DIFF on Tour 2024: Festival highlights to screen at access>CINEMA sites

Screenshot from the film Mami Wata

Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) Tour 2024 in association with access>CINEMA and with the support of the Arts Council. Presented as part of Dublin International Film Festival 2024, access>CINEMA is delighted to bring a number of highlights from the festival to various venues outside of Dublin as part of this annual Film Festival Tour. The […]

MyFrenchFilmFestival 2024 now streaming on MyCinema

Banner image for MyFrenchFilmFestival

More than two dozen recent French short and feature films are now available to watch on access>CINEMA’s MyCinema platform as part of this year’s MyFrenchFilmFestival, which runs from today, January 19th, until February 19th. This year’s film is the 14th edition of the first worldwide online festival entirely dedicated to Francophone films. A groundbreaking initiative, […]

Documentary ‘Gaza’ available for screenings in support of humanitarian efforts in Gaza

Documentary 'Gaza' available for screenings in support of humanitarian efforts in Gaza

The award-winning 2019 documentary film Gaza is being made available for fundraising screenings in support of the ongoing humanitarian efforts in Gaza. Wildcard Distribution, who own the screening rights to the film, will waive licence fees and access CINEMA will waive booking fees for these charity screenings. The box office generated from the screenings may be donated […]

access>CINEMA to take part in Month of European Film 2023

access>CINEMA to take part in Month of European Film 2023

Film clubs and venues across access>CINEMA’s network will be taking part in the Month of European Film, taking place between November 1 and December 9 2023. access>CINEMA is one of the partner cinemas participating in this year’s Month of European Film, which has been launched by the European Film Academy – in partnership with Europa […]

Maureen Kearney visits Galway for screening of La Syndicaliste

Maureen Kearney visits Galway for screening of La Syndicaliste

As La Syndicaliste continues its successful run across the access>CINEMA network, Galway Film Society hosted Maureen Kearney for a special reception and Q&A to coincide with their screening of the film that recounts the Irish woman’s extraordinary story. La Syndicaliste stars French superstar Isabelle Huppert and explores Maureen’s experiences as a senior trade union representative-turned-whistleblower in a French […]

access>CINEMA announces Autumn film line-up for venues across the country

access>CINEMA announces Autumn film line-up for venues across the country

Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke has recorded special introductions to welcome audiences to screenings this Autumn season. access>CINEMA, the organisation that supports regional cultural cinema exhibition in Ireland, has announced a vibrant and varied new line-up of films for their Autumn season.  These films can be seen at access>CINEMA venues across the national network of non-profit and […]

Come Back Anytime: access CINEMA releasing ramen documentary in Irish cinemas

access>CINEMA is pleased to announce the Irish cinema release of the charming and award-winning documentary Come Back Anytime from August 25th. Come Back Anytime focuses on the self-taught ramen master Masamoto Ueda and his wife Kazuko. They have run Bizentei – a tiny Tokyo ramen joint – for decades. On the weekends, they venture out into the countryside where […]

Latest New Audiences Initiative films available to programmers this autumn

Small, Slow But Steady and Love According to Dalva are two exceptional films available to programmers for their upcoming seasons. Now in its second year, the New Audiences Initiative is access>CINEMA’s project aimed at providing extra support to one feature per quarter. This is to help network cinemas, venues and film clubs reach potential new audiences. Two exceptional titles have recently […]

Free French film screenings announced to mark Bastille Day 2023

French film fans in Ireland will be able to catch a series of free screenings, in Dublin or online, in July to mark Bastille Day 2023. To mark the French National Day, a series of special film screenings will take place in association with Dublin City libraries. In-person screenings include The Crusade from actor-director Louis Garrel and […]