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15 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Online
Momentum
CC
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
CC
Q&A/Panel
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
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Six Weeks On / Sechswochenamt
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Spirit of the Festival
Online
CC
Drama
Q&A/Panel
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
That Summer in Paris (Le Rendez-Vous de l'Ete)
Sat 15 Nov
Online Screening
Momentum
French
Online
Comedy
LGBTQIA+
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
Menopause Awareness Programme for the Screen Sector
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 10:00
Nano Nagle Place
Industry Event
270 mins
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Tales From the Magic Garden - Narrated in English
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 11:30
The Everyman
Family & Young People
Sensory Friendly (SF)
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
aemi Shorts: Landscapes Expanding
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 13:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
Parallax
aemi
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Songs of Forgotten Trees
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Momentum
Drama
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
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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
Drama
Politics
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
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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
Drama
Politics
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
Solomamma
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
Drama
Q&A/Panel
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
aemi Shorts: A Tribute to Gunvor Nelson
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
International Shorts
Parallax
aemi
62 mins
Gunvor Nelson
A fitting overview of the Gunvor Nelson's practice through the lens of family relations.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
A Quiet Love
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
CC
LGBTQIA+
Q&A/Panel
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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
Drama
Politics
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
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
Drama
Politics
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
Rental Family
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
Comedy
Drama
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Bearcave
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Spirit of the Festival
International Fiction
LGBTQIA+
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
DJ Ahmet
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 18:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
Comedy
Drama
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
Song Sung Blue - Awards Gala
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 19:30
The Everyman
Gala
Drama
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Answering The Call
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
Q&A/Panel
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The World of Love (Se-Gye-Ui Ju-In)
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
Drama
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
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Farming is Medicine
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 12:30
Triskel Cinema
Culinary
Q&A/Panel
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Little Amelie (Amelie Ou La Metaphysique Des Tubes)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Family & Young People
French
Sensory Friendly (SF)
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Reedland / Rietland
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 6
Spirit of the Festival
Drama
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
Politics
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The History of Sound
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
The Everyman
World Tour
Drama
LGBTQIA+
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Daniel O'Connell: The Emancipator
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 16:30
Triskel Cinema
Irish Voices
Q&A/Panel
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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 Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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
Family & Young People
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Closing Gala: Is This Thing On?
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 19:30
The Everyman
Gala
Comedy
Drama
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Phantasm
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Paul
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
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 Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Little Sister (La Petite Derniere)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
French
Drama
LGBTQIA+
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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