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The wait is over – the DIFF 2026 programme is out! From 19 Feb – 01 March, join us for 11 unforgettable days of world premieres, star-studded red carpets featuring, buzzing galas, events, inspiring Q&As, and masterclasses. Browse the screenings and events below and book your tickets now.

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Opening Night Gala: Once Upon A Time In A Cinema

Date

Time

Venue

18:15, 18:30 & 21:00 1hr 30m

19-Feb

Light House 1 & 2

Meet the Cast: Once Upon A Time In A Cinema

Date

Time

Venue

12:00

20-Feb

Haymarket House

Value For Many

Date

Time

Venue

12:00 46m

20-Feb

Light House 2

Location, Location, Location!

Date

Time

Venue

13:45 1hr

20-Feb

Haymarket House

NTA Shorts

Date

Time

Venue

14:00
1hr 5m

20-Feb

Light House

Roberto Rossellini: Living Without A Script

Date

Time

Venue

14:15 1hr 36m

20-Feb

Light House 2

Your Home On The Big Screen: A Case Study

Date

Time

Venue

15:15 1hr

20-Feb

Haymarket House

Erupcja

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1h 17m

20-Feb

Light House 1

Birthright

Date

Time

Venue

16:15 1hr 30m

20-Feb

Light House 2

From 30 Seconds to 90 Minutes

Date

Time

Venue

17:00 1hr

20-Feb

Haymarket House

LOMU

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 47m

20-Feb

Light House 1

Out of Love

Date

Time

Venue

18:15 1hr 51m

20-Feb

Light House 2

Virgin Media Discovers

Date

Time

Venue

20:30 48m

20-Feb

Light House 1

Lady

Date

Time

Venue

20:45 1hr 35m

20-Feb

Light House 2

The Exit 8

Date

Time

Venue

22:20 1hr 35m

20-Feb

Light House 1

Sustainability: Green From Script to Screen Workshop

Date

Time

Venue

9:30 1hr 30m

20-Feb

Haymarket House

International Film Programmers Panel

Date

Time

Venue

10:00
1 hr 30m

21-Feb

Haymarket House

Anniversary

Date

Time

Venue

10:30 2hr 5m

21-Feb

Light House 1

Ballymun Filmmakers: New Voices On Screen

Date

Time

Venue

11:00 20m

21-Feb

Light House 2

Community Shorts

Date

Time

Venue

12:00 35m

21-Feb

Light House 2

Screen Ireland Shorts - 1

Date

Time

Venue

13:30
1h 20m

21-Feb

Light House

Super Nature

Date

Time

Venue

13:30 1hr 22m

21-Feb

Light House 2

Next Generation Programme Roadshow [15 - 19]

Date

Time

Venue

13:30 1hr 30m

21-Feb

Haymarket House

One Woman One Bra

Date

Time

Venue

15:30 1hr 19m

21-Feb

Light House 2

Screen Ireland Shorts - 2

Date

Time

Venue

16:00
1h 20m

21-Feb

Light House

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Date

Time

Venue

18:15 1hr 43m

21-Feb

Light House 1

The Good Boy

Date

Time

Venue

18:20 1hr 50m

21-Feb

Light House 2

The Inhuman Woman - Droichead Arts Centre

Date

Time

Venue

20:00
2h 15m

21-Feb

Droichead Arts Centre

The Garden of Eden - An Taibhdhearc,

Date

Time

Venue

20:00 1hr 20m

21-Feb

An Taibhdhearc, Galway

The Lightkeeper

Date

Time

Venue

20:40 1hr 41m

21-Feb

Light House 1

Ish

Date

Time

Venue

20:50 1hr 39m

21-Feb

Light House 2

Resurrection

Date

Time

Venue

10:10 2hr 36m

22-Feb

Light House 1

Primavera

Date

Time

Venue

10:30 1hr 50m

22-Feb

Light House 2

Bringing Human Rights To Life On Screen - ICCL Panel

Date

Time

Venue

11:00 1hr

22-Feb

Haymarket House

The Inhuman Woman

Date

Time

Venue

13:00
2h 15m

22-Feb

Light House

DISPLACE: THE BATTLE FOR DUBLIN

Date

Time

Venue

13:30 1hr 30m

22-Feb

Light House 1

International Distribution Event

Date

Time

Venue

14:00 1hr

22-Feb

Haymarket House

Maspalomas

Date

Time

Venue

15:50 1hr 49m

22-Feb

Light House 2

Hello Betty

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1hr 48m

22-Feb

Light House 1

Storytelling On Screens - Adapting Videogames To Film

Date

Time

Venue

17:00 1hr

22-Feb

Haymarket House

No Ordinary Heist

Date

Time

Venue

18:30 1hr 39m

22-Feb

Light House 1

Have You Never Heard of Bill Fuller?

