Europa Cinemas Audience Development & Innovation Lab report
From 29th October to 1st November, Europa Cinemas held an Audience Development & Innovation Lab in Valladolid, Spain. Working under the theme of ‘Shaping Tomorrow’s Cinemas – Innovative Tools and Skills to Navigate Change’, the event brought together participants from across Europe for four days of discussions, workshops and collaborative sessions. Edith Pieperhoff of Galway […]
European Award Season 2026 across the access CINEMA network
Audiences across Ireland will have an opportunity to see some of the best of European cinema this November – January as part of the European Award Season. The successor to the Month of European Film, this two-month event – running from 18 November 2025 to 17 January 2026 – is aimed at showcasing the best […]
LUX Audience Award Young Talent Programme report
The LUX Audience Award is one of the biggest annual events in the European film calendar. The award is presented every year by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas. The award is aimed at celebrating European Cinema while encouraging debate around key common European […]
Oslo Stories Trilogy: access>CINEMA releases acclaimed Norwegian films Dreams, Love and Sex this August
access CINEMA is releasing Norwegian filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud’s acclaimed ‘Oslo Stories Trilogy’ – Dreams, Love and Sex – in Irish cinemas this August. Dreams – winner of the Golden Bear at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival – will release first on August 1st 2025, followed by Love on August 15th and Sex on August […]
When The Light Breaks: access>CINEMA releases new Icelandic drama this May
access>CINEMA is releasing the moving Icelandic drama When The Light Breaks in Irish cinemas. The film will screen exclusively in Light House Cinema Dublin from May 23rd. It will then screen across the access>CINEMA network of arts centres and film clubs in the coming months, with full listings to follow. Written and directed by Rúnar […]
The Return: access>CINEMA releases epic drama in Irish cinemas this April
access>CINEMA is releasing the epic drama The Return in Irish cinemas from April 11th 2025. Director Uberto Pasolini’s new film is a fresh take on Homer’s The Odyssey, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The Return the story of the mythical Greek hero, Odysseus (Fiennes) who, after 20 years away, washes up on the shores […]
May Film Tour to coincide with Bealtaine
We are delighted to announce that the May Film Tour, organised by access>CINEMA and the Irish Film Institute to coincide with the Bealtaine Festival, will again take place in 2025. This year the theme of the Bealtaine Festival continues to be Lust for Life, based on Iggy Pop’s iconic punk-era song celebrating life’s dreams and […]
Seachtain na Gaeilge across the access>CINEMA network
We’re excited to highlight some of the great Irish-language films showing across the access>CINEMA as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge (March 1st – 17th). With Irish-language film going from strength to strength in recent years, there’s never been a better time for audiences to enjoy films as Gaeilge. This year’s selection across the network include […]
Vermiglio: access>CINEMA releasing acclaimed drama in Irish cinemas this February
access>CINEMA will release the acclaimed drama Vermiglio in Irish cinemas this February. Towards the end of WWII in Vermiglio – a high, remote mountain village in the Italian Alps – the arrival of Pietro, a deserted soldier, disrupts the dynamics of a local family, changing them forever. Pietro, a Sicilian, keeps mostly to himself. However, […]
access>CINEMA at the Cultural Cinema Exhibition 2025 course
access>CINEMA’s Stephen McNeice recently attended the Independent Cinema Office’s (ICO) Cultural Cinema Exhibition course in London. Below, he reports back on what he learned during the week-long programme. Thanks to support from Screen Ireland and access CINEMA, in mid-January I was lucky enough to attend the week-long Cultural Cinema Exhibition course in London – the […]
