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06 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Opening Gala: Saipan
Thu 06 Nov
Showtime: 19:00
The Everyman - Opening Gala
Opening Gala
Gala
90 mins
Ireland
Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa
2002, shortly before the FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea. The Irish national football team arrives on the Pacific island of Saipan where they are to bond and train before moving to Japan. But the management’s relaxed approach does not match team captain Roy Keane’s expectations. The Man United star player is here to win it.
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07 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Joan Bergin In Conversation
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 12:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Event
Special Presentation
60 mins
Join Women in Film & Television Ireland (WFT) in conversation with legendary costume designer Joan Bergin (My Left Foot, The Tudors, Disenchanted) and award-winning director Hannah Quinn (Vikings: Valhalla, The Boy That Never Was, The Stranger).
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
In the Frame: Saipan
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Republic of Work
Industry Event
180 mins
A special event focusing on the craft of Saipan which will comprise three conversations with key creative players behind the project, and include in-depth explorations of their individual processes.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The World of Love (Se-Gye-Ui Ju-In)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
119 mins
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Ga-Eun YOON
Enigmatic 17-year-old Jooin is a cheerful friend, a shameless daughter, a mischievous girlfriend… She is hard to predict. But more than anything, Jooin is curious about and baffled by love. One day, some words she speaks in a moment of anger unleash chaos. Her inner volcano has been begging to erupt.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Sambizanga
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Retrospective
97 mins
Angola, France
Sarah Maldoror
Angola, 1961. The onset of the War of Independence. A woman searches for her husband, who was abruptly taken by the colonial authorities. The first ever feature film directed by a woman in Africa, Sambizanga is both gorgeous and a landmark work of political filmmaking through fiction.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Saipan (Repeat)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 16:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Best New Irish
90 mins
Ireland
Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa
In 2002, ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Ireland’s training camp in Saipan erupted into a clash between captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Defence of the Realm
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Triskel Cinema
Special Presentation
96 mins
United Kingdom
David Drury
Dennis Markahm (Ian Bannen) is forced to resign from the British Parliament after he is linked to a woman serving as an East German dignitary. As reporters Nick Mullen (Gabriel Byrne) and Vernon Bayliss (Denholm Elliott) investigate the case, they discover that there may be more to the incident than meets the eye.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Wave (La Ola)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
The Everyman
International Fiction
World Tour
Comedy
131 mins
Chile
Sebastián Lelio
Inspired by the Chilean 'Me Too'd abuse, this rousing musical follows Julia, a music student, as she gradually realises what happened to her on a certain night with her teacher assistant, and joins the wave of change.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Irish Shorts 4: Out of Competition
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Irish Shorts
79 mins
Various
Documentary work that confronts who we are, and who we were, and exciting new voices in fiction.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Strange River
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Spirit of the Festival
103 mins
Spain
Jaume Claret Muxart
Sixteen-year-old Dídac and his family are spending the summer holidays on a cycling trip along the Danube. An unexpected encounter with another boy changes the course of the journey.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
That Summer in Paris (Le Rendez-Vous de l'Ete)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 18:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Momentum
French
Online
Comedy
77 mins
France
Valentine CADIC
Paris, August 2024. The Olympic Games are in full swing. Blandine has just arrived from peaceful Normandy and isn’t used to the city's chaos. She came to attend the swimming competitions and reunite with a half-sister she hasn’t seen in years. But things don’t go according to plan.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
135 mins
Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France
Joachim TRIER
Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-famous filmmaker, offers the lead role in his comeback film, the story of his own mother, to his actor daughter Nora (Renate Reinsve). They are not close though, as he had abandoned his family when Nora and her sister were still young, and she refuses. Hollywood actress Rachel (Elle Fanning), however, is interested.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Gealtra
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
The Everyman
Best New Irish
90 mins
Ireland
Brendan Canty
Set in the vibrant heart of Knocknaheeny on the Northside of Cork City, this vibrant documentary captures the creative spark inside The Kabin Studio as a group of teenagers embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and creative expression through the Irish language, guided by rapper and spoken-word artist Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
International Fiction
World Tour
French
121 mins
France, Germany, Italy
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina (Marion Cotillard), an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing. A spellbinding fable of obsession and enchantment.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Love that Remains (Astin sem eftir er)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 20:20
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Momentum
Comedy
110 mins
Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, France
Hlynur Pálmason
An Icelandic family navigates their complicated feelings and absurd impulses over the course of a year, following the parents’ separation. Funny, poignant and playfully unpredictable, Hlynur Pálmason’s gentle film is an inspired ode to family and to the natural world.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Dead Lover
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Triskel Cinema
Disruptors
Comedy
82 mins
Canada
Grace Glowicki
A lonely gravedigger, reeking of the corpses she buries, finally meets the man of her dreams in a dandy who is excited by her odour. But when their romance is cut short by a tragic accident, the gravedigger will stop at nothing to bring her lover back. Reanimation has never been so hilariously inventive.
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08 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Family-Friendly Shorts
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 11:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Family & Young People
International Shorts
52 mins
Various
From ancient Irish tales to sci-fi. Featuring lost sheep, silly birds and... monsters!
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines (Rioja, La Tierra de los Mil Vinos)
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 12:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Culinary
96 mins
Spain
José Luis López-Linares
Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of the most well-known of Spanish wines. This captivating documentary boasts the most complete and careful editing of interviews, gorgeous landscapes, immersive music, and never before seen access to the wine making process, highlighting the relationship between the tradition’s origins and its powerful global appeal.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Nouvelle Vague
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 13:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
French
Comedy
105 mins
France, United States
Richard LINKLATER
Paris, 1960. Jean-Luc Godard has built a reputation as a film critic and cannot resist any longer the itch to make his own film. It will be called Breathless. Richard Linklater’s love letter to the French New Wave is both acknowledged as a success by cinephiles and enjoyable by all!