Date

Time

Venue

18:45 1hr 22m

22-Feb

Light House 2

Samanta Nobody

Date

Time

Venue

20:50 1hr 42m

22-Feb

Light House 1

Love Roulette

Date

Time

Venue

21:00 1hr 43m

22-Feb

Light House 2

Swiss Cinema Day

Date

Time

Venue

10:30 2 hr 30m

23-Feb

Haymarket House

Funeral Casino Blues

Date

Time

Venue

12:00 2hr 33m

23-Feb

Light House 1

Kim Novak's Vertigo

Date

Time

Venue

13:00 1hr 17m

23-Feb

Light House 2

State of the Nation - Irish Distribution Event

Date

Time

Venue

13:30 1hr 30m

23-Feb

Haymarket House

The Arch (1968)

Date

Time

Venue

15:00 1hr 37m

23-Feb

Light House 2

Orphan

Date

Time

Venue

15:15 2hr 12m

23-Feb

Light House 1

aemi in conversation with Annina Wettstein

Date

Time

Venue

15:30 1hr

23-Feb

Haymarket House

The Parade: Our History

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1hr 18m

23-Feb

IFI 2

IFCO Lecture Series

Date

Time

Venue

17:00 1hr

23-Feb

Haymarket House

Sound of Falling

Date

Time

Venue

17:30 2hr 29 m

23-Feb

Light House 2

Another Man

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 30m

23-Feb

IFI 2

Rose of Nevada

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 54m

23-Feb

Light House 1

Every Moon is Atrocious

Date

Time

Venue

18:05 1hr 38m

23-Feb

IFI 1

The Three Urns

Date

Time

Venue

20:35 1hr 36m

23-Feb

Light House 1

Gays Against Guns

Date

Time

Venue

20:40 1hr 27m

23-Feb

Light House 2

Directing Masterclass with
Lionel Baier

Date

Time

Venue

11:00 1hr

24-Feb

Haymarket House

Pasa Faho

Date

Time

Venue

13:30 1hr 26m

24-Feb

Light House 2

Documentary Futures: Building Audiences In Ireland

Date

Time

Venue

14:00 1hr

24-Feb

Haymarket House

The Souffleur

Date

Time

Venue

14:00 1hr 18m

24-Feb

Light House 1

Masterpieces In A Minute: Film Craft In The World Of Advertising

Date

Time

Venue

15:30

24-Feb

Light House 2

First name: Matthew

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1h 1m

24-Feb

IFI Screen 2

Gavagai

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1hr 29m

24-Feb

Light House 1

Queens of the Dead

Date

Time

Venue

17:30 1hr 38m

24-Feb

Light House 2

Father Mother Sister Brother

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 50m

24-Feb

Light House 1

Safe House

Date

Time

Venue

18:15 1hr 30m

24-Feb

Irish Film Institute

Rose Of Nevada - Pavilion Theatre

Date

Time

Venue

20:00 1hr 54m

24-Feb

Pavilion Theatre - Dún Laoghaire

Lord Mayor's Gala: The Charlie O'Leary Story - From Johnny Cullen's Hill to The Olympic Stadium Rome

