Eye For Film >> Festivals >> A-Z >> Docs Ireland >> 2024
Opening with Alessandra Celesia's intimate Belfast-set story The Flats, this year's Docs Ireland explores a wide range of topics including feminism, colonialism, music and health. It includes a special In Conversation approach with Asif Kapadia, and a Solstice event celebrating the often overlooked contribution of women in traditional Irish music.
The festival runs from 18 to 23 June.
View Films by Strand:
- Focus on Finland
- Galas
- International documentary
- Maysles Brothers Competition for Observational Documentary
- Pull Focus
- The Third Dimension
- The Zone
View previous years coverage of the Docs Ireland festival:
Docs Ireland Latest Reviews
This film made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta by Israeli authorities and the unlikely alliance which develops between the Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Amber is one of the many agents working for the Bhutanese government to measure people’s happiness levels among the remote Himalayan mountains. But will he find his own along the way?
An international group of 'gentlemanly explorers', all with pseudonyms to protect their identities, come together in a quest to solve the mystery of the missing tomb of Alexander the Great.
A nightmarish essay film on the history of the doorbell, tracing its invention and constant reinventions through 19th century labour struggles, the nascent years of narrative cinema, and contemporary surveillance cultures.
Biodiversity and generation gaps collide in a politically urgent and thoughtful film about two young activists' fight to save the vast Finnish forests.
Shot in Paris, Death Valley, and the Nevada nuclear test site, this film essay examines the complex historical relationship between photography, cinema and science.
Joe and his Belfast neighbors reenact childhood memories from the violent Troubles era in their Catholic district, exploring the collective experiences that shaped their lives and community.
Three generations, spanning London to Sri Lanka, weave together in this documentary considering a history of abuse.
A personal story about the return of Sámi artefacts — long held in a museum — to their homeland.
3D dance documentary.
Docs Ireland Features
Docs Ireland News
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:
DOC NYC
New York's celebration of factual film
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
One of the largest film gatherings in northern Europe
French Film Festival
The UK's longest running celebration of Francophone cinema
Cannes Film Festival
Archive of festival coverage.
Sundance Film Festival
Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.
Berlin Film Festival
Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.