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
RTE Lyric FM - Movies and Musicals with Aedin Gormley
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 13:00
School of Music - Curtis Auditorium
Special Presentation
120 mins
Join Aedín Gormley for a very special broadcast of her Saturday afternoon radio programme, featuring the very best music from the world of movies and musicals.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Toni Erdmann
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Retrospective
Comedy
162 mins
Germany
Marin Ade
Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, practical joker Winfried shows up unannounced at her work place abroad, disguised as the flashy Toni Erdmann, a “life coach” with a particular taste for outrageous humour. A surreal confrontation between father and daughter ensues. Germany’s most accomplished film in recent memory.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Screen Ireland Shorts
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
The Everyman
Irish Shorts
82 mins mins
Various
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is proud to present Irish short films funded under the Focus film schemes
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Climate In Therapy
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Triskel Cinema
Screen Green
Online
Green Screen
65 mins
Sweden, Norway
Nathan Grossman, Malin Olofsson, Olof Berglind
Climate in Therapy is a humorous, inventive and serious experiment in which seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty be part of the solution? Followed by a discussion with UCC professor Hannah Daly and an activity organised by the filmmakers.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
DJ Ahmet
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
Comedy
99 mins
North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia
Georgi M. UNKOVSKI
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else. This charming and optimistic fable about emancipation is an audience favourite.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Breathless / A Bout de Souffle
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 15:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
French
89 mins
France
Jean Luc GODARD
In Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal debut film, Jean-Paul Belmondo is Michel, a small-time crook who is hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer. He attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student (the unforgettable Jean Seberg) to run away with him to Italy.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Celtic Utopia (Utoipe Cheilteach)
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
The Everyman
Documentary Feature Film
Best New Irish
90 mins
Ireland, Sweden
Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén
Útóipe Cheilteach tells the story of a new Ireland and its vibrant music scene, but also that of a postcolonial society wrestling with its heritage. A society where folk music carries both the oppression of the past and the dream of a bright future. Musicians in attendance.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Romeria
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Momentum
104 mins
Spain, Germany
Carla Simón
In order to obtain a civil status document for her higher education, Marina, who was adopted as a child, must reconnect with her biological father’s family. Her mother's diary, which she has always kept with her, appears to bring the past back to life.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Portrait of a Confused Father
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Triskel Cinema
Online
Documentary Feature Film
Momentum
94 mins
Norway
Gunnar Hall Jensen
For over two decades, Gunnar has filmed his son Jonathan’s journey from childhood to adulthood, capturing his drive to conquer the world. As Jonathan grows older, Gunnar does what he knows best to stay connected—he films, he talks, and he tries to understand… until things take an unexpected and tragic turn.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
102 mins
Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jafar PANAHI
Eghbal hits and kills a dog by accident at night, damaging his car. At the nearby garage, former political prisoner Vahid recognises the sound of Eghbal's prosthetic leg as that of the man who tortured him in prison. Vahid kidnaps Eghbal and prepares to kill him. But doubt creeps in. Winner of the 2025 Palme d'Or.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 18:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Online
Momentum
77 mins
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Miro Remo
Is it possible to spend your whole life in a single place? Twin brothers František and Ondrej have made the stubborn decision to do just that. Are they crazy eccentrics or charismatic, possessed storytellers? What is sure is that everything in their ways challenges our learned adherence to society’s conformity.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines (Rioja, La Tierra de los Mil Vinos) @ BALLYMALOE GRAINSTORE
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 18:30
Ballymaloe Grainstore
Culinary
Event
96 mins
Spain
José Luis López-Linares
Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of the most well-known of Spanish wines.This captivating documentary boasts the most complete and careful editing of interviews, gorgeous landscapes, immersive music, and never before seen access to the wine making process, highlighting the relationship between the tradition’s origins and its powerful global appeal.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Blue Moon
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
The Everyman
Best New Irish
100 mins
United States, Ireland
Richard Linklater
March 31, 1943. It is the opening night of Oklahoma!, a ground-breaking musical play that promises to be a raging success. Legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) is already at the bar that will host the afterparty, reflecting on himself and bitching about his former creative partner and creator of Oklahoma!, Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott).
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Honey Bunch
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
Disruptors
113 mins
Canada
Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli
Following a traumatic incident, Diana and Homer arrive at a remote clinic deep in the woods, hoping the radical therapy will cure Diana’s memory loss. But then Diana begins to see things that aren’t there. Are these her memories returning, or something else?... A rollercoaster of a film where nothing is as it seems.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka)
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
Lookout Award
Comedy
130 mins
Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany
Ratchapoom BOONBUNCHACHOKE
March is mourning his wife Nat, who succumbed to dust pollution. But when Nat’s spirit is reincarnated in a vacuum cleaner, their relationship resumes, as passionate as ever. To prove to his disapproving family that she can be a useful ghost, Nat offers to rid them of useless ones.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Irish Shorts 1: In Competition
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Irish Shorts
88 mins
Various
A programme of Irish and world premiere shorts encompassing documentary and fiction. Featuring some formidable familiar talents and exciting new voices.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Flophouse America
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 20:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Audentia Award
Momentum
79 mins
Norway, Netherlands, United States
Monica Strømdahl
A film so astonishing that viewers may need to be told that it is indeed a documentary, Flophouse America tells the story of Mikal, 12, who is growing up in a home characterised by substance abuse, disorder and chaos—but also love and a dream of a better life.
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09 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Family Gala: Lady and The Tramp
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 11:00
The Everyman
Family & Young People
Gala
76 mins
United States
Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
DOG-FRIENDLY SCREENING! Like Cork International Film Festival, the tender and thrilling adventures of Lady the cocker spaniel and Tramp the stray terrier-mix are celebrating their 70th anniversary!
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Ed Guiney In Conversation
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 11:45
Triskel Cinema
Event
Special Presentation
45 mins mins
Join us in conversation with Ed Guiney (co-CEO of Element Pictures) for a public talk, an opportunity to hear from one of Ireland’s most influential TV and film producers.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Irish Shorts 2: In Competition
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 12:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Irish Shorts
95 mins
Extraordinary new voices and an accomplished practitioner presenting playful, poetic and idiosyncratic portraits, and haunting and sublime drama.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 12:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Retrospective
122 mins
Japan
Kazuo Hara
Kenzo Okuzaki made it his life’s mission to expose the crimes committed against his World War II military comrades by their own officers. No measures were too extreme for this furiously determined anti-establishment agitator. One of the most striking documentaries ever made.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Moelln Letters
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 14:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
96 mins
Germany
Martina PRIESSNER
Thirty years after a racist arson attack in Mölln, Germany, the surviving members of the affected families discover hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity, sent from all parts of Germany, by people of all ages. This deeply moving film won an Audience Award upon its world premiere at Berlinale.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Six Weeks On / Sechswochenamt
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Spirit of the Festival
Online
99 mins
Germany
Jacqueline Jansen
After the death of her mother, Lore must deal with the COVID 19 pandemic in her small former home town in Western Germany, whilst navigating bureaucracy, red tape and traditional family beliefs, all the while finding a path to her own grief and paying her final respects.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
My Father's Shadow
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Best New Irish
