Events Archive - Cork International Film Festival

07 Nov 2026

RTÉ Industry Sessions @ CIFF | Cork International Film Festival

Junior Filmmaking Workshop (8-12 y.o)

Sat 07 Nov

Showtime: 10:00

UCC Film & Screen Media Auditorium

Family & Young People

180 mins

Senior Filmmaking Workshop (13 - 17 y.o)

Sun 08 Nov

Showtime: 11:00

UCC Film & Screen Media Auditorium

Family & Young People

330 mins

Opening Gala: Lucy Lost

Thu 12 Nov

Showtime: 19:00

MTU Cork School of Music

Family

Opening Gala

French

Q&A/Panel

Drama

Fiction

Music

Gala

170 mins

France

Olivier Clert

On the edge of a quiet fishing village in a remote archipelago lives a family bound to the sea. Jim and Mary share their home with their son Alfie — and with Lucy, a mysterious eleven-year-old girl whose gifts spark suspicion among the villagers. Lucy and her secret imaginary friend, Milly, set off on a magical quest to uncover the secret behind her mysterious powers. Olivier Clert’s Lucy Lost is an exquisitely crafted tale of friendship, courage and belonging. Its extraordinary, unusually sophisticated animation captures both the wild beauty of the sea and the fragile inner world of its heroine, moving seamlessly between reality and dream. Anne-Sophie’s Versnaeyen’s gorgeous, haunting score completes the spell, lending the film an extraordinary emotional resonance. A luminous, poetic and deeply atmospheric achievement, Lucy Lost is a film to lose yourself in.

When Sally Met Harry Live: A Theatre Experiment

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 13:00

Granary Theatre

Special Presentation

What happens when a classic romantic comedy is put under the theatrical microscope?

Look Back (Rukku Bakku)

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 14:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Fiction

Drama

Animation

100 mins

Japan

Hirokazu Koreeda

Two aspiring manga artists, outgoing Fujino and reclusive Kyomoto, form an unexpected friendship through their shared passion for drawing. As their lives and ambitions evolve, their bond is tested by changing circumstances. Following the acclaimed anime adaptation, Kore-eda’s tender live-action film brings Fujimoto’s poignant manga to the screen.

Aemi Presents: Roll Call

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 15:45

Granary Theatre

Irish Shorts

77 mins

Various

‘Roll Call’ is a programme celebrating the nine artists from the 2025-’26 edition of aemi’s Film Artist Development Programme.

Different from the Others

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 16:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Retrospective

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Politics

50 mins

Germany

Magnus Hirschfeld, Richard Oswald

Concert violinist Paul Körner falls in love with a male student, but their relationship is threatened by blackmail and Paragraph 175, which criminalised homosexuality. Co-written by Richard Oswald and sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld, this pioneering silent film was an early cinematic plea for gay rights and sympathetic portrayal of queer life.

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

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 17:00

Triskel Cinema

Illuminate

The Bigger Picture

Documentary Competition

Documentary

Online

Q&A/Panel

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.

Stand Up

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 17:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Spirit of the Festival

Drama

Fiction

92 mins

Netherlands

Mari SANDERS

Twenty-three-year-old Vera’s carefree life changes when an accident leaves her using a wheelchair. At a rehabilitation centre, she meets Xander, a young man who has lived with a disability since birth. As their friendship deepens, Vera is caught between her old life and a new community that challenges everything she thought she knew.

The Beauty of Errors (Kappale Kauneinta Suomea)

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 17:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Documentary Competition

Momentum

Documentary

Online

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.

aemi Presents: Hard Currency

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 17:45

Granary Theatre

80 mins

Various

aemi's second programme for Cork International Film Festival is 'Hard Currency', a mixed shorts programme of international work building out from Tuva Björk's Fear Fokol, a dark journey into the world of private security in South Africa.

A Sip of Irish

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Ballymaloe Grainstore

Culinary

Documentary

90 mins mins

Frank Mannion

Celebrating the incredible story of Ireland's contribution to the culinary and drinks world

The Education of Jane Cumming

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

104 mins

Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Sophie Heldman

Edinburgh, 1810. Teachers Marianne Woods (Clare Dunne) and Jane Pirie (Flora Nicholson) embark on their dream of an independent life together and open a boarding school. Their lives are changed forever when a wealthy aristocrat (Fiona Shaw) enrols her 'illegitimate' 15-year-old grandchild from India, Jane Cumming.

