The GAZE LGBTQIA Film Festival 2025 is back 31st July to 4th August at the Light House Cinema and the Irish Film Institute. Celebrating LGBQTIA storytelling, the programme features a selection of feature films and shorts celebrating the queer experience. Initially formed in 1992 as an underground film club, the festival itself predates the legalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.

DCC is a pop-culture/fandom event ideal as a family day out or a fan nerd out! Covering everything from movies/tv shows to comics, cosplay and gaming! Whether you are coming to find rare collectibles, meet some Hollywood actors and local artists, have your portfolio reviews by industry professionals or simply cosplay..we will have something to keep you entertained. Oh and all our DCC interactive sets are free! Dublin Comic Con : Summer Edition 2025!: August 9th and 10th Thanks again to all our fans for the ongoing support and a massive thank you to our team without whom we really couldn’

The Vertigo67 festival kicks off with a special 4k screening of the 1958 classic film Vertigo starring James Stewart and Kim Novak in the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on Tuesday 12th August at 8pm, with a free introductory talk before the movie screening given by Elizabeth Bullock (San Francisco). After the evening screening of the movie at the Lighthouse on Tuesday 12 August, the Vertigo67 festival continues over in the Trinity Long Room Hub venue, Trinity College Dublin from Wednesday 13th August to Friday 15 August. The Vertig67 festival celebrates the collaboration between Alfred Hitchco