94 mins
United Kingdom, Nigeria
Davies Jr AKINOLA
In this semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, two young brothers follow their estranged father through the massive city of Lagos while political unrest threatens their journey home.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Irish Shorts 3: Pure Cork (In Competition)
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
The Everyman
Irish Shorts
86 mins
Various
A selection of Cork, Cork-based, and Cork-visiting talent, viewing Cork and the world through their eyes with compassion and humour.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Songs of Forgotten Trees
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Triskel Cinema
Momentum
76 mins
India
Anuparna Roy
Two women, Thooya and Swetha, are brought together when Thooya sublets her apartment. In small rooms, hidden away in chaotic Mumbai amongst so much urban loneliness, they seek connections where they rarely exist. A tender tale of fragile kinship from director Anuparna Roy, the first Indian filmmaker to win Best Director in Venice Film Festival’s Horizon competition.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
The Everyman
World Tour
89 mins
Tunisia, France
Kaouther Ben Hania
Oscar®-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania blends actual recordings and scripted performances to tell the devastating true story of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli military fire, and the first responders who try to save her. The longest ever standing ovation at a film festival and a testament to the crucial role cinema can play in amplifying silenced voices.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Silent Friend
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Audentia Award
Momentum
147 mins
Germany, France, Hungary
Ildikó Enyedi
In this enchanting, wildly original ode to the science of plants, the majestic gingko tree of a German university’s garden binds the stories of three people from different eras: a 2020 groundbreaking neuroscientist from Hong Kong (Tony Leung), a 1972 student in love with his roommate, and the university’s first female student, in 1908.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Dogfight
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Triskel Cinema
Retrospective
89 mins
United States
Nancy Savoca
San Francisco, 1963. On his last night before being shipped to Vietnam, young marine Eddie (River Phoenix) invites waitress Rose (Lili Taylor) to be his date at a party with his friends, as part of a secret cruel game called a ‘Dogfight’. A bittersweet tale of forgiveness sparked from the chemistry between two souls.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Fantastique
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Documentary
Family & Young People
71 mins
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Marjolijn Prins
Fanta, a 14-year-old Guinean contortionist, juggles between care for her mom, school and what she loves the most – training in an acrobatic group. Does she want to redouble efforts and join group’s tour, or move on from her childhood’s passion? A tender look at the age when one starts to make big decisions.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Mam
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Culinary
French
81 mins
France
Nan Feix
After falling in love with Vietnamese cuisine during a life-changing trip abroad, Jerald, a self-taught chef from small-town Texas, arrives in New York City with one goal: to open his own restaurant. One night, the young woman who runs a Chinatown food joint finds Jerald secretly practicing his recipe ideas in the basement kitchen.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Out of Frame: Round 26 (Pure Cork)
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
The Roundy
Industry Event
120 mins
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse)
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Screen Green
Audentia Award
Green Screen
Comedy
97 mins
Canada
Anne Émond
Adam (45) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. Hypersensitive and borderline depressed, he struggles to hide his existential fears. To help combat his climate anxiety, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier's technical support line, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Memory Blocks
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Parallax
International Documentary
78 mins
United Kingdom
Andrew Kotting
The Memory Blocks is an experimental feature film that dives into the murky waters of memory. The film-maker’s daughter Eden, dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of OZ walks a path of recollection but she does not walk alone. On her journey she is accompanied by workers from a factory that produces memory and a voiceover that explains all…
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The Disappearance of Captain Nairac
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
90 mins
Ireland, United Kingdom
Alison Millar
On the evening of 14 May 1977, in a crowded bar near the Irish border, undercover British soldier, Captain Robert Nairac sang a rebel song. He was soon to become known as one of the Disappeared. The Disappearance of Captain Nairac follows the search for his remains by an ex-republican prisoner.
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We Believe You / On Vous Croit
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
78 mins
Belgium
Charlotte DEVILLERS, Arnaud DUFEYS
Alice stands before a judge, knowing there's no room for error. She must speak up for her children and confront their father, as custody is being called into question.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Ugly (얼굴)
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
The Everyman
World Tour
102 mins
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Sang-Ho YEON
Im Yeong-gyu is a visually impaired yet extraordinarily skilled seal engraving master known as a living miracle. When his wife’s skeletal remains, thought to have been missing for 40 years, are finally discovered, his son Im Dong-hwan is determined to uncover long-buried truths surrounding her mysterious death. No need for supernatural elements when human nature can be as scary… and ugly.
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10 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Dead Lover
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 14:45
Triskel Cinema
Disruptors
Comedy
82 mins
Canada
Grace Glowicki
A lonely gravedigger, reeking of the corpses she buries, finally meets the man of her dreams in a dandy who is excited by her odour. But when their romance is cut short by a tragic accident, the gravedigger will stop at nothing to bring her lover back. Reanimation has never been so hilariously inventive.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
God Will Not Help (Bog Nece Pomoci)
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Audentia Award
Momentum
137 mins
Croatia, Italy, Greece, France, Slovenia
Hana Jušić
A traditional mountain community of Croatian shepherds goes into turmoil when a mysterious Chilean woman arrives, claiming to be the wife of a man who left them many years ago. No one understands her, and a secret language must be mastered in order to communicate.
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That Summer in Paris (Le Rendez-Vous de l'Ete)
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 16:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
French
Online
Comedy
77 mins
France
Valentine CADIC
Paris, August 2024. The Olympic Games are in full swing. Blandine has just arrived from peaceful Normandy and isn’t used to the city's chaos. She came to attend the swimming competitions and reunite with a half-sister she hasn’t seen in years. But things don’t go according to plan.
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International Shorts 1: Documentary
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 16:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
91 mins
Various
From small steps taken in a museum in Kyiv to giant steps in Neil Armstrong's ancestral home, stories of evolution and revolution.
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Theocracy - The Emigrants Artist
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
98 mins
Ireland
Sé Merry Doyle
An exploration of London based artist Bernard Canavan, who was given up by his unmarried parents to an orphanage in Dublin, Theocracy - The Emigrants Artist charts Bernard's extraordinary journey in trying to find out who he really is.
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A Place Away
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Triskel Cinema
10 mins
United Kingdom
Ellie O'Sullivan
Ellie O'Sullivan's first film, A Place Away tells the story of her mother, Lean, from the conflicting viewpoints of Lean's daughters and sisters.
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Dandelion's Odyssey (Planètes)
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Momentum
French
76 mins
France
Momoko Seto
Four dandelion seeds band together following a climactic event and travel across space to find a new home, braving the environment, flora and fauna on their quest. Beautifully animated with bright detail, this tale of four fluffy friends tackling the elements is a visually magical treat for all.
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Reedland / Rietland
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Spirit of the Festival
111 mins
Netherlands, Belgium
Sven BRESSER
When Johan, a reclusive reed-cutter, discovers the lifeless body of a young girl on his land, he becomes determined to uncover the truth behind this local rural tragedy.
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International Shorts 2
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
91 mins
Various
Behind the surface of the world we see, there is another world…
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Music for Domes
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 18:30
St Peters
Special Presentation
60 mins
Ireland, Northern Ireland
Dawn Richardson
In this immersive documentary experience, screened in a 360° dome, award-winning Irish artist Róis joins forces with the visionary Hosta Projects for a journey unlike any other.
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Army of Shadows
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Retrospective
French
139 mins
France, Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
Gerbier, a civil engineer, gets trapped and tortured in a Nazi camp but manages to escape with the help of a friend. Back in Marseille, he looks for the traitor who reported him. This masterful suspense drama examines of the inner workings of World War II resistance efforts.
