1. La Fameuse Invasion des ours en Sicile at the Alliance Française Dublin
If you are looking to do something cute, cozy and comforting on the last weekend of February, this is the perfect activity for you. The French Library at Alliance Française Dublin is hosting a free screening of La Fameuse Invasion des ours en Sicile (Lorenzo Mattotti, 2019), a visually striking animation film based on a beloved Italian book that tells the story of friendship and conflict between humans and anthropomorphic bears. The screening is scheduled for 11.30am on Saturday, February 28th.
2. Juana Robles’ Bodyverses – Frances Mezetti: 2nd Lock (2025) on aemi
Juana Robles is aemi’s current artist-in-focus and the film collective have made her short film Bodyverses – Frances Mezetti: 2nd Lock (2025) available on their website for a very limited time. The film follows Dublin artist Mezzetti as she explores her relationship with her sister through performance and site-specific contemplation. Viewers are also encouraged to watch the interview with Robles available on the same web page.
3. Maryam Tafakory’s Daria’s Night Flowers at the Project Arts Centre
Tafakory is a UK-based, Iranian artist filmmaker who makes textual and filmic collages. Her new film, Daria’s Night Flowers, constitutes her ongoing body of research into representations of women, or the lack thereof, in post-revolution Iranian cinema. It also focuses on concealed queer stories and the representation of desire. It is currently being screened by the Projects Art Centre, Monday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm, until mid-April. No bookings required.
4. Vladimir on Netflix
Based on Julia May Jonas’ book of the same name about an English professor’s dangerous obsession with a young novelist, Vladimir stars Rachel Weisz as M and Leo Woodall as the titular Vladimir. Shot in Toronto, it has been directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, with Irish actress, writer and comedian Sharon Horgan serving as one of the executive producers. The series is slated to be released on Netflix on March 5th, 2026.
5. Reasons to go to the cinema this month
There’s a bunch of brilliant and exciting films either already on screen or about to be released soon that give us plenty of reasons for going to the cinema. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent and Hasan Hadi’s Iraqi film The President’s Cake were both big winners at Cannes last year. There is also Óliver Laxe’s road-trip film Sirāt. On a more commercial strand, we have Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee and Tom Harper’s Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
