diff 2024

A building is set ablaze. A teenage boy, Minato (Soya Kurokawa) and his mother, Saori (Sakora Ando) watch as it is engulfed in flames. Saori excitedly watches fire trucks rush to its rescue, but Minato seems wholly disinterested. This…

It’s a word salad of a title, but Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person does exactly what it says on the tin. A coming-of-age dark comedy more than a serious vampire horror, Ariane Louis-Seize’s film is a sweet and charming…

A young girl walks through the forest alone. Naked limbs of trees carve up the bright sky as Eiko Ishibashi’s score swells like a scene straight from a fairy tale, but fairy tales don’t exist. A distant gunshot disturbs the peace in this…

You shouldn’t judge a film by its title any more than you should judge a book by its cover, but the ethos of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World is summed up in that title. Radu Jude’s masterful exploration of modern malaise…

Since its inception in 2003, the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) has endeavoured to bring the best of international cinema to Irish audiences, and the 2024 slate is no exception. With films from some of the most exciting…