And just like that, without almost even realising it, we have arrived at the fourth edition of the N.I.C.E. Festival in Ireland! Every year we return with great pleasure to this country that, since 2022, has been welcoming us with great warmth and participation.
From the two cities and ten screenings of the first edition, we have grown to 22 screenings in four cities in 2025. We at N.I.C.E. cannot but be proud and grateful for this fantastic result. Therefore, we sincerely thank the Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin, our tireless partner in the organisation of these events.
Above all, we thank the Irish audience, those who have been following us since 2022 and those who will join us for the first time in this adventure that is Italian cinema.
In 2025, too, the titles we present are varied: together we will range from documentaries to historical films, via romantic comedies and family dramas.
This confirms the soul and purpose of N.I.C.E., which is to support new Italian cinema, the authentic and original one.

We look forward to seeing you!

Viviana Del Bianco
Artistic Director N.I.C.E. – New Italian Cinema Events

The 2025 edition of the N.I.C.E. Italian Film Festival Ireland kicks off with an exceptional new addition. Thanks to the collaboration with the TUS Limerick School of Art and Design, the Festival is further broadening its horizons with a series of four free screenings in Limerick, at the TUS Millenium Theatre, Moylish Campus. Four handpicked films-the ones scheduled in Limerick-dedicated mostly to female-inspired characters.
Italian Cinema has been at home in Ireland for four years now, and the N.I.C.E. Italia Film Festival Ireland – now in its fourth edition – is tangible proof of this. An event that we strongly wanted, organized, supported and backed with a lot of hard work and dedication. Meanwhile, the offer of Italian films in Irish theaters has increased. Aided by the success of such films as “Ennio,” “Io Capitano,” “There’s Still Tomorrow,” “Vermiglio” and others.
This year the selection of the best Italian films comes to four Irish cities – Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick – and aims to garner even more acclaim. Ten films have been selected, for a total of 22 screenings, aiming to satisfy all the tastes of our audience: from new fans of Italian culture, to those who already flock to the many “Lunedì al cinema” events at the Institute.
Special thanks to the partners of this and previous editions: the UCC, TUS and Galway Universities, the film theaters, the Galway Film Society and our Festival partners, DIFF and CIFF.

We look forward to seeing many of you!

Marco Gioacchini
Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin
Director

Original language / English subtitles

LIMERICK
TUS Millenium Theatre

Thursday 27 MAR
18:00 — ROMANTICHE / Romantic Girls by Pilar Fogliati — 108′
FILM PREVIEW

Friday 28 MAR
18:00 — DIAMANTI / Diamonds by Ferzan Özpetek — 135′
RECEPTION AFTER THE SCREENING

Saturday 29 MAR
16:00 — REAL by Adele Tulli — 83′
18:30 — GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario — 106′

 

DUBLIN

Odeon Point Square

Thursday 3 APR
18:30 — GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario — 106′
RECEPTION AFTER THE SCREENING

Light House Cinema

Friday 4 APR
18:30 — DIAMANTI / Diamonds by Ferzan Özpetek — 135′

Saturday 5 APR
15:30 — UNA STORIA NERA / A dark story by Leonardo D’Agostini — 100′
18:30 — L’ABBAGLIO / The illusion by Roberto Andò — 131″

Sunday 6 APR
15:30 — REAL by Adele Tulli — 83′
17:30 — ROMANTICHE / Romantic Girls by Pilar Fogliati — 108′

19:45 — MEET THE ACTORS
20:10 — PARTHENOPE by Paolo Sorrentino — 136′

 

CORK
The Arc Cinema

Friday 4 APR
18:30 — PARTHENOPE by Paolo Sorrentino — 136′
RECEPTION AFTER THE SCREENING

Saturday 5 APR
18:00 — FAMILIA by Francesco Costabile — 124′
20:15 — DIAMANTI / Diamonds by Ferzan Özpetek — 135′

Sunday 6 APR
15:30 — IL TRENO DEI BAMBINI / The Children’s Train by Cristina Comencini — 106′
FREE ENTRANCE

18:00 — ROMANTICHE / Romantic Girls by Pilar Fogliati — 108′
20:15 — L’ABBAGLIO / The illusion by Roberto Andò — 131″

 

GALWAY
Eye Cinema

Friday 4 APR
18:00 — GLORIA! by Margherita Vicario — 106′

Saturday 5 APR
16:45 — VITTORIA by Alessandro Cassigoli e Casey Kauffman — 83′
19:15 — PARTHENOPE by Paolo Sorrentino — 136′
RECEPTION BEFORE THE SCREENING

Sunday 6 APR
15:30 — REAL by Adele Tulli — 83′
18:00 — DIAMANTI / Diamonds by Ferzan Özpetek — 135′