Free screenings of contemporary Italian cinema to take place at TUS Millennium Theatre
THE Italian Film Festival Ireland will return to Limerick on Wednesday April 30 and Friday May 1, with the fifth edition of the popular cultural event set to take place at the TUS Millennium Theatre on the Moylish Campus.
Presented in collaboration with N.I.C.E. (New Italian Cinema Events) and organised in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Ireland, the festival will offer Limerick audiences a curated series of three free screenings celebrating the richness, creativity and diversity of Italian film culture.
The event has been made possible through the support of a number of valued partners, including the Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD), the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS), the Department of Digital Arts and Media, the Italian Institute of Culture in Dublin, and the Honorary Consul of Italy for Munster.
Now in its fifth year, the festival continues to grow in both scope and ambition, aiming to enrich Limerick’s cultural landscape by providing audiences with access to contemporary and classic Italian cinema while fostering intercultural dialogue and strengthening ties between Ireland and Italy.
Admission is free, with tickets available through Eventbrite. All films will be shown in Italian with English subtitles.
Thursday April 30, 2026 6pm — Opening reception 8pm — Un anno di scuola, Laura Samani, Drama, 2025 (102 mins)
Set in 2007, Fred moves to Trieste with her father and enrols in a technical high school, finding herself the only girl in an all-male class — unsettling the dynamic among her new classmates in ways none of them anticipated.
Friday May 1, 2026 5pm — Chiara, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Drama, 2022 (106 mins)
Assisi, 1211. Eighteen-year-old Chiara flees her home to join her friend Francesco, breaking free from her family’s constraints and ultimately defying the Pope himself in pursuit of freedom — both for herself and for the women who follow her.
7.30pm — Elvira Notari: Oltre il silenzio, Valerio Ciriaci, Documentary, 2025 (90 mins) — followed by Q&A with the director
A documentary exploring the life and legacy of pioneering Italian filmmaker Elvira Notari. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and went on to win the Jury Prize at the Villa Medici Film Festival.