IFI Player

The IFI Player app is a virtual viewing room for treasures from the Irish Film Institute’s (IFI) remarkable moving image collection in our Archives in Dublin, Ireland. This free app will give audiences across the globe instant and exclusive access to this rich heritage. The material on the IFI Player has been carefully selected to give audiences a taste of the breadth and depth of the collections preserved by the IFI Archive.
You can browse by category and by specific collections as well as searching by date, location and area of interest.
Contemporary short films, newsreels, travelogues, animation, public information films, home movies and documentaries have been included, as we want to reflect all aspects of indigenous amateur and professional film production in Ireland in the past 100 years.
New content is uploaded regularly ensuring there is always something unique to discover from the IFI Irish Film Archive anytime and anywhere you want.
The IFI Player App uses streaming technology, which means that you must be connected to the Internet in order to watch content.

The IFI Player is available worldwide from the Google Play store.
We hope you enjoy discovering Ireland’s rich film heritage.

Category : Entertainment

Reviews (14)

A. G. u. Nov 3, 2018

At this time I can only give Three stars for an otherwise excellent app. Five stars would be deserving if only it wouldn't keep crashing every time I try to play a video. Infact I can't ever remember an update being issued for this app. Please address the above issue. The app is pointless for those with this problem.

A. M. Sep 21, 2020

Seems to work fine on phone but i was looking to use the android tv app to view festival documentary purchases - it crashes all the time. Only browse menu is available there 🤔

A. G. u. Apr 29, 2019

Using on latest version android TV. Plays for a few minutes then stops and goes to android lock screen. Otherwise great content

A. G. u. Apr 6, 2020

I'm sure there's nostalgia a go go out there but every time i trief to play it it stalled , failed or the screen just froze.... yay go the rte

A. G. u. Oct 4, 2019

It would be great if it stopped crashing!!☹

A. G. u. Mar 26, 2020

Great to see these old Irish films preserved for all to see!!

Don. B. Oct 31, 2020

crashes on android while opening.

Gav. T. Aug 5, 2021

Search function not working

A. G. u. Jun 16, 2018

This app crashes every time I try play a video.

A. G. u. May 3, 2018

Absolutely fantastic app. Great to have quality videos of our history for all to see. Everyone should have this app

A. G. u. Oct 22, 2017

Outstanding. Incredible resource. Fairplay.

A. G. u. Aug 23, 2017

Brilliant - informative and entertaining resource.

A. G. u. Aug 24, 2017

Love it. A blast from the past. Well done IFI.

A. G. u. May 3, 2018

History never to be forgotten