ABOUT DIFF 2025
22,000 People | 11 Days | 6 Venues
147 Films | 40+ Industry & Public Events | 500+ Filmmakers
2025 FILM PROGRAMME
OPENING NIGHT GALA: THE RETURN
Feature film
Dir: Uberto Pasolini
United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, France
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
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NATIONAL TALENT ACADEMY SHORTS + Q&A
Shorts programme - featuring Stray, Would You Rather, Romance Is Dad, Over The Moon, A Little Bird Told Me, I Belong, An Lár, Unanimated Strangers, Little Caesar, Brón, Spooky.
Ireland
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
THE OTHER WAY AROUND
Feature film
Dir: Jonás Trueba
Spain, France
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
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VIRGIN MEDIA DISCOVERS + Q&A
Shorts programme - featuring Trasna Na Líne, Night Driver, No Time Wasters, The Knife.
Ireland
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
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SISTER MIDNIGHT + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Karan Kandhari
United Kingdom, India
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
PARK AVENUE + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Gaby Dellal
United States
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
THE KINGDOM
Feature film
Dir: Julien Colonna
France
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
SPERMAGEDDON
Feature film
Dir: Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Norway
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
CINEMATIC INFLUENCES: CARTOON SALOON
The Triplets of Belleville (feature) + Genius Loci (short)
Dir: Sylvain Chomet / Adrien Merigeau
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France, Belgium, Canada / France
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
CINEMATIC INFLUENCES: CARTOON SALOON
The Adventures of Prince Achmed + live accompaniment
Dir: Lotte Reiniger
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Germany
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
CINEMATIC INFLUENCES: CARTOON SALOON
Don Hertzfeldt Animation Retrospective
Dir: Don Hertzfeldt
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United States
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
DUBLIN ON SCREEN + Q&A
Shorts programme - featuring The Erase, Open Up, Troubleriser, Reflection, Me And This.
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Ireland
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
SCREEN IRELAND SHORTS 1
Shorts programme - featuring Cat & Mouse, I Can't Go On, Naked Lights, Ogham, One More Round, Mero, Tadhana.
Ireland
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
SCREEN IRELAND SHORTS 2
Shorts programme - featuring Retirement Plan, Turnaround, Come Back, Peat, Gael Force, ReRooted.
Ireland
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
AONTAS + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Damian McCann
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Ireland
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
HAPPYEND
Feature film
Dir: Neo Sora
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Norway
Fri 21 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
READY OR NOT + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Claire Frances Byrne
Ireland
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
BOB TREVINO LIKES IT
Feature film
Dir: Tracie Laymon
United States
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
EIGHT POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA
Documentary
Dir: Radu Jude
Romania
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
DYING
Feature film
Dir: Matthias Glasner​
Germany
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
SILENT GALA
Silent Shorts + live accompaniment - featuring Mighty Like A Moose, One Week, Big Business.
United States
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
THE MARCHING BAND
Feature film
Dir: Emmanuel Courcol
France
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
MY SWEET LAND + Q&A
Documentary​
Dir: Sareen Hairabedian
United States, France, Ireland, Jordan
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
VERMIGLIO + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Maura Delpero
Italy, France, Belgium
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
SEEKING MAVIS BEACON + Q&A
Documentary
Dir: Jazmin Jones
United States
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
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SPILT MILK + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Brian Durnin
Ireland
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
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NEVER STOP THE ACTION + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Paul Rowley
Ireland
Sun 23 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
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DIFF SHORTS 1: THE DEADLIEST OF ALL THINGS + Q&A
Shorts programme - featuring Forever Yours, The Nicest Person In The World, Bunker Baby, Palestine Islands, I Wish You Love, A Body Called Life, We Beg To Differ.
Various
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
THE SUMMER BOOK
Feature film
Dir: Charlie McDowell
Finland
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
THE COURAGEOUS + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Jasmin Gordon
Switzerland
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
TWIGGY + Q&A
Documentary​
Dir: Sadie Frost
United Kingdom
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
AMANDA + Q&A
Documentary
Dir: José Miguel Jiménez
Ireland
Mon 24 Feb 2025
IFI
MAESTRA + Q&A
Documentary
Dir: Maggie Contreras
United States, Poland, France
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Royal Irish Academy of Music​
CHAIN REACTIONS + Q&A
Documentary
Dir: Alexandre O. Philippe
United States
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
SUSTAINABILITY GALA supported by Volvo
Our Blue World (feature) + Seaweed Stories (short)
Dir: Ruán Magan / Dir: Jake Sumner
Canada / United States
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​
LIFE'S A BITCH
Feature film
Dir: Xavier Seron
Belgium
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
DIFF SHORTS 2: IN TRANSIT + Q&A
Shorts programme - featuring Every Other Weekend, Dollar Baby's, Inside The Valley Sings, 2004 Was Twenty Years Ago, Beatha, We Didn't Know Why, Éist Liom, Shadows, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent, Nay Day.
