Now entering its fifth year, the Boston Irish Film Festival continues to celebrate the very best new screen works from or about Ireland and the Irish. This year’s festival is pleased to present the first ever BIFF Awards in three categories: Best Feature, Best Documentary, and Best Short Fiction/Animation, with an honorary Director’s Choice award.

The festival’s opening night film, Puckoon, plays at the Brattle Theatre on Thursday, April 24. Jim Sheridan’s In American closes the festival at the Coolidge Corner Theater on Monday, April 28. All other programs are screened here at the Harvard Film Archive. For further details please visit www.irishfilmfestival.com.