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Blame
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Triskel Cinema
Screen Green
Green Screen
122 mins
Switzerland
Christian Fei
When the world is engulfed by the COVID-19 pandemic, three scientists who long predicted its arrival must battle not only the virus but also a wave of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political blame that threatens to eclipse the truth. This is their story. Part investigation, part thriller, Blame investigates the relationship between science, politics and the media. Followed by a discussion with X and Y
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Sirat
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
115 mins
Spain
Oliver LAXE
The thundering bass of an illegal rave in the Moroccan desert. A father, with his son, searches among the gyrating dancers for his missing daughter. They follow a group of seasoned ravers across the barren wastes towards one more party, only to be confronted by their own existential limits. Experience the film which shook the Cannes Film Festival!
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Ari
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Illuminate
French
88 mins
France
Léonor Serraille
Ari, a 27-year-old student teacher, collapses in the middle of a school inspector’s visit. As he reconnects with old friends in a quest for recovery from depression, he discovers that other people aren’t doing as well as he imagined. The Berlinale competition’s gem on Generation Z's search for meaning.
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11 Nov 2025

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Music for Domes
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
St Peters
Special Presentation
60 mins
Ireland, Northern Ireland
Dawn Richardson
In this immersive documentary experience, screened in a 360° dome, award-winning Irish artist Róis joins forces with the visionary Hosta Projects for a journey unlike any other.
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International Shorts 3: Documentary
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
91 mins
Various
Stories in which the world isn't always what it seems. Perception and reality collide in extraordinary ways.
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Dogfight
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Triskel Cinema
Retrospective
89 mins
United States
Nancy Savoca
San Francisco, 1963. On his last night before being shipped to Vietnam, young marine Eddie (River Phoenix) invites waitress Rose (Lili Taylor) to be his date at a party with his friends, as part of a secret cruel game called a ‘Dogfight’. A bittersweet tale of forgiveness sparked from the chemistry between two souls.
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Solomamma
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
99 mins
Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland
Janicke ASKEVOLD
Edith, a journalist in her 40s, chose to become a single mother through an anonymous sperm donor. When she unexpectedly discovers the donor’s identity, curiosity leads her to meet him on the pretext of an interview.
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Music for Domes
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
St Peters
Special Presentation
60 mins
Ireland, Northern Ireland
Dawn Richardson
In this immersive documentary experience, screened in a 360° dome, award-winning Irish artist Róis joins forces with the visionary Hosta Projects for a journey unlike any other.
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International Shorts 4
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 16:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
91 mins
Various
Life in the city...
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Boorman And The Devil
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
Triskel Cinema
Disruptors
112 mins
United States
David Kittredge
After the success of Point Blank and Deliverance, Warner Brothers offered John Boorman the chance to direct a sequel to their smash hit, The Exorcist. The result was a critical and financial failure that nearly ended Boorman’s filmmaking career. But to be an artist is to be a risk-taker.
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Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
135 mins
Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France
Joachim TRIER
Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-famous filmmaker, offers the lead role in his comeback film, the story of his own mother, to his actor daughter Nora (Renate Reinsve). They are not close though, as he had abandoned his family when Nora and her sister were still young, and she refuses. Hollywood actress Rachel (Elle Fanning), however, is interested.
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The Girl in the Snow / L'Engloutie
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
French
96 mins
France
Louise HÉMON
On the cusp of the 20th century, schoolteacher Aimée arrives at a remote hamlet located on the edge of the Alps. Soon, the winter grows harsher, and the locals grow suspicious of the young teacher.
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EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival 2025
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
91 mins
Various
Shorts from 10 EU countries from the EUNIC Ireland cluster.
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Zardoz / Honorary Disruptor Award to John Boorman
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
Special Presentation
Disruptors
105 mins
Ireland, United States
John Boorman
It is the year 2293. A race of humans known as the Brutals worship a flying stone head called Zardoz, who provides them with weapons in exchange for food. But a Brutal Exterminator named Zed (Sean Connery) grows curious, uncovering the mysteries surrounding their society. A visionary sci-fi like no other from John Boorman.
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The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
158 mins
Brazil, France
Kleber MENDONCA FILHO
Brazil, 1977. The final years of the military dictatorship. Marcelo, a university professor in his 40s, is on the run from political persecution. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. Little does he know that he is being tailed from São Paolo.
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Sirat
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Cinemax Bantry Screen 1
World Tour
115 mins
Spain
Oliver LAXE
The thundering bass of an illegal rave in the Moroccan desert. A father, with his son, searches among the gyrating dancers for his missing daughter. They follow a group of seasoned ravers across the barren wastes towards one more party, only to be confronted by their own existential limits. Experience the film which shook the Cannes Film Festival!
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The Currents (Las Corrientes)
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Momentum
108 mins
Switzerland, Argentina
Milagros Mumenthaler
At the height of her career, Lina, a 34-year-old Argentine stylist, is driven by a sudden impulse after an award ceremony in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, she says nothing, but something in her has shifted - quiet and invisible, it subtly unravels a past she thought she had left behind.
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Six Weeks On / Sechswochenamt
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 20:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Spirit of the Festival
Online
99 mins
Germany
Jacqueline Jansen
After the death of her mother, Lore must deal with the COVID 19 pandemic in her small former home town in Western Germany, whilst navigating bureaucracy, red tape and traditional family beliefs, all the while finding a path to her own grief and paying her final respects.
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12 Nov 2025

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CIFF Legacy Day
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 10:00
UCC Film & Screen Media Auditorium
Event
Cork Lens
Special Presentation
480 mins
CIFF, UCC and IFI present EXPANDING PERSPECTIVES ARCHIVES, ACCESS AND CREATIVE REUSE
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The Little Sister (La Petite Derniere)
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
French
106 mins
France
Hafsia HERZI
Fatima, the youngest of three daughters, searches for her own path as a philosophy student, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her French-Algerian family. Winner of the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Mag Mag
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Lookout Award
Disruptors
Comedy
113 mins
Japan
Yuriyan Retriever
Local legend tells of a curse where a two-metre tall female ghost known as Mag Mag haunts the men she falls in love with, terrifying them to death. Japan’s latest comedy sensation Yuriyan Retriever takes the traditional J-horror tropes and gives them an invigorating shake in her surreal, hilarious debut.
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The Love that Remains (Astin sem eftir er)
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 15:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Momentum
Comedy
110 mins
Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, France
Hlynur Pálmason
An Icelandic family navigates their complicated feelings and absurd impulses over the course of a year, following the parents’ separation. Funny, poignant and playfully unpredictable, Hlynur Pálmason’s gentle film is an inspired ode to family and to the natural world.
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Climate In Therapy
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Triskel Cinema
Screen Green
Online
Green Screen
65 mins
Sweden, Norway
Nathan Grossman, Malin Olofsson, Olof Berglind
Climate in Therapy is a humorous, inventive and serious experiment in which seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty be part of the solution? Followed by a discussion with UCC professor Hannah Daly and an activity organised by the filmmakers.
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Strange River
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
103 mins
Spain
Jaume Claret Muxart
Sixteen-year-old Dídac and his family are spending the summer holidays on a cycling trip along the Danube. An unexpected encounter with another boy changes the course of the journey.
