Win a weekend stay at The Dean to celebrate the IFI French Film Festival 2026

You and a guest could enjoy an an overnight stay at The Dean to celebrate this year’s festival!

Now in its 27th year, the Peugeot IFI French Film Festival returns to the Irish Film Institute (IFI) Wednesday, November 18th to Sunday, November 29th. Ireland’s largest celebration of French culture, with 12 days and nights of incredible cinema, with 25 Irish premieres, awards contenders, animation, documentaries, filmmaker Q&As, a Catherine Deneuve retrospective strand, and more.

Alongside the festival, the IFI Café Bar’s ever-popular menu will give the audience a taste of France for a complete festival experience.

Additionally, there will be a collection of beloved director Éric Rohmer’s films available to stream nationwide via IFI@Home.

The festival also features performances from some of France’s leading actors including: Swann Arlaud (The Arrangement - 18:10 Thurs 19th; A Man Of His Time - 17:00 Sat 21st and 15:00 Fri 27th), Monica Belucci (The Birthday Party - 20:40 Thurs 19th), Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Cassel (Parallel Tales - 20:30 Sat 21st and 20:30 Thurs 26th) and Anaïs Demoustier (The Electric Kiss - 20:30 Wed 25th, 14:20 Sat 28th).

To celebrate this year’s incredible festival, you can be in with a chance of winning a luxurious weekend stay for two in The Dean, the IFI’s accommodation partner, by answering the question below.

Terms & Condition

1. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.
2. A valid entry consists of a correct answer entered in the form above, accompanied by the entrant’s name, email address and a phone number.
3. No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible, or corrupted entries will be accepted. No entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted.
4. The Promotion will run from 11/11/2026 to midnight on 25/11/2026 inclusive.
5. All entries must be received by the Promotor by no later than midnight on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
6. Promotion limited to one entry per person. No entrant will win more than one prize.
7. By submitting an entry to the Promotor, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.
8. It is the responsibility of You, the entrant, to provide correct, up-to-date details when entering the promotion and on acceptance of the prize. The Promoter cannot be held responsible for winners failing to supply accurate information which affects prize acceptance or delivery of their prize
9. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged, delayed or prevented as a result of any event beyond the Promoter’s control including, but not limited to, user error and any network, computer, hardware or software failures of any kind.. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries will become the property of the Promoter.
10. The prize is an overnight stay during a weekend of choice at The Dean Hotel, Dublin. There will be one winner.
11. All prizes will be subject to any additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the Promoter. Date exclusions apply. The prize cannot be refunded or redeemed for cash. Dates of stay must be organised through the IFI and The Dean subject to availability
12. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss, or loss of profits, damage or consequential damage of any nature in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise caused by the acceptance of the terms and conditions or in connection with the prize, save for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.
13. In the event of unforeseen circumstances the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative of equal or greater value.
14. The winners will be notified by email. The winner must claim the prize within 30 days of the notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Promotion rules.
15. Where a winner has successfully claimed the prize, the Promoter shall dispatch, or arrange to dispatch, the prize to the winner at the earliest opportunity. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be interpreted as placing an obligation on the Promoter to dispatch, or arrange to dispatch, the prize within a specified period of time.
16. The Promoters’ decision is final and binding in all matters and no correspondence will be entered into.
17. The winners’ details (name and county) will be made available on The Irish Times website.
18. The winner may be required to participate in unpaid publicity arising from this promotion.
19. The Promotor will only process your personal information as set out in https://www.irishtimes.com/policy-and-terms/privacy-policy and as set out in these terms and conditions.
20. Prizes are non transferrable and cannot be exchanged for cash.
21. These terms and conditions shall be governed by Irish law and the Courts of the Republic of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
22. Promoter and Data Controller: The Irish Times DAC, The Irish Times Building, P.O. Box 74, 24 - 28 Tara Street, Dublin 2.
23. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the Promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.

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