Bringing the best of Irish cinema to the northwest
The Island Theatre, Ballinamore
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Ballymote Art Deco
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Boyle Family Resource Centre
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The Barracks, Dromahair
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Roscommon Arts Centre
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The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton
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The Model Cinema, Sligo
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The Island Theatre, Ballinamore 〰️ Ballymote Art Deco 〰️ Boyle Family Resource Centre 〰️ The Barracks, Dromahair 〰️ Roscommon Arts Centre 〰️ The Glens Centre, Manorhamilton 〰️ The Model Cinema, Sligo 〰️
The Swallow
Director: Tadhg O’Sullivan (70 mins)
In this, Brenda Fricker’s final film, an artist, isolated from the world but not from her memories, unpacks the remnants of a life long-lived and tries to make sense of her own unwillingness to let go.
In her small house by the sea, the artist begins a letter to an unknown correspondent. Surrounded by the books, mementoes and clutter of her life, her home exposed to the waves of a rising ocean, she writes about the history of lost art. Considering what has been lost, and wondering about her own desire to hold on, she meditates on memory and on art’s aspiration to immortality.
The Glens Arts Centre, Manorhamilton 4th November, 8.00pm
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Director: Grant Gee (102mins)
Legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans forms his perfect trio, recording two groundbreaking albums. When his brilliant young bassist dies tragically, Evans is devastated. The story follows Evans' journey to overcome grief and return to music.
"A jazz movie on a par with ’Round Midnight and Bird. In its minor-chord fashion, this sad film immerses viewers in the coolness of jazz in the years before the explosion of rock.” Irish Times
Boyle Family Resource Centre
17th October 2026, 8.00pm
(Tickets on Door)
The Island Theatre Ballinamore
18th October 2026
Once We Were Punks
Director: Frank Shouldice (95mins)
Director in attendance at all screenings.
The Best Band You Never Heard. The ex-punks of Bailieboro, Co. Cavan might say maturity is overrated. As The Panic Merchants, a four-piece in the late 1980’s, they caught a fleeting glimpse of the big time. Then notions gave way to careers, adulthood and emigration. Separated by oceans for the past three decades those barnstorming memories might tenuously connect four school pals across three continents. Except the past can mean more than distance, especially when ex-punks revive young dreams in middle age. Let the good times roll (again)
"It's inspirational, touching, warmly funny and always honest in an Irish way about where it and the band members are going. Turn on, tune in and rock out”. Recommended. Movies.ie