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How to be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Triskel Cinema
Lookout Award
Illuminate
102 mins
Austria
Florian POCHLATKO
Pia returns home to live with her parents after a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Coping with the effects of her medication, and juggling between a failed relationship, returning to work and the trials of family life, Pia desperately seeks her own form of normalcy whilst everything around her implodes.
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The Moelln Letters
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Momentum
96 mins
Germany
Martina PRIESSNER
Thirty years after a racist arson attack in Mölln, Germany, the surviving members of the affected families discover hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity, sent from all parts of Germany, by people of all ages. This deeply moving film won an Audience Award upon its world premiere at Berlinale.
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The Dinner (La Cena)
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Culinary
Comedy
106 mins
Spain, France
Manuel Gomez Pereira
In this biting comedy set in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Franco invites his top generals for a night of triumph. But in the hotel’s kitchen, a group of defeated Republican chefs are secretly preparing the meal - while also cooking up their last chance to escape the country.
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Cork Film Trail Quiz 2025
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 19:30
The Pav
Event
120 mins
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The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Retrospective
122 mins
Japan
Kazuo Hara
Kenzo Okuzaki made it his life’s mission to expose the crimes committed against his World War II military comrades by their own officers. No measures were too extreme for this furiously determined anti-establishment agitator. One of the most striking documentaries ever made.
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Disruptors
Comedy
113 mins
United States
Mary BRONSTEIN
With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne in a towering – and awarded - performance) tries to navigate her daughter's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist (Conan O’Brien).
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A Year of School / Un Anno di Scuola
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
International Fiction
Lookout Award
90 mins
Italy, France
Laura SAMANI
2007. Fred relocates from Sweden to Northeast Italy with her father, who has taken a new management job. Feisty and curious, she enrolls in the local high school for her senior year. She quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three boys who have been friends for years.
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Coexistence, My Ass!
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Triskel Cinema
World Tour
111 mins
United States, France
Amber FARES
Noam Shuster Eliassi grew up the literal poster child for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before making a hard pivot to stand-up comedy and political satire. But as the region sinks deeper into devastating violence, she must meet the moment by challenging her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
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13 Nov 2025

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First Take
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 10:30
Triskel Cinema
Industry Event
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The Currents (Las Corrientes)
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 13:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Audentia Award
Momentum
108 mins
Switzerland, Argentina
Milagros Mumenthaler
At the height of her career, Lina, a 34-year-old Argentine stylist, is driven by a sudden impulse after an award ceremony in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, she says nothing, but something in her has shifted - quiet and invisible, it subtly unravels a past she thought she had left behind.
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
The Everyman
World Tour
89 mins
Tunisia, France
Kaouther Ben Hania
Oscar®-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania blends actual recordings and scripted performances to tell the devastating true story of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli military fire, and the first responders who try to save her. The longest ever standing ovation at a film festival and a testament to the crucial role cinema can play in amplifying silenced voices.
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Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse)
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 15:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Screen Green
Audentia Award
Green Screen
Comedy
97 mins
Canada
Anne Émond
Adam (45) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. Hypersensitive and borderline depressed, he struggles to hide his existential fears. To help combat his climate anxiety, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier's technical support line, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries.
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We Believe You / On Vous Croit
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
78 mins
Belgium
Charlotte DEVILLERS, Arnaud DUFEYS
Alice stands before a judge, knowing there's no room for error. She must speak up for her children and confront their father, as custody is being called into question.
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Better Go Mad in the Wild
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Online
Momentum
77 mins
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Miro Remo
Is it possible to spend your whole life in a single place? Twin brothers František and Ondrej have made the stubborn decision to do just that. Are they crazy eccentrics or charismatic, possessed storytellers? What is sure is that everything in their ways challenges our learned adherence to society’s conformity.
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UCC Puttnam Scholars 2025: Cardboard Ocean
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Triskel Cinema
Family & Young People
Ireland
Nathalie Aue, Adam Barry-Murphy, Brigid Cryan, Jack Kelly, Emma Lane, Rebecca L. Hall Moran, Rebecca Jane Parke, Maria Olivia Susilo
Presented by UCC's Puttnam Scholars: a seascape painter reflects on her past lives whilst grappling with her art and activism.
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Flophouse America
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Audentia Award
Momentum
79 mins
Norway, Netherlands, United States
Monica Strømdahl
A film so astonishing that viewers may need to be told that it is indeed a documentary, Flophouse America tells the story of Mikal, 12, who is growing up in a home characterised by substance abuse, disorder and chaos—but also love and a dream of a better life.
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Bearcave
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
International Fiction
130 mins
Greece
Krysianna Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos
Argyro and Anneta live in a Greek mountain village. They are best friends. When Anneta admits that she’s pregnant from her lame cop boyfriend, Argyro challenges her to embark on an adventure to find a mystical bear cave. Before Argyro has a chance to confess her love, Anneta leaves for the big city.
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Where Is The Friend's House?
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
The Everyman
Retrospective
83 mins
Iran
Abbas Kiarostami
A schoolboy realises, as he is getting ready to do his homework, that he has mistakenly brought home a classmate's notebook. Knowing that his friend risks being expelled if he does not hand in his homework in his own notebook, he sets off to find him. An unforgettable work of beauty.
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The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace)
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
International Fiction
World Tour
French
121 mins
France, Germany, Italy
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina (Marion Cotillard), an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing. A spellbinding fable of obsession and enchantment.
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CIFF Short Film Awards
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Triskel Cinema
Irish Shorts
International Shorts
30 mins
Join us for the announcement of the 2025 Short Film Awards
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David Puttnam Talk: Festivals Matter
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 18:30
Triskel Cinema
Event
Special Presentation
45 mins
David Puttnam
A unique opportunity to hear from Oscar®-winning film producer, educator, and CIFF Patron David Puttnam as he delivers an illustrated talk and Q&A.
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Cine Concert: Stupid August
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 19:45
School of Music - Curtis Auditorium
Special Presentation
89 mins
Ireland
Padraig Trehy
An amnesiac clown finds himself exiled to the Ireland of the early 1960s. As the shadows of his past re-emerge, Gus must navigate the present dangers to find himself again and be finally free.
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Pillion
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
The Everyman
World Tour
Comedy
103 mins
United Kingdom
Harry LIGHTON
A directionless man (Harry Melling) is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker (Alexander Skarsgard) takes him on as his submissive. Harry Lighton’s debut feature is a staggering achievement that is in turn funny, moving, outrageous and of course… wildly erotic.
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From Ground Zero+
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
71 mins
Palestine, State of
Various
A selection of three striking short films from the "From Ground Zero+" collection of untold stories from Gaza, portraying life in the besieged territory, through the eyes of local filmmakers.