Various
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
RIEFENSTAHL
Documentary
Dir: Andres Veiel
Germany
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
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SANTOSH
Feature film
Dir: Sandhya Suri
United Kingdom, India, Germany, France
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
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AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE + Q&A
Documentary
Dir: Albert Serra
Spain, France, Portugal
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
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LATINA, LATINA + Q&A
Documentary
Dir: Maggie Contreras
Ireland
Tue 25 Feb 2025
IFI
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SHARP CORNER + Q&A
Feature Film
Dir: Jason Buxton
Canada
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
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GOOD ONE
Feature film
Dir: India Donaldson
United States
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​
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DIFF SHORTS 3: SHUT YOUR EYES AND SEE + Q&A
Shorts programme - featuring FARMERS?!, Blanche, The Wilde Sisters, Compost, I Don't Care If The World Collapses, In Wake Of John Doyle, Upper Current.
Various
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
THE SPARROW IN THE CHIMNEY
Feature film
Dir: Ramon Zürcher
Switzerland
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
BACKSTAGE + Q&A
Feature film
Dir: Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane
Morocco - COUNTRY IN FOCUS
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
MIDWEEK GALA: BEAT THE LOTTO + Q&A
Documentary
Dir: Ross Whitaker
Ireland
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
THE LAST JOURNEY
Documentary
Dir: Filip Hammar
Sweden
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
Documentary
Dir: John Connors
WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SKY + Q&A
Ireland
Wed 26 Feb 2025
IFI​
Feature Film
Dir: Laura Carreira
ON FALLING + Q&A
United Kingdom, Portugal
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
Feature film
Dir: Polly Steele
LORD MAYOR'S GALA: FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE + Q&A
Ireland, United Kingdom
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
Feature film
Dir: Dan Lu
THE ABSENT + Q&A
China
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
Feature film
Dir: Dag Johan Haugerud
LOVE
Norway
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
Feature film
Dir: Nabil Ayouch
EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA
Morocco - COUNTRY IN FOCUS
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
Documentary
Dir: Saga Torkelson, James Quinn McDonagh
MIND YOUR HEAD
Ireland
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
Feature film
Dir: Jonathan Kent
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT + Q&A
United Kingdom, Ireland
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
Feature film
Dir: Sofia Alaoui
ANIMALIA + Q&A
France, Morocco - COUNTRY IN FOCUS
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
Documentary
Dir: Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub
E.1027 - EILEEN GRAY AND THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
Switzerland
Thu 27 Feb 2025
IFI
Documentary
Dir: Agnieszka Zwiefka
SILENT TREES + Q&A
Poland
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
Feature film
Dir: Lorcan Finnegan
THE SURFER + Q&A
Australia, Ireland
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
Feature film
Dir: Dag Johan Haugerud
DREAMS
Norway
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
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Shorts programme - featuring My Battle With Blue, Stardog, Heartless, Wednesday Night Tennis, North Star, The Good List, My Way, An Spiothóg.
FRESH FILM HOTHOUSE + Q&A
Ireland
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
Feature film
Dir: Ryan J. Sloan
GAZER + Q&A
United States
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
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Documentary
Dir: Alex Ross Perry
PAVEMENTS
United States
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​​
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Feature film
Dir: Bernhard Wenger
PEACOCK + Q&A
Germany, Austria
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
Documentary
Dir: Aoife Kelleher
TESTIMONY + Q&A
Ireland
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
Documentary
Dir: Éamon Little
BORN THAT WAY + Q&A
Ireland
Fri 28 Feb 2025
IFI
Feature film
Dir: Ishaya Bako
I DO NOT COME TO YOU BY CHANCE + Q&A
Nigeria
Fri 28 Feb 2025 / Tue 25 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema / Pavilion Theatre​​​​
Documentary
Dir: Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth
THE EXTRAORDINARY MISS FLOWER + Q&A
United Kingdom
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema​
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Feature film
Dir: Nelicia Low
PIERCE
Singapore, Taiwan
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​
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Feature film
Dir: Julie Delpy
MEET THE BARBARIANS
France
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
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Divine Intervention + It Must Be Heaven
Dir: Elia Suleiman
RETROSPECTIVE: ELIA SULEIMAN
France, Morocco, Germany, Palestine / Turkey, Qatar, Palestine, Germany, France, Canada
Sat 01 Mar 2025
IFI
Feature film - Silent
Dir: Kote Mikaberidze
CHEMI BEBIA + LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT
Georgia
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema
Documentary
Dir: Myrid Carten
A WANT IN HER + Q&A
Ireland
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema
Feature film
Dir: François Ozon
WHEN AUTUMN FALLS
France
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema
Feature film
Dir: Stephen Bradley
FRAN THE MAN + Q&A
Ireland
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​​
Feature film
Dir: Siu-pong Wong
OBEDIENCE + Q&A
Hong Kong
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​
Feature film
Dir: Athina Rachel Tsangari
HARVEST + Q&A
United Kingdom
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​
Feature film
Dir: Samuel Van Grinsven
WENT UP THE HILL
New Zealand, Australia
Sat 01 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​​​​
Feature film
Dir: Adam Wong Sau-Ping
THE WAY WE TALK + Q&A
Hong Kong
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema
Feature film
Dir: Fabrice Du Welz
MALDOROR
Belgium, France
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema
Retrospective episode compilation + panel
Creator: Amy Sherman-Palladino
GILMORE GIRLS: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS
United States
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema
Feature film
Dir: Andreas Dresen
FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE
Germany
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema
Feature film
Dir: James Griffiths
SURPRISE FILM GALA: THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
United Kingdom
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​​
Feature film
Dir: Darren Thornton
CLOSING NIGHT GALA: FOUR MOTHERS + Q&A
Ireland
Sun 02 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​
2025 INDUSTRY & PUBLIC EVENTS
In Conversation
Hosted by Claire Dix
TANQUERAY 0.0% FILM CLUB: FIONA SHAW
Fri 21 Feb 2025
The Complex
In Conversation
Hosted by Fionnuala Halligan
TANQUERAY 0.0% FILM CLUB: JUSTIN CHANG
Sat 22 Feb 2025
The Complex
In Conversation
Hosted by Amy Huberman
TANQUERAY 0.0% FILM CLUB: TWIGGY AND SADIE FROST
Tue 25 Feb 2025
The Complex
Exhibition
NCAD POST EXHIBITION: ALTERNATE TAKE
Thu 19 Feb - Sun 02 Mar 2025
Light House Cinema​​​
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Panel
With Robert Byrne and Serge Bromberg
SILENT CINEMA: RESTORATION AND CELEBRATION
Sun 23 Feb 2025
The Complex
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Panel
With Stan Nangle, Ciaran O'Carroll, Elaine Walsh, Michael Lee
PLANET PLACEMENT: SUSTAINABILITY AND STORYTELLING
Sun 23 Feb 2025
The Complex
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Panel
With Megan Best, Karen English, Vanessa Fielding, Amy Lynch, Hannah Cox
SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH FESTIVALS: A COLLECTIVE APPROACH
Wed 26 Feb 2025
The Complex
Panel
With Áine O’Sullivan (Casting Director), Cillian O’Sullivan, Naoise Kelly, Pom Boyd, Lewis Brophy, Justin Daniels Anene, Ryan Burke, Hilda Fay
MEET THE CAST: SPILT MILK
Mon 24 Feb 2025
The Complex
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Panel
With Tania Notaro, Grace Odumosu, Ishaya Bako, Chioma Onyenwe
NEW NARRATIVES, NEW VOICES
Fri 28 Feb 2025
The Complex
Presentation
With Dr Ciarán Kissane, Denis Condon, Vanessa Byrne, Conor Ryan
IFCO LECTURE SERIES
Mon 24 Feb 2025
The Complex
Storytelling session
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SEANCHOÍCHE X DIFF 2025
Mon 24 Feb 2025
The Complex
Screening
With Bob Gallagher, Willow Kennedy, Wiktoria Weintritt, Ruairí Bradley, Étáin Nash, Sam Bell
YOUTH MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION: 2024 SCREENING
Fri 28 Feb 2025
The Complex
Screening + panel
With Nessa O'Connor, Gráinne Humphreys
DUBLIN PORT SPECIAL SCREENING: SEAWEED STORIES
Tue 25 Feb 2025
The Pumphouse, Dublin Port​
Smell of Money + Anchors Aweigh
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DUBLIN PORT DOUBLE BILL SCREENING
Sun 02 Mar 2025
The Substation, Dublin Port
Screening + panel
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IRISH FILM PIONEERS SHOWCASE
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
Panel + networking
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NEXT GENERATION (15-19) PROGRAMME ROADSHOW
Sat 22 Feb 2025
The Complex​
Screening
With Jade Travers, Evan Horan, Monika Abrahamson, Claire Dunlop
FIRST FRAME
Tue 18 Feb / Wed 19 Feb 2025
University College Cork / Light House Cinema
Masterclass
Hosted by Luke McManus
DOCUMENTARY MASTERCLASS WITH MELANIE MILLER
Sun 23 Feb 2025
The Complex
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Masterclass​​
Hosted by Paul Duane​
DIRECTING MASTERCLASS WITH ALEXANDRE O. PHILIPPE
Tue 25 Feb 2025
The Complex
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Panel
With
IRISH SCREENWRITERS PANEL
Fri 28 Feb 2025
The Complex
Screening + panel
With Nessa O'Connor, Gráinne Humphreys
DUBLIN PORT SPECIAL SCREENING: SEAWEED STORIES
Tue 25 Feb 2025
The Pumphouse, Dublin Port​
Smell of Money + Anchors Aweigh
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DUBLIN PORT DOUBLE BILL SCREENING
Sun 02 Mar 2025
The Substation, Dublin Port
Screening + panel
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IRISH FILM PIONEERS SHOWCASE
Sat 22 Feb 2025
Light House Cinema
Panel + networking
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NEXT GENERATION (15-19) PROGRAMME ROADSHOW
Sat 22 Feb 2025
The Complex​
2025 ONLINE EVENTS
IRISH SCREENWRITERS PANEL
Panel
With Cara Loftus, Lynn Ruane, Damian McCann, Sarah Gordon, Colin Thornton, Richie Conroy.
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Online
