NATIONAL CINEMA WEEKEND announced for Sat 5^th and Sun 6^th September

Participating Irish cinemas to offer tickets priced from just €4 all weekend

On Saturday 5^th and Sunday 6^th of September, cinemas across the Republic of Ireland will celebrate National Cinema Weekend with admission prices at participating cinemas starting from just €4 (RSP). This initiative is proudly supported by Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland.

Previous National Cinema Days were such a huge success in Ireland, with over 200,000 admissions across a single day that the film industry made the decision to extend the initiative this year to take in a full weekend, allowing audiences to see multiple films at a reduced rate across two days. The industry is looking forward to welcoming even more visitors to the big screen for National Cinema Weekend 2026, to share the special cinema experience with friends and family – who will you take?

Approximately 99% of cinemas in the Republic of Ireland will participate in this initiative, offering a wide variety of new and recent releases for audiences to enjoy, including family favourites that all the family can enjoy as a treat as schools have just reopened. Cinemas in every county in the Republic of Ireland are participating, meaning easy access for audiences to big screen entertainment in their home county across the weekend. Cinemagoers across National Cinema Weekend will also be able to benefit from additional screenings catering to diverse audiences including sensory screenings along with additional subtitled and captioned screenings at various cinemas.

Off the back of a blockbuster summer and the massive popularity of many titles including The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the cinema industry in Ireland has united to celebrate the ritual of cinema-going and the important place it has in Irish life. For many years, Ireland has had the highest cinema attendance per capita in Europe*.

The Republic of Ireland also has the highest screen density per capita of any European country, with an average of one cinema screen per 10,000 people, demonstrating the Irish public’s love of cinema*.

Alex Murphy and Chris Walley, stars of The Young Offenders (which will celebrate its ten year anniversary with a re-release of the film on National Cinema Weekend) said "We think there’s nothing like the magic of going to the movies. The shared communal experience of enjoying films as they were meant to be seen – on the big screen with a captive audience, is one of our favourite things to do. We’re really looking forward to celebrating National Cinema Weekend this year by catching as many films as we can, and re-watching some of the great movies we've already enjoyed at the cinema this year."

Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland is the official supporter of National Cinema Weekend 2026. Désirée Finnegan, Chief Executive of Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, commented:

"Screen Ireland is proud to support National Cinema Weekend, which is set to be a fantastic celebration of cinema, in recognition of Irish audiences and their continued support for Irish film on the big screen. With such a wide range of films available to choose from as part of the initiative, we hope audiences across the country can find new Irish stories to connect with this year."

Tickets can be purchased online and at the box office from 5pm on Sunday 30^th August. Audiences are advised to check local cinema listings and can also visit www.cinemaweekend.ie as a central online location to check out what’s screening at their local cinema for National Cinema Weekend.

New and recent releases will screen across the weekend including The Incomer starring Domhnall Gleeson; special preview screenings of Bad Apples starring Saoirse Ronan; The Death of Robin Hood starring Hugh Jackman; Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars; Insidious: Out Of The Further; Coyote vs. Acme and I Want Your Sex starring Olivia Wilde. Some of the movies showing include Irish titles such as new music documentary Celtic Utopia and limited preview screenings of the acclaimed Everybody Digs Bill Evans, filmed in West Cork. Also screening will be Irish titles The Quiet Girl / An Cailín Ciúin; Báite; and Gar O’Rourke’s acclaimed Ukrainian documentary Sanitorium. Popular re-releases will also screen across the weekend including The Lobster; Terminator 2: Judgment Day; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; animated favourite Cars and The Hunger Games saga.

Participating cinemas include: Arc Cinemas; Carrick Cineplex; Century Cinemas; Cineworld; Eclipse Cinemas; Eye Cinema; Gate Cinemas; IFI Cinemas; IMC Cinemas; Light House Cinema; Movies@ Cinemas; ODEON Cinemas; Omniplex Cinemas; Reel Cinemas; Vue Cinemas.