In addition to the in-person offering for Doc Day 2025, the Festival will host a series of online sessions, complimenting this year’s non-fiction programme and encompassing in-depth filmmaker conversations and case studies.
This year’s sessions will focus on documentary films from the Festival programme, including Flophouse America; The Moelln Letters; and Coexistence, My Ass!.
14th November – 12th December | (Free, globally accessible online)
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In addition to the in person offering for Doc Day 2025, the festival will host a series of online sessions, complimenting this year’s non-fiction programme and encompassing in-depth filmmaker conversations and case studies.
Fitting in | Flophouse America
The protagonists of Flophouse America are a three-person family sharing a small motel room. Norwegian director Monica Strømdahl explores how she created her own space in a chaotic environment.
Speaker: Monica Strømdahl – Director, Flophouse America
Host: Myrid Carten – Filmmaker
Our life is the stuff of film | The Moelln Letters
The director of German documentary The Moelln Letters tells us of an unbelievable reality that fiction wouldn’t dare to invent.
Speaker: Martina Priessner – Director, The Moelln Letters
Host: Aurelie Godet – Director of Programming, Cork International Film Festival
Documenting urgency through the individual | Co-existence, My Ass!
Coexistence, My Ass! considers the struggles of the Palestinian people via the experiences and observations of Noam Shuster Eliassi, an Israeli comedian and activist championing the idea of the shared humanity of Israelis and Palestinians, while advocating for the Palestinian cause. Here we examine the film through this lens with director Amber Fares.
Speaker: Amber Fares – Director, Coexistence, My Ass!
Host: Rohan Crickmar – Documentary Programmer, Cork International Film Festival
