The Model Cinema is proud to present our Secondary Schools Film Programme, a multi-cultural film programme which supports film in secondary school curricula. Screenings are presented in association with the Irish Film Institute. Screenings generally at 11am, admission €5 per student (teachers free of charge). To book please contact education@themodel.ie
Download the IFI Schools Programme 2026/27 brochure here.
FRENCH Senior Cycle/TY
Santiago: The Camino Therapy (Compostelle)
Thu. 19 Nov. 2026, 11am *New Date*
A rebellious teenager avoiding prison and a woman struggling to come to terms with her past agree to undertake the Camino de Santiago together. As they walk, their unlikely friendship is tested, and the pilgrimage becomes a space for both confrontation and healing. Funny, heartwarming and redemptive, this year’s Senior French choice is sure to please. Accompanying Study Guide available at ifi.ie/studyguides.
France • 2025 • 113 mins • Drama • Subtitled • Director: Yann Samuell
IFI Age Rec.: 15A
SPANISH Senior Cycle/TY
The Dinner / La Cena
Thu. 14 Jan. 2027, 11am
This year’s Senior Spanish film choice is set in 1939, weeks after the end of the Spanish Civil War, when defeated Republican prisoner-cooks are forced to prepare a victory banquet for Franco and his
generals, while they plot their final chance to escape. A tragicomedy of humour, suspense and defiance under dictatorship. Accompanying Study Guide available at ifi.ie/studyguides.
Spain • 2025 • 106 mins • Drama • Subtitled • Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira
IFI Age Rec.: 15A
GERMAN Senior Cycle/TY
Berlin Hero / Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse
Thu. 25 Feb. 2027, 11am
Wolfgang Becker’s Good Bye, Lenin! celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall through humour, satire and Ostalgie. In this, his final film, he looks humorously at the 30 years hence. Struggling videostore owner Micha is falsely credited by a journalist with masterminding the biggest GDR escape. As Micha’s unexpected fame grows, he must navigate the consequences of a lie that changes his life. Accompanying Study Guide available at ifi.ie/studyguides.
Germany • 2025 • 112 mins • Drama • Subtitled • Directors: Wolfgang Becker, Achim von Borries
IFI Age Rec: 12A
GERMAN Junior Cycle
Circusboy / Zirkuskind
Thu. 21 Jan. 2027, 11am
With the tropical forest under threat of deforestation from logging companies, Kéria, Selaï and their rescued baby orangutan Oshi decide to take a stand to save the rainforest and protect its indigenous population. A stunning new animation from My Life as a Courgette director Claude Barras. Accompanying Study Guide available at ifi.ie/studyguides.
Germany • 2026 • 106 mins • Documentary • Subtitled • Directors: Anna Koch, Julia Lemke
IFI Age Rec.: G
SPANISH Junior Cycle
Another League / Pioneras: Solo Querían Jugar
Thu. 4 Mar. 2027, 11am
Spain might be top of the football world, but the historic struggle for young female players is evident in this 1970s set drama. 16-year-old Nati secretly pursues her passion for football while coach Javier Poga brings together the country’s first women’s team. Despite social and political opposition in Franco’s Spain, and plenty of everyday sexism, the players set out to win the right to play. Accompanying Study Guide available at ifi.ie/studyguides.
Spain • 2026 • 106 mins • Historical/Drama • Subtitled • Director: Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz
IFI Age Rec.: 12A
FRENCH Junior Cycle
Just an Illusion / Juste Une Illusion
Thu. 11 Mar. 2027, 11am *New Date*
Terrific coming-of-age story from the makers of Intouchables. In Paris, 1985, Vincent is on the brink of adolescence. As his Bar Mitzvah approaches, he navigates quarreling parents, an older brother and first love, while discovering that adulthood is not always as certain as it seems. A retro French comedy filled with humour, 1980’s music and nostalgia. Accompanying Study Guide available at ifi.ie/studyguides.
France • 2026 • 119 mins • Comedy/Drama • Subtitled • Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
IFI Age Rec.: 12A
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