Flesh & Fuel (Du Fioul Dans les Artères)

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Lookout Award Competition

LGBTQIA+

Spirit of the Festival

French

Drama

Fiction

90 mins

France, Poland

Pierre LE GALL

French truck driver Etienne leads a solitary life on the road. When he meets Bartosz, a Polish trucker, his solitary routine is turned upside down. As feelings develop, he struggles to balance his demanding job with a chance at intimacy and tenderness. Etienne finds himself unusually determined to make it work.

When Sally Met Harry Live: A Theatre Experiment

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 13:00

Granary Theatre

Special Presentation

What happens when a classic romantic comedy is put under the theatrical microscope?

Ben'Imana

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Lookout Award Competition

Momentum

Fiction

Drama

Politics

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.

Irish Shorts 1: In Competition

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Triskel Cinema

Irish Shorts

Q&A/Panel

86 mins

Various

A selection of national and world premieres. Portraits of people trying to find their footing in a rapidly shifting world.

The Fox

Fri 13 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Disruptors

Comedy

Fiction

Genre

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.

Family-Friendly Shorts

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 11:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Family

Family & Young People

Irish Shorts

International Shorts

Animation

68 mins

Various

A selection of animated films, and one live action short. Featuring adventurous mice, slovenly rats, curious foxes and an important message you must see to bee-lieve!

Persepolis

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 11:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Special Presentation

Animation

French

Drama

Politics

Music

Comedy

Q&A/Panel

95 mins

France, United States

Marjane SATRAPI, Vincent PARONNAUD

In the wake of Marjane Satrapi’s untimely passing, we revisit her autobiographical masterpiece Persepolis. Marjane comes from a long line of rebels. She is eight years old when the Iranian Revolution begins in January 1978. Many people in Iran, including her left-leaning, liberal parents, want the shah to step down from his position as leader of the country. There are constant protests, and although Marjane doesn't fully understand the situation, she wants to take part. She abandons her dreams of becoming a prophet in favour of becoming a revolutionary like Che Guevara.

Forest High (Forêt Ivre)

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 12:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Culinary

Fiction

French

Environment

102 mins

Belgium, France

In the northern Alps, three women take turns looking after an Alpine hut. Through the seasons, hikers come and go. Stories bloom and fade, leaving them to contemplate life amid nature's poetry. Paired event: Following the screening, L’Atitude 51 will become its own Alpine refuge for the afternoon. Communal tables, good French wine, mountain cheeses, rustic bread, charcuterie and simple Alpine dishes.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 12:30

Triskel Cinema

Retrospective

Fiction

Comedy

Politics

94 mins

United States

Stanley Kubrick

When an unhinged American general orders a rogue nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, world leaders gather in the Pentagon War Room to avert global catastrophe. They discover a hidden Soviet doomsday device will automatically trigger global annihilation, rendering all desperate political and military counter-efforts entirely useless.

Look@Me Film Screening

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 12:30

Granary Theatre

80 mins

CIFF Walking Tour

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 13:30

Walking Tour

Cork Lens

Walking Tours

90 mins mins

Join us for a fascinating guided walking tour exploring the city's rich cinematic and architectural heritage.

Irish Shorts 4: Out of Competition

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 14:15

Granary Theatre

Irish Shorts

87 mins

Various

A selection of Irish shorts that have been screened elsewhere in Ireland this year but that we particularly like and want to share with our audience.

Rehearsals for a Revolution

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 14:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Documentary Competition

Momentum

Documentary

Politics

Q&A/Panel

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 Mystery Package

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 14:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Family

Family & Young People

Documentary

Teens

80 mins

Norway, Denmark

Silje Evensmo Jacobsen

Live narration in English by Hilary Rose. For 22 years, a mysterious Christmas package has arrived at a Norwegian family’s home, always bearing gifts and the same enigmatic message. Now, young detectives Edle and Brage set out to discover who sends it. Activity: bring a mystery present do be donated at Christmas, and participate in our partner Pinocchio toy store's raffle!

Clarissa

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 14:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

LGBTQIA+

Drama

Fiction

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.

Cinema of Foresight - A Talk

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 15:00

Triskel Cinema

Retrospective

Special Presentation

Q&A/Panel

70 mins

The Irish Times' Donald Clarke and filmmaker Paul Duane exchange about the films that proved able, if not to predict the future, but to recognise forces shaping it.

