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Belfast Film Festival · 2026

Belfast Film Festival 2026

Opening & Closing Night

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2 films · 1 review

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I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

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Comes at you like a pint of lager with a Jäger bomb chaser and a packet of crisps – strong, energising, salty and sharp, you feel the headiness and the kick.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.

(Country: UK, France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Clio Barnard; Writer: Enda Walsh; Stars: Joe Cole, Anthony Boyle, Lola Petticrew, Jay Lycurgo, Daryl McCormack, Millie Brady, Lucie Shorthouse, James Eeles)

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Lost City

A boxer finds himself facing off against a notorious Limerick gangster in order to protect the woman he loves.

(Country: UK; Year: 2027; Director: Sean A Murray; Writer: Sean A Murray; Stars: Ian Beattie, John Connors, Graham Earley, Geraldine Hughes, Stephen Rea, Gerard Jordan, Jade Jordan, Mosa Kambule, Ciaran McCourt, Adam Murphy, Jade O'Neill)