BIFF 2026 - Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
<div>- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Dublin International Film Festival -</div><div><br></div><div>This witty, light-hearted Irish comedy-drama centres on a Friday night in a small-town cinema, as a series of comic mishaps draws an entire community together in unexpected and touching ways.</div><div><br></div><div>Set in the 1980s, Once Upon a Time in a Cinema follows Earl (Colin Morgan, Belfast) the owner/manager of a regional Irish cinema.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid financial struggles and failing equipment, Earl and his crew find themselves under siege from rogue rodents, belligerent patrons, a drunken projectionist, and the ultimate existential threat - the unstoppable march of new technology known as the Video Home System (VHS).</div><div><br></div><div>To add to the pressure, Earl’s younger brother Gerald (Calam Lynch) is desperate to sell the struggling family business to a local businessman, who is in attendance on this chaotic night to see the cinema in action before making his final offer...</div><div><br></div><div>Drawing from writer/director David Gleeson’s own experience growing up in a family of cinema owners, this is a love letter to the cinema experience.</div>DramaPT1H33M2026-10-30IEenColin Morgan
Calam Lynch
Clara Crichton
David Gleeson
David Gleeson
Judy Tossell
BIFF 2026 - Once Upon a Time in a Cinema"BIFF 2026 - Once Upon a Time in a Cinema"Showtimes
October 30, 10:30 am
November 5, 7:45 pm
November 16, 12:15 pm
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