International Shorts 1: Documentary

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 16:30

Granary Theatre

International Shorts

96 mins

Various

Contemplations on the world through the eyes of other people and creatures.

Sick

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 17:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Genre

Fiction

90 mins

Poland

Agata Trzebuchowska

During the summer holidays, 16-year-old Maks and his older sister Emma travel to the countryside to care for their ailing grandmother. As tensions rise in the summer heat and the siblings’ bond begins to shift into something unsettling, their grandmother’s frail presence takes on an increasingly disturbing quality.

Minotaur

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 17:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Fiction

Drama

Politics

French

135 mins

France, Latvia, Germany

Andrei Zvyagintsev

A high-powered executive's meticulously controlled existence unravels when professional crises, global chaos (read: Putin’s invasion of Ukraine), and marital betrayal converge, pushing him toward a dangerous breaking point. Russian dissident Andrey Zvyagintsev adapts Claude Chabrol's The Unfaithful Wife in this beautifully sinister political thriller, which dissects collective cowardice and authoritarianism.

Tin Castle

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 17:15

Triskel Cinema

Best New Irish

Documentary Competition

Documentary

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

105 mins

Ireland

Alexander Murphy

The O’Reilly family lives in a rundown trailer along a country road. Pa’, Lisa, and their ten children weather the seasons in their tin castle, heirs to a way of life. Under threat of eviction, their tenuous balance falters, yet they resist. The children laugh, the dogs bark, the trailer holds on – but for how long?

A Prayer For the Dying

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

Fiction

Drama

Q&A/Panel

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.

Screen Cork: Filmmaking Beyond the Pale

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 18:30

Granary Theatre

Industry Event

60 mins mins

As production demands grow across Ireland, how do the regions build a sustainable, competitive ecosystem for major film and TV projects?

Camouflage

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Drama

Fiction

Q&A/Panel

102 mins

Germany

Mykyta Gibalenko

Vitaly dreams of leaving Ukraine and starting a new life abroad. In Munich, he joins a student theatre group and, for the first time, feels free to be himself. Then Russia invades Ukraine in February 2022. His mother and sister are now refugees, suddenly in the way of his German dream.

Irish Shorts 2: In Competition

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Granary Theatre

Irish Shorts

Q&A/Panel

100 mins

Various

A selection of Irish and world premiere shorts by Irish and Irish-based documentary and artist filmmakers.

Born in Flames

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Triskel Cinema

Disruptors

Special Presentation

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Politics

Q&A/Panel

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?

Elephants in the Fog (Tinīharū)

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

Lookout Award Competition

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

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.

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Sat 14 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

109 mins

United Kingdom

Clio Barnard

When friends drift apart, can shared memories still bring them together? In Birmingham, the destinies of five pals are challenged as life’s mishaps come in the way. With an incredible cast — Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters), Anthony Boyle (House of Guinness), Lola Petticrew (Furious), Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) and Jay Lycurgo (Steve) — and adapted by Enda Walsh, this profoundly touching portrait of a generation affected by Britain’s neoliberal politics brings joy and tears in equal parts.

International Shorts 2:

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 11:00

Granary Theatre

International Shorts

Animation

92 mins

Various

A selection of international shorts, featuring animation and more approaches. Tales of life and destiny

Lucy Lost

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 11:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Animation

Family

French

Family & Young People

Fiction

Teens

85 mins mins

France

Olivier Clert

Lucy Lost, based on the Michael Morpurgo book Listen To The Moon, and set during the First World War, is a tale of friendship, courage and belonging. Its extraordinary, unusually sophisticated animation captures both the wild beauty of the sea and the fragile inner world of its heroine, moving seamlessly between reality and dream.

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

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 13:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

Politics

Online

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.

A Man of His Time (Notre Salut)

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 13:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

French

Drama

Fiction

Politics

155 mins

France, Belgium

Emmanuel MARRE

In 1940, Henri Marre (filmmaker Emmanuel Marre’s great-grandfather) arrives in Vichy with aspirations to publish his manuscript "Our Salvation", which he hopes will save France from collapse. Day after day, he dedicates himself to collaborating with the Vichy regime, as a minor but strategic element in the Vichy ministry of labour.

International Shorts 3: Documentary

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 13:45

Granary Theatre

International Shorts

101 mins

Various

Stories of activism and resistance.

