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IFI Family Festival 2017 runs from August 25th-27th
24 Jul 2017 :
The annual festival run by the Irish Film Institute includes a mix of Irish premieres, beautiful short films, and fun and engaging workshops.

Laureate na nÓg, PJ Lynch, will open the festival with a special Big Picture illustration event, followed by a screening of the critically-acclaimed Japanese animation, ‘Rudolf the Black Cat’.

Other film highlights of this year’s festival include a screening of Joel Soisson’s touching Thai drama Buffalo Rider, the charming Dutch film Mr. Frog, and Australian hit Red Dog: True Blue starring Jason Isaacs.

Alicia McGivern, IFI Head of Education:
“The key to our festival this year is reading: reading images, words, books and, of course, film. PJ Lynch’s visual story, the dialogue-free, short films for young children, the subtitled selection for older viewers (with or without a reader), book-loving Rudolf in our opening film, and swapping books in the book clinic are all festival elements that draw on visual or written literacies. We hope our audience will have fun trying them out.”

Also screening at the festival will be Joanna Harrison and Robert Shaw’s stunning animated feature We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, while our international programmes of short films, including three new Irish titles, will delight both younger and older children.
Films for under 10s in the programme that contain subtitles will have those read aloud by Clara Murray and Ray Cuddihy of RTÉjr.

A perennially popular strand of the festival is the programme of workshops created to tie-in with the films over the course of the weekend. This year, the IFI Family Festival welcomes Paper Panther Productions to assist attendees aged 7-9 craft their favourite storybook characters in miniature, while the Urban Tails animation workshop for those aged 9-12 will explore the nature of the cities we live in, with an opportunity for attendees to create their very own urban tail!

The IFI is also proud to partner with Creative Europe Desk Ireland – MEDIA Office to present Young Film Explorers, a free film programme that will show the different experiences of young people living across the continent of Europe. This event is a lead-up to European Film Academy’s Young Audience Award which the IFI will co-host with Creative Europe Desk Ireland – MEDIA Office next May.
Click here for details on all events for IFI Family Fest 2017. 

Schedule
Friday August 25th
17.30 Opening Event With Laureate Na Nóg, Pj Lynch
18.30 Rudolf The Black Cat (Rudorufu To Ippai Attena) – Recommended Age: 6+

Saturday August 26th
11.00 Short Tales 1 – Recommended Age: 4+
11.00 Tiny Puppets Workshop – Ages: 7-9
12.00 Urban Tails Workshop – Ages: 9-12
13.00 Short Tales 2 – Recommended Age: 8+
18.30 Buffalo Rider – Recommended Age: 10+

Sunday August 27th
11.00 We’re Going On A Bear Hunt – Recommended Age: 5+
12.00 Book Clinic @ Ifi Family Festival In Association With Children’s Books Ireland
12.00 Young Film Explorers Supported By Creative Europe Desk Ireland – Media Office – Recommended Age: 10-12
13.30 Mr Frog (Meester Kikker) – Recommended Age: 6+
16.00 Red Dog: True Blue – Recommended Age: 10+
Tickets for the 2017 IFI Family Festival are now on sale. Individual tickets for all films cost €5, including the opening night event. A family ticket (feature films and shorts programmes) is €15.00 for 2 adults and 2 children, or 1 adult and 3 children. Workshops cost €15 – €20 each.

To Book 
Tickets for the film events (including feature films and shorts programmes) are available from the IFI Box Office on 01-6793744 and from www.ifi.ie. Tickets for the workshops are only available from the IFI Box Office on 01-6793744.

For further information, interview availability, and high-res images, please contact Michelle McDonagh (mmcdonagh @ irishfilm.ie) at the IFI Press Office on (01) 6795744.

Full Festival Programme 





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