The Irish Film Festival Australia 2o22 season is the eighth annual program of the best cinema that Ireland has to offer, shared with our enthusiastic and supportive Irish film-loving communities across Australia.

The 2022 festival will showcase a total of 16 films, including 13 Australian Premieres. 10 of the films will be screened in Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra from August 25 to  September 25, while seven of these join an additional six films available for streaming as part of the online festival from September 30 to October 16.

Among the highlights this year has got to be the breakout Irish language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl), which has restored the primacy of the Irish language to our popular culture. Singer Damien Dempsey’s, Love Yourself Today has a lot to say about the healing power of music, while our opening night film Steps of Freedom celebrates the way that Irish dance culture has quietly influenced artists everywhere around the world.”

This year’s program includes moving dramas, inspiring documentaries, eerie horrors, darkly funny comedies, and captivating family films. Festival award-winners include Redemption of a Rogue, Steps of Freedom, The Cry Of Granuaile, You Are Not My Mother, An Cailín Cúin (The Quiet Girl), Let the Wrong One In, Young Plato and Who We Love.