Rose

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 14:00

Triskel Cinema

World Tour

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

94 mins

Austria, Germany

Markus SCHLEINZER

During the Thirty Years’ War, a mysterious soldier arrives in a remote German village and claims an abandoned farm as his inheritance. But Rose (Sandra Hüller) is not the man she appears to be. Hiding her identity, she gradually earns the villagers’ trust, builds a new life and risks everything to preserve it.

A Common Story (Una Storia)

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 14:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Drama

Fiction

110 mins

Italy

Anna Foglietta

Erika (Alba Rohrwacher) and Mauro (Guido Caprino) live a simple life in the countryside, their days shaped by comforting routines. When their daughter Irene leaves to study far from home, their house feels empty, and the equilibrium on which the couple has based their lives seems to crumble.

What Does Art Have to do with it?

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 15:45

Granary Theatre

International Shorts

The Bigger Picture

Q&A/Panel

60 mins mins

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Mia Mera Sti Zoi Tis Tzo: Kefalaio Faidra)

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 16:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Lookout Award Competition

Spirit of the Festival

LGBTQIA+

Drama

Music

Teens

88 mins

Greece, Germany, France

Jacqueline Lentzou

Fifteen-year-old Jo is melancholic and restless in Athens. When her classmate Phaedra’s ethereal singing moves her, Jo reaches out and discovers an unexpected connection. The dreams she had the night before were warning her about something, but she can’t remember them. Winner of the Best Director award in Venice (Orizzonti section).

Derek Vs Derek

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 16:30

Triskel Cinema

Green Screen

The Bigger Picture

Documentary

Environment

Comedy

Politics

Q&A/Panel

87 mins

United Kingdom

James Dawson

On a country road in Devon, England, live two implacably opposed neighbouring farmers, both called Derek. One believes in intensive industrial farming, the other is giving his entire farm over to nature. As tempers fray, wild animals escape, and the land is transformed, the film charts the two Derek's turbulent but funny relationship. --- POST-SCREENING THE BIGGER PICTURE: The Soil That Feeds Us

Mouse

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 16:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Family

Family & Young People

Fiction

Teens

120 mins

United States

Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson

Callie and Minnie’s relationship is suddenly upended at the start of the summer before their senior year of high school. As Minnie begins to navigate a new and uncertain reality, she forms an unlikely connection with Callie’s mother (Sophie Okonedo). A tender coming-of-age story about friendship, loss and finding yourself.

Tender Loving Care

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 17:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Fiction

Drama

107 mins

United Kingdom

Mike Leigh

Amy, a dedicated child-protection worker, moves back in with her lifelong friend Rosie, a social worker facing the pressures and frustrations of caring for others. As Amy’s personal life unravels, her friendship with Rosie and relationship with her ageing parents reveal a funny, compassionate portrait of love, work and resilience.

International Shorts 4

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 17:15

Granary Theatre

International Shorts

88 mins

Various

Struggles, from the everyday to the unexpected.

They Live

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 19:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Disruptors

Fiction

Genre

Politics

93 mins 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.

La Gradiva

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 19:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Lookout Award Competition

Spirit of the Festival

French

LGBTQIA+

Drama

Fiction

Teens

145 mins

France

Marine ATLAN

A rowdy class of French teenagers travels to Pompeii to discover its famed bodies petrified by Vesuvius. Amid sun-dappled ruins and a world suspended in time, desire, unrequited love and adolescent tensions surface with unexpected intensity. Social dynamics shift, in ways that may be irreversible. Cannes Film Festival’s surprise sensation is coming to Cork.

Plan C for Civilization

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 19:30

Triskel Cinema

Green Screen

The Bigger Picture

Documentary

Environment

Politics

Q&A/Panel

108 mins

United States, Bangladesh, Sweden, Germany, France, Canada

Ben Kalina

As the controversial planet-cooling technology called solar geoengineering moves out of the lab and into a planet in the throes of a climate meltdown, it carries deep uncertainty. Part thriller, part wake-up call, the film asks whether or not we can still afford to ignore this powerful but mad idea. ----- POST SCREENING PUBLIC SQUARE: Technology's Solutions for the Climate: Fluff, Bluff or Remedy?

Free Radicals

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 19:45

Granary Theatre

Free Radicals

International Shorts

Parallax

87 mins

Various

Experimental short works from Irish and international filmmakers.

The History of Concrete

Sun 15 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Lookout Award Competition

Documentary

Comedy

Online

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.

