Garter Lane Arts Centre presents IFI School Screenings: Think Languages Week 2026
Garter Lane Arts Centre is delighted to host IFI’s Think Languages Week foreign language screenings for secondary schools. Please see below for the programme and information on each film.
How To Book:
Email visualarts@garterlane.ie with the following information:
- Teacher’s name/contact details
- Class Year
- Class Size
- Film title/ date
17th November
Just and Illusion/ Juste une Illusion – French Junior
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.
Language: French (with English subtitles)
Director: Olivier Nakache
Cast: Simon Boublil, Alexis Rosentiehl, Louis Garrel, Pierre Lottin.
18th November
Santiago: The Camino Therapy / Compostelle – French Senior
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.
Language: French (with English subtitles)
Director: Yann Samuell
Cast: Alexandra Lamy, Julien Le Berre, Éric Métayer, Mélanie Doutey.
19th November
The Dinner / La Cena – Spanish Senior
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.
Language: Spain (with English subtitles)
Director: Manuel Gómez Pereira
Cast: Mario Casas, Alberto San Juan, Asier Etxeandia, Nora Hernández
