Friday, 24th, Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th, CHIANG MAI IRISH FILM FESTIVAL. Watch all five films for free at SFX Cinema MAYA Chiang Mai.
Free admission
Chiang Mai: 23–25 October at SFX Cinema, MAYA Chiang Mai
View the full screening schedule at: https://bit.ly/4jaqZbk
Seats can be reserved at the cinema starting one hour before each screening. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Wheelchair users, please contact 053 225 555 in advance for your places, before 25th October, 2026.
With Thai and English subtitles #IrishFilmFestival2026
Friday, 23 October | 7:00 PM | SFX Cinema Maya, Chiang Mai
Starring Cillian Murphy and Emily Watson, 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 is a powerful Irish drama adapted from Claire Keegan’s award-winning novel. Set in a small Irish town during Christmas 1985, the film follows Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and father of five daughters, whose discovery of a troubling secret forces him to confront his past and challenge the silence surrounding a local convent. Through its moving story, the film explores themes of courage, compassion, and moral responsibility.
𝗔 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 (𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆)
Saturday, 24 October | 3.00 pm | SFX Cinema
A Quiet Love explores the love stories and relationships of Deaf couples of different ages, backgrounds and life experiences.
Through conversations and everyday moments, the film reveals their love, affection and challenges, and the ways they learn to understand one another. It offers a glimpse into life and love within the Deaf community, which we rarely see on screen.
This warm and intimate documentary invites us to explore love through different forms of communication, reminding us that understanding one another does not always require words.
Saturday, 24 October | 5.00 pm | SFX Cinema, MAYA, Chiang Mai
Girls & Boys explores identity, love and finding your own path in a changing world through the story of Jace (Adam Lunnon-Collery), a young rugby player, and Charlie (Liath Hannon), a student who dreams of becoming a filmmaker. They meet by chance on Halloween night in Dublin. Although both attend Trinity College, they come from very different worlds. As they wander through Dublin’s streets together, conversations about their dreams, fears and futures gradually allow them to get to know each other and see one another in unexpected ways.
Sunday 25 October |17.00 hrs | SFX Cinema MAYA Chiang Mai
Spilt Milk tells the story of Bobby O’Brien (Cillian Sullivan), an 11-year-old boy growing up in Dublin in the 1980s who dreams of becoming a detective. Together with his best friend Nell Casey (Naoise Kelly), he sets up a detective agency and begins solving mysteries around the city. But when Bobby’s older brother suddenly disappears, their childhood game turns into a real-life search, leading them into a side of Dublin they have never known. The film explores friendship, family and growing up, as childhood innocence comes face to face with the complexities of the adult world.
Sunday, 25 October | 15.00 hrs | SFX Cinema, MAYA Chiang Mai
Báite is an Irish-language film th
at blends a murder mystery with a story of family, relationships and a past that cannot remain buried forever.
Set in 1975, the film follows 23-year-old Peggy Casey (Eleanor O’Brien), who lives in a rural community in the west of Ireland. When the water level of a nearby lake drops, revealing the body of a woman, Detective Sergeant Frank Ryan (Moe Dunford) arrives from Dublin to investigate. His inquiry gradually uncovers secrets long hidden within the community.