Arrested Memory

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Fiction

Genre

Comedy

87 mins

Taiwan, Japan

SABU

A seasoned detective becomes the unlikely target of cops and crooks alike after unwittingly wandering off with a multimillion-dollar ransom. As his fractured memory and instincts lead him deeper into the chaos, cult auteur SABU turns a crime caper into a darkly comic, absurdist ride through mistaken identities, shifting loyalties and unexpected danger.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

Triskel Cinema

Retrospective

Fiction

Comedy

Politics

94 mins

United States

Stanley Kubrick

Everytime

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 17:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

Lookout Award Competition

Drama

Fiction

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.

Objet A

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Disruptors

LGBTQIA+

Genre

Fiction

Online

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.

Dónal Gallagher Reads from 'Edged in Blue: A Rock 'n' Roll Odyssey with Rory Gallagher'

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 18:30

Gallaghers Pub Cork

Special Presentation

‘Edged in Blue: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Odyssey with Rory Gallagher’ is a definitive account of his life in the music world, written by his brother Dónal.

Cork Film Trail: Film Quiz 2026

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 19:30

The Pav / Intermission

The Accompanist

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 19:30

St George’s, Mitchelstown

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

106 mins

United States

Zach Woods

When nine-year-old Emily is removed from the care of her dementia-stricken grandfather by a rookie child-welfare agent (Aubrey Plaza), she is placed with the witchy, funny, and unpredictable Sylvia (Susan Sarandon). As the two build an unlikely bond, they find that forging a new family is not without risk.

First Zone

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 19:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Spirit of the Festival

Fiction

Genre

Online

Q&A/Panel

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.

A Bit of Light (Kami Nour)

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Triskel Cinema

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

Politics

87 mins

Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Türkiye

Ali Asgari

February 2026, Tehran. After treating wounded protesters, Iranian doctor Arash has his clinic sealed and his faith in the future shattered. He decides to die. But before he goes, he spends one last day saying goodbye to his brother, sisters and mother. Their ordinary acts of love make leaving increasingly difficult.

Amazomania

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Lookout Award Competition

Politics

Documentary

Q&A/Panel

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.

Mysterious Skin

Mon 16 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Disruptors

Fiction

Drama

LGBTQIA+

99 mins 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.

Chili Finger

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Triskel Cinema

Culinary

Fiction

Comedy

Genre

Q&A/Panel

101 mins

United States

Edd Benda, Stephen Helstad

When a newly empty-nested mom (Judy Greer) finds a human finger in her chili and blackmails the fast-food chain’s owner (John Goodman) for a quick payday, her life spirals into chaos. As she clashes with ruthless forces (Bryan Cranston) unleashed by the restaurant, her blissfully clueless husband (Sean Astin) stands by.

EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival 2026

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

International Shorts

EUNIC

77 mins

Various

Shorts from 9 EU Countries from the EUNIC Ireland cluster.

Irish Shorts 3: Best Cork Short Competition

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Everyman

Irish Shorts

86 mins

Various

Home thoughts from abroad? You can never go home again! But everyone must have one...

Clarissa

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 18:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

LGBTQIA+

Drama

Fiction

125 mins

United States, Nigeria, Egypt

Arie ESIRI, Chuko ESIRI

Funk

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 18:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

Music

Online

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

The History of Concrete

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Lookout Award Competition

Documentary

Comedy

Online

100 mins

John Wilson

Club Kid

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Everyman

World Tour

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

Music

119 mins

United States

Jordan FIRSTMAN

Centrepiece Screening: New York party boy Peter has perfected the art of avoiding adulthood, until a 10-year-old son he never knew existed lands on his doorstep. Jordan Firstman directs and stars with irresistible energy and vulnerability in this funny, tender and gloriously messy story about fatherhood, responsibility and the terrifying prospect of growing up.

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Triskel Cinema

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Documentary

Online

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.

Out of Frame: Round 38 (Cork Shorts)

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

The Roundy

Industry Event

60 mins mins

Cork’s monthly film talk, Out of Frame provides a platform to showcase Cork’s talented diverse film community and a space for exchange and connection among filmmakers.

Ghost in the Shell (Kôkaku kidôtai)

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Retrospective

Animation

Fiction

Genre

83 mins

Japan, United Kingdom

Oshii Mamoru

In a futuristic cybernetic society, Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg counter-cyberterrorism officer, hunts a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master. As she untangles the political conspiracy, she faces a deep existential crisis, questioning the nature of her own humanity, consciousness, and soul within her mechanical shell.