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This is a Prison
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Irish Voices
90 mins
Ireland
Andrew Keogh
The New Women’s Prison in Limerick is regarded, with an innovative ‘trauma-informed’ design, as the most state-of-the-art prison in Europe.But what does success look like in a facility like this and how does it reflect upon a modern Ireland?
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What Does That Nature Say to You
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
Comedy
108 mins
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Sang Soo Hong
Thirtysomething poet Donghwa drives his girlfriend of three years, Junhee, to visit her parents. Donghwa’s surprise at the size of the house is compounded by the unexpected appearance of Junhee’s father, who invites him to spend the day with the family. A subtly humorous insight into class and artistic pretensions in polite society.
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Portrait of a Confused Father
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Triskel Cinema
Online
Documentary Feature Film
Momentum
94 mins
Norway
Gunnar Hall Jensen
For over two decades, Gunnar has filmed his son Jonathan’s journey from childhood to adulthood, capturing his drive to conquer the world. As Jonathan grows older, Gunnar does what he knows best to stay connected—he films, he talks, and he tries to understand… until things take an unexpected and tragic turn.
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14 Nov 2025

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Doc Day Online
Fri 14 Nov
Online Screening
Industry Event
A series of online sessions complimenting this year’s non-fiction programme and encompassing in-depth filmmaker conversations and case studies.
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Doc Day Live
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 11:00
Triskel Cinema
Industry Event
330 mins
CIFF continues to develop its focus on high-quality Irish and international documentary cinema with Doc Day, connecting emerging and established non-fiction filmmakers with industry professionals and the wider documentary sector.
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Ari
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Audentia Award
Illuminate
French
88 mins
France
Léonor Serraille
Ari, a 27-year-old student teacher, collapses in the middle of a school inspector’s visit. As he reconnects with old friends in a quest for recovery from depression, he discovers that other people aren’t doing as well as he imagined. The Berlinale competition’s gem on Generation Z's search for meaning.
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Army of Shadows
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
The Everyman
Retrospective
French
139 mins
France, Italy
Jean-Pierre Melville
Gerbier, a civil engineer, gets trapped and tortured in a Nazi camp but manages to escape with the help of a friend. Back in Marseille, he looks for the traitor who reported him. This masterful suspense drama examines of the inner workings of World War II resistance efforts.
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The Girl in the Snow / L'Engloutie
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
French
96 mins
France
Louise HÉMON
On the cusp of the 20th century, schoolteacher Aimée arrives at a remote hamlet located on the edge of the Alps. Soon, the winter grows harsher, and the locals grow suspicious of the young teacher.
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Breathless / A Bout de Souffle
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
French
89 mins
France
Jean Luc GODARD
In Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal debut film, Jean-Paul Belmondo is Michel, a small-time crook who is hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer. He attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student (the unforgettable Jean Seberg) to run away with him to Italy.
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Paul
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 16:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Online
International Documentary
Illuminate
87 mins
Canada
Denis Côté
Struggling with depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving dominant women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media under the name Cleaning Simp Paul, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
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A Private Life (Vie Privee)
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
The Everyman
World Tour
French
Comedy
110 mins
France
Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI
Lilian Steiner, an American psychoanalyst living in Paris, is devastated to learn that her client Paula has taken her own life. Or has she? Lilian decides to investigate. Psychological thriller, comedy, A Private Life is a refreshing mix of genres and is lead by a wildly entertaining Jodie Foster in her first French-speaking lead role.
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Do The Right Thing
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Retrospective
120 mins
United States
Spike Lee
Spike Lee’s masterpiece on the simmering racial tensions in a Brooklyn neighbourhood, primed to explode during the hottest day of the summer, is just as relevant today as it was on its 1989 release, and packs as much of a punch as the beats pumping out from Radio Raheem’s ghettoblaster.
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Fantastique
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Documentary
Family & Young People
71 mins
Belgium, France, Netherlands
Marjolijn Prins
Fanta, a 14-year-old Guinean contortionist, juggles between care for her mom, school and what she loves the most – training in an acrobatic group. Does she want to redouble efforts and join group’s tour, or move on from her childhood’s passion? A tender look at the age when one starts to make big decisions.
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A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka)
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
Lookout Award
Comedy
130 mins
Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany
Ratchapoom BOONBUNCHACHOKE
March is mourning his wife Nat, who succumbed to dust pollution. But when Nat’s spirit is reincarnated in a vacuum cleaner, their relationship resumes, as passionate as ever. To prove to his disapproving family that she can be a useful ghost, Nat offers to rid them of useless ones.
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God Will Not Help (Bog Nece Pomoci)
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Audentia Award
Momentum
137 mins
Croatia, Italy, Greece, France, Slovenia
Hana Jušić
A traditional mountain community of Croatian shepherds goes into turmoil when a mysterious Chilean woman arrives, claiming to be the wife of a man who left them many years ago. No one understands her, and a secret language must be mastered in order to communicate.
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Documentary Gala: Shoot the People
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
The Everyman
Gala
International Documentary
93 mins
United States
Andy Mundy-Castle
Shoot the People follows Oscar®-nominated British-Nigerian photographer and activist Misan Harriman as he documents contemporary protest movements around the world. A gripping documentary that delves into the intersectionality of movements for equality, civil rights, and social justice, and the power of collective action.
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Sirat
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
115 mins
Spain
Oliver LAXE
The thundering bass of an illegal rave in the Moroccan desert. A father, with his son, searches among the gyrating dancers for his missing daughter. They follow a group of seasoned ravers across the barren wastes towards one more party, only to be confronted by their own existential limits. Experience the film which shook the Cannes Film Festival!
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What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle Weiss)
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 20:45
Triskel Cinema
World Tour
Comedy
86 mins
Germany
Frédéric Hambalek
Julia and Tobias seem to be the perfect couple. Yet behind the facade and designer kitchen, trouble is brewing. Their fragile balance is shattered when their daughter Marielle suddenly develops telepathic abilities, giving her the power to see and hear everything her parents say or do, day and night.
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Mismantler
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 21:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Parallax
79 mins
Ireland
Andrew Keogh
A dark, stream of consciousness fever dream, gathering all that is decrepit in this world, and reflecting it all back to those who have reduced the Earth to what it is. Director Andrew Keogh collaborates with Steve Stapleton and Nurse With Wound to take us deep into the heart of darkness.
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15 Nov 2025

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Better Go Mad in the Wild
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Online
Momentum
77 mins
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Miro Remo
Is it possible to spend your whole life in a single place? Twin brothers František and Ondrej have made the stubborn decision to do just that. Are they crazy eccentrics or charismatic, possessed storytellers? What is sure is that everything in their ways challenges our learned adherence to society’s conformity.
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Climate In Therapy
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Screen Green
Online
Green Screen
65 mins
Sweden, Norway
Nathan Grossman, Malin Olofsson, Olof Berglind
Climate in Therapy is a humorous, inventive and serious experiment in which seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty be part of the solution? Followed by a discussion with UCC professor Hannah Daly and an activity organised by the filmmakers.
