Guests at DIFF 2024

We are delighted to welcome so many guests, Irish and international, from across the global film industry to Dublin International Film Festival 2024. 

Browse a host of screenings, Q&As and galas, and don’t miss your opportunity to hear from some of the best of the film industry’s talent. 

Trudie Styler
An Ode to Naples Q&A Fri 23rd Feb 4pm Lighthouse Screen 2
Nathan Ambrosioni
Director (Paper Flags, The Lake, Toni) Fri 23rd Feb, 8.45pm Lighthouse Screen 2
Juliet Stevenson
Actor (Truly, Madly, Deeply; Bend it Like Beckham) Reawakening - Sat 24 February Light House Cinema 21:00
Alan Gilsenan
Director (The Meeting, Unless) The Irish Question - Sun 25 Feb Light House Cinema 14:00
Ross Killeen
Director (Love Yourself Today, 99 Problems) Don't Forget to Remember - Mon 26 Feb Irish Film Institute 18:30
Keith Walsh
Director (The Dance, Analogue People in A Digital Age) Conor Walsh: Selected Piano Works - Tues 27 Feb Irish Film Institute 18:30
Isabelle Huppert
(The Piano Teacher, Amour) Sidonie in Japan - Q&A Wed 28 Feb Light House Cinema 20:00
Alan Friel
Director/Writer (Cake, Sophie at The Races) Woken - Fri 1 March Light House Cinema 20:15
Guy Maddin
Director (The Green Fog, Brand upon the brain) My Winnipeg - Q&A Sat 2 March Light House Cinema 14:00
Hugo Weaving
Actor (Lord of The Rings, The Matrix) In Conversation with Hugo Weaving Thurs 22 Feb The Complex 16:00
Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Director (Our Lady of the Nile, Sibel) Banel & Adama Q&A Fri 23rd Feb 18:30pm Lighthouse Screen 2
Oge Obasi
Producer - Mami Wata (Hello Rain, Juju Stories) Sat 24th Feb, 6.30pm Lighthouse Screen 2
Erin Doherty
Actor (The Crown, NC Live: The Crucible) Reawakening - Sat 24 Feb Light House Cinema 21:00
Kevin Macdonald
Director (Whitney, Marley) Q&A High & Low: John Galliano - Sun 25 Feb Light House Cinema 19:30
Asbestos
Artist Don't Forget to Remember - Mon 26 Feb Irish Film Institute 18:30
Jill Beardsworth
Jill Beardsworth (Producer) Conor Walsh: Selected Piano Works - Tues 27 Feb Irish Film Institute 18:30
Elise Girard
Director (Strange Birds, Belleville – Tokyo) Sidonie in Japan - Q&A Wed 28 Feb Light House Cinema 20:00
Tadhg O'Sullivan
Director (To The Moon, The Great Wall) The Swallow - Q&A Irish Film Institute Fri 1 March 20:30
Selma Vilhunen
Director (Hobbyhorse Revolution, Little Wing) Four Little Adults - Sat 2 March Light House Cinema 16:00
Steve McQueen
Director (Hunger, 12 Years a Slave) In Conversation with Steve McQueen Wed 28 Feb The Complex 18:00
Amy Huberman
Actor (The Stag, Finding Joy Amy Huberman in Conversation with Discovery Award Nominees Sun 25 Feb The Complex 12:00
Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
Directors (Rosie Plays Julie, Joy) Baltimore Q&A Fri 23rd Feb 8.45pm, Lighthouse Screen 1
Jared Harris
Actor (Mad Men, The Crown) Reawakening - Sat 24 Feb Light House Cinema 21:00
Virginia Gilbert
Director (Hesitation, A Long way from Home) Reawakening - Sat 24 Feb Light House Cinema 21:00
Mark Adams
Producer (Former Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival) Cannes Uncut - Tues 27 Feb Light House Cinema 13:30
Susan Thomson
Director The Swimming Diaries - Wed 28 Feb Irish Film Institute 18:30
Maxine Peake
Actor (The Theory Of Everything, Shameless) Woken - Fri 1 March Light House Cinema 20:15
Tarsem Singh Dhandwar
Director (The Cell, The Fall) Dear Jassi - Thurs 29 Feb Light House Cinema 20:00
Brenda Fricker
Actor (My Left Foot, Home Alone 2) The Swallow - Q&A Fri 1 March Irish Film Institute 20:30