Vertiginous (Le Vertige)

Tue 17 Nov

Showtime: 21:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Disruptors

Animation

French

Fiction

Online

Comedy

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!

RTÉ Industry Sessions @ CIFF

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 10:00

Online Screening

Industry Event

Cork International Film Festival and RTÉ Cork are delighted to present a day-long event for independent filmmakers, producers and event creators to attend and participate in key industry clinics and talks.

Symposium: The Future of Heritage

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 10:00

UCC Film & Screen Media Auditorium

Cork Lens

420 mins mins

A Cork International Film Festival and University College Cork Presentation

Derek Vs Derek

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 17:45

Triskel Cinema

Green Screen

The Bigger Picture

Documentary

Environment

Comedy

Politics

Q&A/Panel

87 mins

United Kingdom

James Dawson

Rehearsals for a Revolution

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 17:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Documentary Competition

Momentum

Documentary

Politics

Q&A/Panel

95 mins

Czech Republic, Spain, Iran

Pegah Ahangarani

Feast or Famine

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Culinary

Documentary

90 mins

United Kingdom

Michael Boccalini, Adrian Choa, Theo Gee

At East London restaurant Angelina, a young team of chefs and owners sets its sights on the ultimate culinary accolade: a Michelin star. Alongside their story, legendary chef Marco Pierre White reflects on his own extraordinary relationship with the Michelin system, raising questions about ambition, recognition and the price of success.

Joe Bonamassa - The Spirit of Rory

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Everyman

Irish Voices

Documentary

Music

Q&A/Panel

70 mins

Ireland

Atonement

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 18:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Illuminate

Fiction

Drama

Politics

118 mins

United States

Reed Van Dyk

In the early days of the Iraq War, a U.S. Marine’s split-second decision devastates an Iraqi family. Years later, aided by a journalist (Kenneth Branagh), he seeks reconciliation with the family’s matriarch (Hiam Abbass), confronting the enduring weight of grief, guilt and and the elusive possibility of forgiveness. Devastating and profound.

Persepolis

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Special Presentation

Animation

French

Drama

Politics

Music

Comedy

Q&A/Panel

95 mins

France, United States

Marjane SATRAPI, Vincent PARONNAUD

Tin Castle

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Triskel Cinema

Best New Irish

Documentary Competition

Documentary

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

105 mins

Ireland

Alexander Murphy

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

109 mins

United Kingdom

Clio Barnard

Chris Kent Goes Offline

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Everyman

Irish Voices

Documentary

Cork

Comedy

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

65 mins

Ireland

David Murphy

Chris Kent Goes Offline follows Cork comedian Chris Kent as he gives up his smartphone and the internet entirely while preparing for his latest stand-up tour. This entertaining and insightful feature documentary offers a behind-the-scenes companion to his hugely popular stand-up show Offline, exploring our increasingly complicated relationship with technology through Chris's trademark humour and honesty.

Nowhere to Lay my Eyes (Nunduldega Eomne)

Wed 18 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

Drama

Fiction

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.

First Take

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 10:30

Triskel Cinema

Industry Event

First Take is a training and development platform for newly established film professionals, film and media students and the wider film industry.

UCC Puttnam Scholars 2026: A Little Closer

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 17:00

Triskel Cinema

Family & Young People

45 mins

Ben'Imana

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Lookout Award Competition

Momentum

Fiction

Drama

Politics

100 mins

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

Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo

A Talent for Murder

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Everyman

World Tour

Fiction

Drama

106 mins

Switzerland, Australia, Italy, United States, United Kingdom

Anton Corbijn

In 1995, young literary agent Edward Ridgeway travels to the Swiss Alps to persuade Patricia Highsmith to write another novel about Tom Ripley. The ageing author refuses, but proposes a different challenge: together they will devise the perfect murder. As their game develops, Edward discovers that Highsmith may not be the only one playing.

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Retrospective

Fiction

Drama

Politics

116 mins

Italy

Pier Paolo Pasolini

One of cinema’s most notorious and feared films, Pasolini’s political war art horror focuses on four corrupt Italian libertines in WWII Fascist Italy who subject 18 teenagers to months of extreme violence and sadism. A chilling, prophetic warning about the trajectory of modern consumerist power, the commodification of human bodies, and unchecked authoritarianism.

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland World Premiere Shorts

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 18:15

Triskel Cinema

Irish Shorts

81 mins

Various

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is proud to present the World Premiere of an exciting selection of new Irish short films funded under the agency’s Focus Shorts, Frameworks and Real Shorts short film schemes.