Date

Time

Venue

20:30 1hr 37m

24-Feb

Light House 1 & 2

International Sales Agents Event

Date

Time

Venue

10:00 3hr

25-Feb

Haymarket House

Don't Let the Sun

Date

Time

Venue

13:00 1hr 38m

25-Feb

Light House 2

Focus On The Composer

Date

Time

Venue

14:00 1hr

25-Feb

Haymarket House

Dreams

Date

Time

Venue

14:00 1hr 35m

25-Feb

Light House 1

DIFF Shorts Programme 1 - The Kids Are Alright

Date

Time

Venue

15:00
2h 15m

25-Feb

Light House

Hen

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1hr 36m

25-Feb

Light House 1

Broken English

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 39m

25-Feb

Light House 1

Four Trails

Date

Time

Venue

18:15 1hr 41m

25-Feb

Light House 2

Midwinter Break

Date

Time

Venue

20:30 1hr 35m

25-Feb

Light House 1

The Last One for the Road

Date

Time

Venue

20:35 1hr 40m

25-Feb

Light House 2

Forever is Now

Date

Time

Venue

20:45 1hr 38m

25-Feb

IFI 1 & 3

Changing The Lense: Diverse Voices On Screen

Date

Time

Venue

10:00 1hr

26-Feb

Haymarket House

Landmarks

Date

Time

Venue

12:30 2hr 2 m

26-Feb

Light House 1

Sustainability: Green From Script to Screen Panel

Date

Time

Venue

14:00 2hr

26-Feb

Haymarket House

DIFF Shorts Programme 2 - How You See Me

Date

Time

Venue

14:30
2h 15m

26-Feb

Light House

Magellan

Date

Time

Venue

15:00 2hr 40m

26-Feb

Light House 1

The Irish Times Presents The DIFF Film Club With Alice Winocour

Date

Time

Venue

16:30
1 hr

26-Feb

Haymarket House

Wolves

Date

Time

Venue

17:45 1 hr 40m

26-Feb

Light House 2

In Conversation with Régis Wargnier

Date

Time

Venue

18:00

26-Feb

Jonathan Swift Theatre, Trinity College Dublin

Guggi

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 17 m

26-Feb

Light House 1

Crazy Love

Date

Time

Venue

20:00 1hr 27m

26-Feb

Light House 1

Whitetail

Date

Time

Venue

20:15 1hr 43m

26-Feb

Light House 2

Redress

Date

Time

Venue

20:45 1hr 44m

26-Feb

IFI 1

Fresh Film Hothouse

Date

Time

Venue

10:50 1hr37m

27-Feb

Light House 1

Director In Focus: Nanouk Leopold

Date

Time

Venue

11:00 1hr

27-Feb

Haymarket House

Auntie Mame

Date

Time

Venue

12:00 2hr 23m

27-Feb

Light House 2

Silent Cinema: Out Of The Past

Date

Time

Venue

13:00

27-Feb

Haymarket House

All That Glitters

Date

Time

Venue

13:10 1hr 40m

27-Feb

Light House 1

DIFF Shorts Programme 3 - Isn't It Fantastic?

Date

Time

Venue

15:30
2h 15m

27-Feb

Light House

Behind the Candelabra

Date

Time

Venue

15:30 1hr 58m

27-Feb

Light House 1

Sustainability Case Study: The Restoration at
Grayson Manor

Date

Time

Venue

17:00 1hr

27-Feb

Haymarket House

500 Miles

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 38m

27-Feb

Light House 1

California Schemin'

Date

Time

Venue

18:45 1hr 41m

27-Feb

Light House 2

Renault Gala: Couture

Date

Time

Venue

20:30 1hr 46m

27-Feb

Light House 1

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo

Date

Time

Venue

20:45 1hr 44m

27-Feb

Light House 2

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Date

Time

Venue

10:00 1hr 35m

28-Feb

Light House 1

DIFF 2026 Awards

Date

Time

Venue

12:00 2hr

28-Sat

Haymarket House

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest

Date

Time

Venue

12:30 1hr 31m

28-Feb

Light House 1

The Garden of Eden

Date

Time

Venue

14:00
1h 20m

28-Feb

Light House

The Irish Times Presents The DIFF Film Club With Ellen Mirojnick

Date

Time

Venue

14:30 1hr

28-Feb

Haymarket House

Gorky Resort

Date

Time

Venue

14:45 1 hr 54m

28-Feb

Light House 1

The Irish Times Presents The DIFF Film Club With Alice Krige

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1hr

28-Feb

Haymarket House

Rebuilding

Date

Time

Venue

16:00 1hr 35m

28-Feb

Light House 2

Cinematography Masterclass with Piotr Sobociński Jr

Date

Time

Venue

17:30 1hr

28-Feb

Haymarket House

Heineken Gala: The Pub That Refused To Die

Date

Time

Venue

17:30 40m

28-Feb

Light House 1

One Last Deal

Date

Time

Venue

18:00 1hr 29m

28-Feb

Light House 2

The Restoration at Grayson Manor

Date

Time

Venue

18:30 1hr 30 m

28-Feb

Light House 1

Irish Music Videos

Date

Time

Venue

19:00 1hr14m

28-Feb

Haymarket House

The Garden of Eden - Droichead Arts Centre

Date

Time

Venue

20:00
1h 20m

28-Feb

Droichead Arts Centre

Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There

Date

Time

Venue

20:10 1hr 23m

28-Feb

Light House 2

The Slightest Touch

Date

Time

Venue

20:40 1hr 42m

28-Feb

Light House 1

Water Can Go Anywhere

Date

Time

Venue

2hr 10m 11:30

Feb-28

Light House 2

The Last Viking

Date

Time

Venue

10:40 1hr 56m

1-Mar

Light House 1

Kokuho

Date

Time

Venue

12:00 2hr 54m

1-Mar

Light House 2

When The Wind Blows (35MM)

Date

Time

Venue

13:00 1hr 24m

1-Mar

Light House 1

Silent Shorts

Date

Time

Venue

15:00
1hr 5m

1-Mar

Light House

A Celebration Of The Work Of Jimmy Murakami

Date

Time

Venue

15:00 1hr

1-Mar

Haymarket House

Dublin On Screen

Date

Time

Venue

15:15
1hr 10m

1-Mar

Light House

La Grazia

Date

Time

Venue

17:15 2hr 13m

1-Mar

Light House 2

Surprise Film Gala

Date

Time

Venue

17:30

1-Mar

Light House 1

Closing Night Gala - Power Ballad

Date

Time

Venue

20:00 1hr 39m

1-Mar

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

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