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Paul
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Online
International Documentary
Illuminate
87 mins
Canada
Denis Côté
Struggling with depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving dominant women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media under the name Cleaning Simp Paul, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
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Portrait of a Confused Father
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Online
Documentary Feature Film
Momentum
94 mins
Norway
Gunnar Hall Jensen
For over two decades, Gunnar has filmed his son Jonathan’s journey from childhood to adulthood, capturing his drive to conquer the world. As Jonathan grows older, Gunnar does what he knows best to stay connected—he films, he talks, and he tries to understand… until things take an unexpected and tragic turn.
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Six Weeks On / Sechswochenamt
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Spirit of the Festival
Online
99 mins
Germany
Jacqueline Jansen
After the death of her mother, Lore must deal with the COVID 19 pandemic in her small former home town in Western Germany, whilst navigating bureaucracy, red tape and traditional family beliefs, all the while finding a path to her own grief and paying her final respects.
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That Summer in Paris (Le Rendez-Vous de l'Ete)
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Momentum
French
Online
Comedy
77 mins
France
Valentine CADIC
Paris, August 2024. The Olympic Games are in full swing. Blandine has just arrived from peaceful Normandy and isn’t used to the city's chaos. She came to attend the swimming competitions and reunite with a half-sister she hasn’t seen in years. But things don’t go according to plan.
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Menopause Awareness Programme for the Screen Sector
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 10:00
Nano Nagle Place
Industry Event
270 mins
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Look@Me Outreach Filmmaking Project 2025: Cork Migrant Centre
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 11:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Family & Young People
45 mins
Various
CIFF is proud to present a programme of short films created by young people at Cork Migrant Centre with the support of Rethink Ireland’s Impact for Munster Fund.
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Tales From the Magic Garden - Narrated in English
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 11:30
The Everyman
Family & Young People
71 mins
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, France
David Súkup, Patrik Paššl, Leon Vidmar, Jean- Claude Rozec
Three kids spend the night at their grandpa's house. To fill the silence after losing their grandma, the family's storyteller, they create their own stories and discover the power of imagination. This uplifting stop-motion film celebrates creativity and its healing magic. With live narration in English.
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Cork Lens: IFI Cork on Camera
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 12:00
Briery Gap Macroom
Cork Lens
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
82 mins
Spotlighting the creative diversity of our local community, past and present, through film, conversation, and the panoramic screen of the city itself.
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aemi Shorts: Landscapes Expanding
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 13:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
Parallax
66 mins
Films from key figures, including Gunvor Nelson, John Skoog, and Claes Söderquist this programme offers a concise overview of their deep catalogue through the frame of landscape.
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Romeria
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 13:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Momentum
104 mins
Spain, Germany
Carla Simón
In order to obtain a civil status document for her higher education, Marina, who was adopted as a child, must reconnect with her biological father’s family. Her mother's diary, which she has always kept with her, appears to bring the past back to life.
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Songs of Forgotten Trees
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Momentum
76 mins
India
Anuparna Roy
Two women, Thooya and Swetha, are brought together when Thooya sublets her apartment. In small rooms, hidden away in chaotic Mumbai amongst so much urban loneliness, they seek connections where they rarely exist. A tender tale of fragile kinship from director Anuparna Roy, the first Indian filmmaker to win Best Director in Venice Film Festival’s Horizon competition.
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Once Upon a Time in the West
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
The Everyman
Retrospective
175 mins
Italy
Sergio Leone
A railroad tycoon hires a cruel mercenary (Peter Fonda) to kill a man who owns prime estate. But when the man's widow (Claudia Cardinale) inherits the land, only an outlaw and a mysterious gunslinger (Charles Bronson) can protect her from being killed. A timeless masterpiece, magnified by Ennio Morricone’s haunting, iconic music.
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It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Briery Gap Macroom
World Tour
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
102 mins
Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jafar PANAHI
Eghbal hits and kills a dog by accident at night, damaging his car. At the nearby garage, former political prisoner Vahid recognises the sound of Eghbal's prosthetic leg as that of the man who tortured him in prison. Vahid kidnaps Eghbal and prepares to kill him. But doubt creeps in. Winner of the 2025 Palme d'Or.
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Junior Filmmaking Workshop (8 - 12 year olds)
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
UCC Film & Screen Media Auditorium
Family & Young People
Experience the fun and creativity of filmmaking!
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John Boorman Shorts: Two Nudes Bathing & I Dreamt I Woke Up
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:15
Triskel Cinema
Disruptors
Special Presentation
83 mins
United Kingdom, Ireland
John Boorman
We are thrilled to welcome John Boorman's longtime cinematographer Seamus Deasy, who will present the rare screening of two short films: the delightful and witty Two Nudes Bathing (2001) and I Dreamt I Woke Up (1991).
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Cork Lens: IFI Cork on Camera
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 12:00
Briery Gap Macroom
Cork Lens
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
82 mins
Spotlighting the creative diversity of our local community, past and present, through film, conversation, and the panoramic screen of the city itself.
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Cork Lens: IFI Cork on Camera
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 12:00
Briery Gap Macroom
Cork Lens
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
82 mins
Spotlighting the creative diversity of our local community, past and present, through film, conversation, and the panoramic screen of the city itself.
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It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Briery Gap Macroom
World Tour
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
102 mins
Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jafar PANAHI
Eghbal hits and kills a dog by accident at night, damaging his car. At the nearby garage, former political prisoner Vahid recognises the sound of Eghbal's prosthetic leg as that of the man who tortured him in prison. Vahid kidnaps Eghbal and prepares to kill him. But doubt creeps in. Winner of the 2025 Palme d'Or.
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Solomamma
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
99 mins
Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland
Janicke ASKEVOLD
Edith, a journalist in her 40s, chose to become a single mother through an anonymous sperm donor. When she unexpectedly discovers the donor’s identity, curiosity leads her to meet him on the pretext of an interview.
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aemi Shorts: A Tribute to Gunvor Nelson
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
Parallax
62 mins
Gunvor Nelson
A fitting overview of the Gunvor Nelson's practice through the lens of family relations.
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A Quiet Love
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
91 mins
Ireland
Garry Keane
Three Deaf couples share their remarkable love stories, in Irish Sign Language. A cinematic celebration of resilience, connection, and enduring love. This screening will have Closed Captions and will be followed by a Q&A with an Irish Sign Language interpreter.
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It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Briery Gap Macroom
World Tour
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
102 mins
Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jafar PANAHI
Eghbal hits and kills a dog by accident at night, damaging his car. At the nearby garage, former political prisoner Vahid recognises the sound of Eghbal's prosthetic leg as that of the man who tortured him in prison. Vahid kidnaps Eghbal and prepares to kill him. But doubt creeps in. Winner of the 2025 Palme d'Or.
