Momentum Archives - Cork International Film Festival

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A Prayer For the Dying

Showtime: Sat 14 Nov at 17:30, Fri 20 Nov at 13:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Arc Cinema - Screen 4

95 mins

Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Dara Van Dusen

In 1870 Wisconsin, Civil War veteran and town sheriff Jacob Hansen (Johnny Flynn) is confronted by a deadly epidemic just as wildfires close in on his isolated community. With physician Doc (John C. Reilly) fighting to contain the disease, Jacob’s faith, buried wartime trauma and sense of duty begin to unravel.

Amazomania

Showtime: Mon 16 Nov at 20:15, Thu 19 Nov at 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6, Arc Cinema - Screen 6

72 mins

Sweden, Denmark, France

Nathan Grossman

In 1996 a Brazilian official and a Swedish journalist ventured into the Amazon to make contact with the isolated Korubo people. Footage of the expedition resurfaces decades later, forcing a re-examination of the contact's consequences. When the journalist returns to the tribe, his visit does not go as expected.

Ben'Imana

Showtime: Fri 13 Nov at 20:15, Thu 19 Nov at 17:30, Sun 22 Nov at 13:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6, Arc Cinema - Screen 6, Arc Cinema - Screen 6

100 mins

Rwanda, Gabon, France, Norway, Côte d’Ivoire

Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo

In Rwanda, 2012, Vénéranda helps survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and perpetrators’ families face one another in community trials for justice and reconciliation. As testimonies reopen old wounds, Vénéranda’s carefully held convictions begin to crack, forcing her to confront a past she has spent years helping others survive.

Clarissa

Showtime: Sat 14 Nov at 14:45, Tue 17 Nov at 18:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Arc Cinema - Screen 4

125 mins

United States, Nigeria, Egypt

Arie ESIRI, Chuko ESIRI

In this modern reimagining of the Virginia Woolf novel Mrs. Dalloway, society woman Clarissa prepares to host a party at her home in Lagos, Nigeria, where she will unexpectedly encounter once-intimate friends from her youth. Memories of their intricate relationships, passionate love, hidden desires, and lost aspirations give rise to bittersweet reckoning.

Elephants in the Fog (Tinīharū)

Showtime: Sat 14 Nov at 20:15, Thu 19 Nov at 20:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Arc Cinema - Screen 4

103 mins

Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway

Abinash Bikram Shah

In a remote Nepalese village, a young trans woman disappears while patrolling wild elephants. Pirati, the matriarch of her Kinnar community is determined to find her. But looking for answers is dangerous in a society that only putatively tolerates the Kinnar. A mysterious and haunting portrait of love, belonging and escape.

Everytime

Showtime: Mon 16 Nov at 17:45, Sat 21 Nov at 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Arc Cinema - Screen 4

119 mins

Austria

Sandra Wollner

In this acclaimed multiple festival award-winner, a tragedy brings a mother, daughter, and teenage boy together. The unlikely trio take a trip to Tenerife for a missed family holiday and, beneath the intense island sun, find themselves drawn into a strange space where past and present begin to overlap. A spellbinding and deeply sensitive journey.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

Showtime: Tue 17 Nov at 20:30, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

Triskel Cinema, Online Screening

91 mins

United States

Sasha Waters

Sasha Waters’ intimate documentary traces poet Mary Oliver’s solitary childhood, literary rise and lifelong devotion to nature, attention and love. Drawing on rare archival material and intimate testimony, it illuminates the woman behind the celebrated poems, creating a contemplative portrait of an intensely private writer whose work continues to invite wonder.

Nowhere to Lay my Eyes (Nunduldega Eomne)

Showtime: Wed 18 Nov at 20:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

72 mins

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

Hong Sang-soo

After ten years apart, Sang-hee (Kim Min-hee) travels with her brother to Jeju Island to visit their mother and stepfather. Over a few days, old tensions and new connections emerge. With his signature humour and unfolding profundity, Hong Sang-soo explores intimacy, artistic ambition and the elusive nature of belonging.

Rehearsals for a Revolution

Showtime: Sat 14 Nov at 14:15, Wed 18 Nov at 17:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6, Arc Cinema - Screen 6

95 mins

Czech Republic, Spain, Iran

Pegah Ahangarani

Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, Iranian director Pegah Ahangarani traces four decades of personal and national history. Combining intimate archives, home videos, protest footage, newspaper reports and oral testimonies, she explores political repression, resistance and the enduring hope for revolution, weaving a deeply personal memory of Iran.

The Beauty of Errors (Kappale Kauneinta Suomea)

Showtime: Fri 13 Nov at 17:45, Fri 20 Nov at 14:30, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

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

94 mins

Finland, Norway, Sweden

Jukka Kärkkäinen

Unfolding against the backdrop of the Finnish countryside, The Beauty of Errors observes Tero’s relationship with his son Henri, at the threshold of adulthood, showcasing a story that at times resembles a pocket-sized epic (all passion and intensity), and at other times a wistful waltz, carrying a bittersweet affirmation of life.

The History of Concrete

Showtime: Sun 15 Nov at 20:00, Tue 17 Nov at 20:15, Fri 20 Nov at 16:30, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

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

100 mins

John Wilson

Comedic documentary filmmaker John Wilson turns his curious gaze to the bedrock of his beloved New York City. Concrete, the world’s most widely used building material, becomes an unlikely life force as Wilson embarks on an entertainingly eccentric quest to make the definitive documentary about the stuff beneath our feet.

Tutti Frutti

Showtime: Thu 19 Nov at 18:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

45 mins

France

Céline Sciamma

Join us for a conversation with cult filmmaker Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) around the screening of her poetic, diaristic film Tutti Frutti, an exploration of events both present and past, from lesbian figures forgotten by history to a landmark trial involving Portrait actor Adèle Haenel.