening of A Bend in the River | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl; also, €50 for all online screenings |
Brief Encounters: IFI & WFTI Short Film Showcase
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| Date | from Friday 17 September 2021 | |
| Time | n/a | |
| Venue | Online only | |
| Country | IE | |
| Genre | various | |
| Duration | 97 mins | |
| Directed by | various | |
| Starring | various | |
| Synopsis |
The Irish Film Institute and Women in Film and Television Ireland present an inspiring programme of work by women filmmakers, all WFTI members. While these films couldn’t differ more in style, scope, genre, and theme, they all have one thing in common: they are directed and created by the Irish film industry’s most talented up-and-coming female creatives. WFTI is a voluntary, members-led organisation run by film and TV professionals, representing the creative, business, educational and technical divisions of the Irish audio-visual sector. The films screening as part of this event are: Break Us / dir. Rioghnach Ní Ghrioghair / 2019 Match / dir. Laura O’Shea & Tony Doyle / 2019 Pat / dir. Emma Wall / 2019 Life, Boat, Home / dir. Beta Bajgart / 2019 The Grass Ceiling / dir. Iseult Howlett / 2020 Saving Grace / dir. Siobhán Kavanagh / 2019 Welcome to a Bright White Limbo / dir. Cara Holmes / 2019 Grace Alone / dir. Doreen Kennedy / 2019 Procession / dir. Jeda de Brí/ 2018 This collection has been curated for an adult audience and may feature content unsuitable for younger viewers. |
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| About | The 12th annual British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg takes place from 16-25 September 2021 at the Cinémathèque, Ciné Utopia & online, screening films from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See www.bifilmseason.lu for details. | |
| Price | €9 (online) | |
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Season Special tickets are available by contacting Luxembourg-ticket.lu by tel: 470895-1 (Mon-Fri: 10:00-18:30): €35 for 5 films Online screenings and ticketing from https://www.ifiinternational.ie/page/biffl/; also, €50 for all online screenings |
