Lights, camera, action and tickets for just €4 as part of National Cinema Day

Cinemagoers will be able to avail of €4 ticket as part of National Cinema Day on Saturday. More than 200,000 people availed of discounted tickets last year.

Cinemas have had a bumper summer given the success of the films Barbie and Oppenheimer which have brought back many people for the first time since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Almost every cinema in the Republic will participate in the initiative offering a wide variety of new and recent releases for audiences including family movies.

Screen Ireland chief executive Désirée Finnegan said the “support from Irish audiences has made the incredible success of Irish film in the past year possible”.

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“We’re delighted to promote the Irish films available to choose from as part of this initiative – and we hope audiences around the country will have a wonderful experience connecting with those stories on the big screen.”

Tickets can be purchased through the websites of participating cinemas through to Saturday.

Some of the movies showing include Irish titles such as Ballywalter, starring Patrick Kielty, which will have special previews on the day, along with Tarrac which will also have special previews on September 2nd.

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Popular titles will also continue to screen on the day, including The Equalizer 3; The Blackening; Passages; Barbie; Oppenheimer; The Meg 2: The Trench; Theater Camp; Gran Turismo; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem; Blue Beetle; Strays and Haunted Mansion.