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It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Briery Gap Macroom
World Tour
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
102 mins
Iran, France, Luxembourg
Jafar PANAHI
Eghbal hits and kills a dog by accident at night, damaging his car. At the nearby garage, former political prisoner Vahid recognises the sound of Eghbal's prosthetic leg as that of the man who tortured him in prison. Vahid kidnaps Eghbal and prepares to kill him. But doubt creeps in. Winner of the 2025 Palme d'Or.
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Rental Family
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
Comedy
103 mins
United States, Japan
Hikari
Philip (Brendan Fraser), a lonely American actor living in Tokyo, starts working for a Japanese rental family service to play stand-in roles in other people's lives. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within these new families.
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Bearcave
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Spirit of the Festival
International Fiction
130 mins
Greece
Krysianna Papadakis, Stergios Dinopoulos
Argyro and Anneta live in a Greek mountain village. They are best friends. When Anneta admits that she’s pregnant from her lame cop boyfriend, Argyro challenges her to embark on an adventure to find a mystical bear cave. Before Argyro has a chance to confess her love, Anneta leaves for the big city.
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DJ Ahmet
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 18:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
Comedy
99 mins
North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia
Georgi M. UNKOVSKI
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else. This charming and optimistic fable about emancipation is an audience favourite.
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Awards Gala: Song Sung Blue
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 19:30
The Everyman
Gala
133 mins
United States
Craig Brewer
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
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Answering The Call
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
85 mins
Ireland
Martin Danneels
Set against the rugged beauty of Ireland’s west coast, Answering the Call follows the struggle to save the elusive corncrake – a journey spanning from windswept Atlantic islands to the heart of the Congo.
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The World of Love (Se-Gye-Ui Ju-In)
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
119 mins
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Ga-Eun YOON
Enigmatic 17-year-old Jooin is a cheerful friend, a shameless daughter, a mischievous girlfriend… She is hard to predict. But more than anything, Jooin is curious about and baffled by love. One day, some words she speaks in a moment of anger unleash chaos. Her inner volcano has been begging to erupt.
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Mag Mag
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 20:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Lookout Award
Disruptors
Comedy
113 mins
Japan
Yuriyan Retriever
Local legend tells of a curse where a two-metre tall female ghost known as Mag Mag haunts the men she falls in love with, terrifying them to death. Japan’s latest comedy sensation Yuriyan Retriever takes the traditional J-horror tropes and gives them an invigorating shake in her surreal, hilarious debut.
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Free Radicals
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 21:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Parallax
86 mins
Various
Experimental work from Irish and international filmmakers.
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16 Nov 2025

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Senior Filmmaking Workshop (13 - 17 year olds)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 11:00
UCC Film & Screen Media Auditorium
Family & Young People
For teens with a passion for filmmaking, working with professionals.
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Excalibur
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 12:00
The Everyman
Disruptors
141 mins
United Kingdom, United States
John Boorman
Arthurian mythology was never better portrayed on the big screen than by John Boorman in his epic retelling of the legend of Arthur Pendragon, the wizard Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. A visually breathtaking tale of swords and sorcery, to which a whole genre of cinema owes a great debt.
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Farming is Medicine
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 12:30
Triskel Cinema
Culinary
37 mins
United States
Masha Karpoukhina
What do health and poverty, colonialism and climate change, farming and medicine have in common? This compelling documentary reveals how these seemingly separate issues are in fact deeply intertwined.
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Little Amélie (Amélie Ou La Métaphysique Des Tubes)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Family & Young People
French
75 mins
France, Belgium
Liane-Cho HAN JIN KUANG, Mailys VALLADE
Amélie, a Belgian child in Japan, explores life with her nanny Nishio-san. Her third birthday becomes a turning point, marking the beginning of life-altering events that shape her understanding of the world.
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Cork Lens: IFI Cork on Camera
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Triskel Cinema
Cork Lens
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
82 mins
Spotlighting the creative diversity of our local community, past and present, through film, conversation, and the panoramic screen of the city itself.
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Reedland / Rietland
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Spirit of the Festival
111 mins
Netherlands, Belgium
Sven BRESSER
When Johan, a reclusive reed-cutter, discovers the lifeless body of a young girl on his land, he becomes determined to uncover the truth behind this local rural tragedy.
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Cine Concert: Stupid August
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Special Presentation
89 mins
Ireland
Padraig Trehy
An amnesiac clown finds himself exiled to the Ireland of the early 1960s. As the shadows of his past re-emerge, Gus must navigate the present dangers to find himself again and be finally free.
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The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
158 mins
Brazil, France
Kleber MENDONCA FILHO
Brazil, 1977. The final years of the military dictatorship. Marcelo, a university professor in his 40s, is on the run from political persecution. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. Little does he know that he is being tailed from São Paolo.
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The History of Sound
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
The Everyman
World Tour
127 mins
United Kingdom, United States
Oliver HERMANUS
In 1917, Lionel (Paul Mescal) meets David (Josh O’Connor) at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music.
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Daniel O'Connell: The Emancipator
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 16:30
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
60 mins
Ireland
Ruán Magan
To mark the 250th anniversary of Daniel O’Connell’s birth in 1775, this documentary, produced in association with University College Cork and Notre Dame University, explores his life and legacy.
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Linda Linda Linda
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Disruptors
114 mins
Japan
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Following the break-up of their band three days before the school festival, Kei, Kyoko and Nozomi recruit Korean exchange student Son (Bae Doona) to sing in their new line-up, despite Son’s slim grasp of Japanese. But can they learn the songs in time? An infectiously punky-pop cult classic, with a fresh 4K restoration.
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A Year of School / Un Anno di Scuola
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
International Fiction
Lookout Award
90 mins
Italy, France
Laura SAMANI
2007. Fred relocates from Sweden to Northeast Italy with her father, who has taken a new management job. Feisty and curious, she enrolls in the local high school for her senior year. She quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three boys who have been friends for years.
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Closing Gala: Is This Thing On?
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 19:30
The Everyman
Gala
Comedy
125 mins
United States
Bradley Cooper
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family - forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.
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Nouvelle Vague
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 19:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
French
Comedy
105 mins
France, United States
Richard LINKLATER
Paris, 1960. Jean-Luc Godard has built a reputation as a film critic and cannot resist any longer the itch to make his own film. It will be called Breathless. Richard Linklater’s love letter to the French New Wave is both acknowledged as a success by cinephiles and enjoyable by all!
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Phantasm
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Disruptors
89 mins
United States
Don Coscarelli
Orphaned teen Mike uncovers more than he bargained for when spying on his older brother’s friend in the local graveyard, plunging himself and brother Jodie into a supernatural battle with a mysterious mortician. A low-budget, surreal classic which has become a huge influence on modern horror and launched its own franchise.
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Paul
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
Online
International Documentary
Illuminate
87 mins
Canada
Denis Côté
Struggling with depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving dominant women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media under the name Cleaning Simp Paul, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
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The Little Sister (La Petite Derniere)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
French
106 mins
France
Hafsia HERZI
Fatima, the youngest of three daughters, searches for her own path as a philosophy student, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her French-Algerian family. Winner of the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.
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