2017 Festival
Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Belfast International Arts Festival. Our aim is a simple one; to create a genuinely civic event of contemporary arts and ideas of international appeal and stature.
What You Missed
Christoph Croisé, (cello) accompanied by Alexander Panfilov (piano)
7:30pm
Classical
From Countryside to Cityscape
1:05pm
Classical
Great Concertos: Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
7:30pm
Classical
Strike
6:20pm
Film
What should a Soviet Film Be? – A talk by Ian Christie
6:20pm
Film
October: Ten Days That Shook the World
7:50pm
Film
In Praise of Nasty Women
4:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Double Bill: Ivan the Terrible, Parts I and II
6:20pm
Film
Hillsborough
6:00pm
Film
The Excitements
Doors: 7.30pm | Band: 8pm
Music
NI Premiere
Atlantic Arc Orchestra / Lula Pena – CANCELLED
7:30pm
Music
David Lyttle Trio
8:00pm
Music
War Beyond Words
7:00pm
Poppies
The Poppy: Survival in a Devastated Battlefield Landscape
1:00pm
Poppies
Free
Their Spirits’ Shadow
1:00pm
Poppies
Free
Pioneers to Professionals. Women and the Royal Navy
1:00pm
Poppies
Free
Why the First World War Failed to End
7:00pm
Poppies
Free
Boys of the Island
1:00pm
Poppies
Irish Premiere
Free
Mariinsky Orchestra
7:30pm
Classical
UK & Ireland Premiere
Motosikai
12pm & 3pm
Special Events
Irish Premiere
Free
East West Street: On the Origins of ‘Genocide’ and ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
7:30pm
Special Events