IFI Film Shop

The IFI Film Shop operates inside the Irish Film Institute at 6 Eustace Street in Temple Bar, the retail arm of what the IFI describes as "Ireland's national cultural institution for film." The Institute is a registered charity (No. 20021429) built around five stated pillars — Exhibit, Preserve, Educate, Innovate, and People — and its Preserve function, run through the IFI Irish Film Archive, gives the shop's stock a distinct backbone: alongside new releases, it carries archive box sets and critical writing tied directly to the Institute's own preservation work.

That connection to the Archive shows up on the shelves — Irish television and film box sets like Love/Hate sit next to critical writing from figures such as Mark Cousins and David Thomson, and the shop favors Irish and international arthouse cinema over mainstream new-release stock. Annual IFI membership, sold at the shop, carries a 10% discount on further purchases, tying retail to the Institute's broader mission of building sustained audiences for film rather than one-off sales. The shop, cinema, and café bar share the same Eustace Street building, making the store as much a coda to a cinema visit as a standalone destination.