Online Selection Archives - Cork International Film Festival

Online Programme

Doc Day Online

Showtime: Fri 20 Nov (Online)

Online Screening

In addition to the in-person offering for Doc Day 2026, the Festival will host a series of online sessions, complementing this year’s non-fiction programme and encompassing in-depth filmmaker conversations and case studies.

First Zone

Showtime: Mon 16 Nov at 19:45, Fri 20 Nov at 15:00, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

Arc Cinema - Screen 2, Arc Cinema - Screen 2, Online Screening

84 mins

Netherlands

Thom Lunshof

In a future where the Netherlands has been flooded by sea-level rise, Fenna, a hardened and solitary woman, lives above the vast sea in a wind turbine. When a violent storm sweeps her far from this "home", Fenna must navigate a labyrinth of half-flooded, perilous islands and diverse communities.

Funk

Showtime: Tue 17 Nov at 18:30, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

Arc Cinema - Screen 2, Online Screening

106 mins

Brazil

Aly Muritiba

In a neon-lit Rio de Janeiro favela where radical joy is an act of resistance, MC Sabrina (Duda Santos), a fearless young queer talent, catches the eye of an influential music producer. Thrust into the spotlight of the music industry, she must navigate aggressive attempts to “whitewash” her sound and her identity

If Pigeons Turned to Gold (Kdyby Se Holubi Proměnili Ve Zlato)

Showtime: Fri 13 Nov at 17:00, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

Triskel Cinema, Online Screening

110 mins

Czech Republic, Slovakia

Pepa Lubojacki

Pepa, the film’s writer and narrator, has "order" in her life, but her brother and two cousins David and Marco have taken to the street, where each faces addiction. A balancing act between love and contempt, care and destruction on film, that seeks to find whether family saves our life or – on the contrary – destroys it.

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.

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.

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.

Vertiginous (Le Vertige)

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

Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Online Screening

67 mins 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!

You Don't Belong Here (Nu e locul tau aici)

Showtime: Sun 15 Nov at 13:15, Fri 20 Nov at 18:30, Sat 21 Nov (Online)

Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Online Screening

154 mins

Romania

Florin Serban

Marius is the chief medical officer at a hospital in his small hometown, raising a teenage son, Ioan, alone after the death of his wife. He is a confident professional, who has no idea what his son gets up to at night, cycling through town vandalising cars with a gang of masked vigilantes. Marius’s world is shaken when he learns that the police have come to suspect his son of murder.