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film · Wednesday 9 September 2026 · 7:00pm 
Girls & Boys Film Screening
At Dunamaise Arts Centre · Church Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
At Dunamaise Arts Centre · Church Street, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Dunamaise Arts Centre screens Girls & Boys on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, presented in partnership with Laois Pride. The film follows two Trinity College students from very different worlds, Jace, a rugby player, and Charlie, a trans aspiring filmmaker, who meet at a Dublin party that gets shut down by authorities and end up spending the night wandering the city together. Their conversation over that night, and a past connection that resurfaces between them, forms the spine of what reviewers have described as a tender, low-key romance in the dialogue-driven style of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy.
This is a single evening screening rather than a run, with the film shown as part of Dunamaise’s cinema programme in partnership with Laois Pride, tying the screening to the centre’s wider community and LGBTQ+ programming rather than presenting it as a standard commercial release. The film itself is dialogue-led and character-driven, built around one long night and conversation rather than a plot-heavy structure, and its comparison to the Before trilogy gives a fair sense of the pacing and tone to expect. Given the Laois Pride partnership, the screening is likely to draw a mixed audience of regular Dunamaise cinema-goers and the local LGBTQ+ community, and may include a short introduction on the night, though the programme does not list a formal post-film discussion.
Dunamaise Arts Centre is on Church Street in Portlaoise town centre, within walking distance of the train station and main car parks. Portlaoise is on the Dublin to Cork and Dublin to Limerick rail lines and just off the M7 motorway.
A weekday evening screening fits easily around dinner in the town centre, with Church Street’s cafes and restaurants close to the door. There is more to see in Portlaoise and across Co. Laois.
Heading to Dunamaise Arts Centre in Portlaoise? Laois has plenty more to see. Read the Portlaoise area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.