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film · Wednesday 5 August 2026 · 7:30pm 
The Love That Remains - Solstice Arts Centre Navan
At Solstice Arts Centre · Railway Street, Navan, Co. Meath
At Solstice Arts Centre · Railway Street, Navan, Co. Meath
A slow, quietly devastating Icelandic drama comes to Navan on a Wednesday evening in August - and if you have any interest in serious cinema, it is worth making the trip. Directed by Hlynur Pálmason, whose previous work includes Godland and A White, White Day, The Love That Remains is a film about a marriage coming apart in the Icelandic countryside, told through a year of seasons and small moments. It is not a flashy film. It works by accumulation, and by the time it reaches you it has a genuine weight. Suitable for adults and older teenagers (cert 15A), and screened in Icelandic with English subtitles.
Anna and Magnús live with their three children and a sheepdog in the rural Icelandic countryside. Over the course of a year, their relationship fractures, and Pálmason charts the dissolution through intimate vignettes - some funny in a dry, uncomfortable way, some quietly heartbreaking. The film shifts gradually from domestic realism into something stranger, with fantasy sequences creeping in as the characters’ inner lives start to blur into the narrative. Pálmason shot on 35mm film and also served as his own director of photography, and the changing Icelandic seasons become as much a character as the family itself. Critics at the New York Film Festival singled it out as Pálmason’s most grounded and emotionally complete work to date. Running time is 109 minutes.
The screening is presented by ACCESS Cinema, which brings international and art-house films to arts centres and cinemas across Ireland that would not otherwise get a theatrical run. Solstice Arts Centre in Navan screens ACCESS Cinema titles on Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm, with a digital 4K projector and Dolby surround sound.
Navan sits at the junction of the N3 and N51, roughly 50 kilometres north-west of Dublin - about 45 minutes by car on a clear run. Bus Éireann runs services between Dublin Busáras and Navan (route 109), with journey times around an hour. Solstice Arts Centre is on Railway Street close to the town centre and the bus station, so it is an easy walk from the stop. On-street parking is available on Railway Street and in nearby car parks in the town centre.
Navan is the county town of Meath and sits at the confluence of the Boyne and Blackwater rivers, with the earthworks of Athlumney Castle visible on the river bank. A film evening here pairs well with a meal in the town beforehand - there are a handful of restaurants and cafés within easy walking distance of Solstice. There is more to see in Navan and across Co. Meath.
Heading to Solstice Arts Centre in Navan? Meath has plenty more to see. Read the Navan area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.