. Film societies all over Ireland will celebrate the centenary today by screening a selection of classic films, from Babette's Feast in Tralee to Some Like It Hot in Galway, and a full day of Luis Bunuel films in Cork.
. The Party Of The Century at the IFC tonight promises "to transport revellers from the Edwardian Music Hall to the moving image of the future". The party incorporates music hall, cinema, a cyber party, performances, and victuals and wine. At this late stage, it's most certainly sold out.
. The New Irish Cinema Showcase, a touring selection of films supported by the Irish Film Board, travels the country from April 26th to June 28th. The showcase will visit Galway, Sligo, Derry, Belfast, Athlone, Monaghan, Tullamore, Waterford and Cork.
. The 100 Years Of Irish Cinema Exhibition on the development of cinema in Ireland presents the history of film production, in par with the experience of cinema go. Venues confirmed so far include: Jobstown Community Arts Festival, South County Dublin Arts Festival, Eigse Ceatharlach, Boyle Arts Festival, Coalisland Heritage Trust, West Cork Arts Centre, Cavan Arts, Monaghan Country Museum, Westport Arts Festival, Garter Lane Arts Festival, Rathmines Library, Carlow County Library, Virgin Cinemas, UCI Cinemas, Cinemaworld (Douglas). The exhibition will tour from May to December. The Four Provinces Touring Newsreels are four 15 minutes collections at newsreel footage covering material from Ulster, Munster, Connaught and Leinster respectively. In most cases the newsreels, along with material from the Irish Film Archive Collection, will complement the Cinema Exhibition.
. The Grand Cafe Screening at Powerscourt Townhouse in Dublin on May 10th will recreate the atmosphere of the very first public screening in the world, at the Grand Cafe, Boulevard des Capuchines in Paris. Films by the Lumiere Brothers and Georges Melies will be shown, along with the Great Train Robbery and Rory O More, with piano accompaniment by Richard McLaughlin.
. National Cinema Day on June 2nd will see cinemas north and south of the border, as well as in England, Scotland and Wales, charging £1 for every show on that day.
. Outdoor screenings in Meeting House Square in Dublin's Temple Bar will take place throughout the summer, including a surprise, film in June, a major gala screening in July and a film every Friday in August.
. A Centenary Conference entitled Projecting The Nation: National Cinema In An International Frame will examine issues of nationality facing film makers worldwide. The aim of the conference, at the IFC from October 31st to November 3rd, is "to bring together beading commentators on national cinema to examine same of the key questions facing film as a cultural form in the new global communications order".