Jaoquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have been announced as guests of this year's Audi Dublin International Film Festival, and will attend a gala premiere of Mary Magdalene on Wednesday, February 28th in the Savoy Cinema, Dublin.

The film is due to open in Ireland on March 16th. The film is set in the first century and tells the story of Mary Magdalene, who joins the movement led by Jesus of Nazareth and follows them to Jerusalem and finds herself at the heart of the birth of modern Christianity.

Tickets are now on sale at adiff.ie.