Disruptors Archives - Cork International Film Festival

Disruptors

Born in Flames

Showtime: Sat 14 Nov at 20:15

Triskel Cinema

90 mins

United States

Lizzie Borden

In a quasi-dystopian New York City, while a pseudo democratic regime rules through control and repression, various groups of women decide to rally troops to fight gender, race and class discrimination. With riotous energy and astute political vision, Lizzie Borden’s highly inventive cult film is a radical call to action that uncannily resonates with today. -- POST-SCREENING PUBLIC SQUARE: What Can We Do With Our Anger?

Jim Queen

Showtime: Fri 20 Nov at 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

84 mins

France

Marco NGUYEN, Nicolas ATHANE

Jim is Paris’s most fabulous gay influencer. When a mysterious virus threatens to turn gay men straight, he is forced to team up with the shy twink Lucien, his biggest fan, to try and save queer culture. Fame, identity and every gay stereotype in existence collide in this fun animated satire. Post-Screening party at Wilde

Mysterious Skin

Showtime: Mon 16 Nov at 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

99 mins

United States

Gregg Araki

Two teenage boys both experienced a strange event and later it affects their lives in drastically different ways. Neil becomes a reckless, emotionally detached male hustler in New York. Meanwhile, Brian represses his memories, believing he was abducted by aliens. Their paths eventually collide to uncover the devastating truth.

Objet A

Showtime: Mon 16 Nov at 18:00, Sat 21 Nov (Online), Sat 21 Nov at 19:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6, Online Screening, Arc Cinema - Screen 6

98 mins

Germany, Luxembourg, Greece

Ann Oren

Immaculate and successful, hand surgeons Ingeborg and Adam form a perfect couple. But under an over-controlling facade lie unusual desires, and a sudden encounter soon disrupts their neat and tidy existence. Sensual and deviant, this curious object makes cinema a tantalising experience—come for the pristine imagery, stay for the organically mind-bending sequence.

Operation Recomply

Showtime: Sat 21 Nov at 20:15

Triskel Cinema

86 mins

United Kingdom

Alex Grace

Operation Recomply follows family members of the Filton 25 and documents their fight for justice while the state escalates its crackdown on the pro Palestine movement. Strangers transform grief into a community bound by love, support and resistance as the government uses terrorism laws to criminalise peaceful protest. --- POST-SCREENING "THE BIGGER PICTURE": Democracy on Trial: The Filton 25 Example

The Fox

Showtime: Fri 13 Nov at 20:45, Thu 19 Nov at 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2, Arc Cinema - Screen 2

90 mins

Australia

Dario Russo

Nick (Jai Courtney) is an average Aussie guy, but when his fiancée Kori (Emily Browning) cheats on him he is unwise enough to listen to a sly fox (Olivia Colman) who promises to transform his partner into the perfect woman and in doing so take control of the natural world.

They Live

Showtime: Sun 15 Nov at 19:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

93 mins

United States

John Carpenter

A working-class drifter – played by a perfect Roddy Piper - discovers special sunglasses that expose a shocking reality: the world's ruling elite are actually disguised extraterrestrials. They use hidden, subliminal television and print messages to subjugate humanity, forcing him to join a brewing underground resistance to wake up the world.

Vertiginous (Le Vertige)

Showtime: Tue 17 Nov at 21:00, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Online Screening

67 mins

France

Quentin Dupieux

Jacky has made a crazy discovery that might entail an alternative, virtual reality. When he tells his childhood friend Bruno, they realise they’re onto something, until… Bonkers yet truly vertiginous, this comedy is like being stuck in a glitchy Sims game, one that definitely reaches the absurdity levels of our high-tech world!