EU and MEDIA Film News May 2025
News about European films supported by the EU funding and highlighting independent cinemas and cinema clubs that are part of the Europa Cinemas network in Ireland. Includes films made thanks to EU initiatives such as Eurimages Cinema Fund, European Film Promotion as well as events such as the European Film Awards, European Cinema Month, A Season of Classic Films, and the LUX Audience Award.
- IFI, Dublin and IFI@Home
- Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
- Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin
- Access Cinema Network of regional cinema clubs
- MyCinema.ie is an EU-supported platform, operated by access>CINEMA Ireland, on which you can you can rent a curated selection of the best world cinema.
LUX Audience Award winner 2025 is Flow by Gints Zilbalodis
The winner of the 2025 LUX Audience Award was announced on 29th of April in the Hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels: the winning film is Flow directed by Gints Zilbalodis. Flow won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2025.
The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal but when his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences
Julie Keeps Quiet | Lighthouse Dublin, Triskel Cork
Julie Keeps Quiet directed by Leonardo van Dijl (Belgium, Sweden). Feature film. As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet... One of the films nominated for 2025 LUX Audience Award.
Irish Animation Awards, Saturday 24th May
Animation Ireland’s awards ceremony to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding creative talent within the Irish Animation. This is Animation Ireland’s sixth awards ceremony to acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding creative talent within the Irish Animation, VFX and gaming industries. The awards will take place at The Galway Bay Hotel, Co Galway, on 24th May 2025.
MEDIA funded projects with Irish partners
- Hungry Bear Tales: To the Pole! Irish partner: Treehouse Republic. Nominated for Best Feature Film or Special category.
- Silly Sundays. Cartoon Saloon. Nominated for Best Animated Preschool Series (up to 6 years old).
- Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese. Irish Partner: Kavaleer. Nominated for Best Animated Kids Series (over 6 years old).
Get tickets (€130.00 + €11.70 VAT ) for Irish Animation Awards.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig | IFI at Home
Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife Najmeh and his daughters Rezvan and Sana, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended. The Seed of The Sacred Fig, by Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany, France, Iran, 2024) was nominated for Best International Film (for Germany) in the 2025 Oscars.