Tutti Frutti

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 18:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

French

LGBTQIA+

Documentary

Politics

Q&A/Panel

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.

Amazomania

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Lookout Award Competition

Politics

Documentary

Q&A/Panel

72 mins

Sweden, Denmark, France

Nathan Grossman

CIFF Shorts Awards 2026

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Triskel Cinema

Industry Event

30 mins

Elephants in the Fog (Tinīharū)

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

Lookout Award Competition

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

103 mins

Nepal, France, Germany, Brazil, Norway

Abinash Bikram Shah

The Fox

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Disruptors

Comedy

Fiction

Genre

90 mins

Australia

Dario Russo

Skintown

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Everyman

Best New Irish

Drama

Comedy

Fiction

Music

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

100 mins

Ireland

Kieron J. Walsh

It is the summer of 1994 and, as Northern Ireland takes its first steps towards peace, best friends Vinny (Jack Rowan) and Jonty (Chris Walley) are desperate to escape their small-town life in conflict-torn Enniskillen (Skintown). To do so, they embark on the most reckless trip of their lives.

The Flotilla

Thu 19 Nov

Showtime: 21:00

Triskel Cinema

Irish Voices

Documentary

Politics

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

75 mins

Ireland

Jamie Goldrick

An exclusive preview of the upcoming TG4 documentary about the 2026 Flotilla mission as it attempts to bring humanitarian aid to the shores of Gaza. An réamhthaispeántais speisialta ar clár faisnéise TG4 faoin misean mionchabhlaigh 2026 agus é ag iarraidh cabhair dhaonnúil a thabhairt go Gaza.

Doc Day Online

Fri 20 Nov

Online Screening

Industry Event

Online

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.

Doc Day Live

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 10:00

Triskel Cinema

Industry Event

Cork International Film Festival continues to develop its focus on high-quality Irish and international documentary cinema with Doc Day, connecting emerging and established non-fiction filmmakers with industry professionals and the wider documentary industry.

A Prayer For the Dying

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 13:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

Fiction

Drama

Q&A/Panel

95 mins

Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Dara Van Dusen

The Innocent (L'Innocente)

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 14:00

Everyman

Retrospective

Fiction

Drama

130 mins

Italy

Luchino VISCONTI

Visconti's sumptuous final masterpiece in 4K restoration. In late 1890s, Roman aristocrat Tullio openly pursues another woman while neglecting his devoted wife, Giuliana. When she begins a new relationship, his jealousy and wounded pride awaken. A psychologically charged portrait of male entitlement, desire and the dangerous demands of bourgeois respectability.

The Beauty of Errors (Kappale Kauneinta Suomea)

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 14:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Documentary Competition

Momentum

Documentary

Online

94 mins

Finland, Norway, Sweden

Jukka Kärkkäinen

First Zone

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 15:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Spirit of the Festival

Fiction

Genre

Online

Q&A/Panel

84 mins

Netherlands

Thom Lunshof

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Mia Mera Sti Zoi Tis Tzo: Kefalaio Faidra)

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 15:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Lookout Award Competition

Spirit of the Festival

LGBTQIA+

Drama

Music

Teens

88 mins

Greece, Germany, France

Jacqueline Lentzou

The History of Concrete

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 16:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Lookout Award Competition

Documentary

Comedy

Online

100 mins

John Wilson

La Gradiva

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 17:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Lookout Award Competition

Spirit of the Festival

French

LGBTQIA+

Drama

Fiction

Teens

145 mins

France

Marine ATLAN

Whiddy

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

Everyman

Best New Irish

The Bigger Picture

Documentary

Politics

Environment

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

103 mins

Ireland, France

ADRIAN McCARTHY, BRENDA MORRISSEY

In the late 1960s, geopolitical tensions lead American company Gulf Oil to open a massive new oil terminal in Bantry Bay. Coming with the promise of prosperity, they are welcomed with open arms, only for it to lead to tragedy. Through intimate testimony and extraordinary local archive, Whiddy explores money, power, responsibility and the enduring human cost of progress. --- POST-SCREENING THE BIGGER PICTURE: When Global Oil Ruled a Corner of Ireland

Congo Boy

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 18:15

MTU Cork School of Music

Special Presentation

Fiction

Drama

Music

Q&A/Panel

95 mins

Central African Republic, France, Italy, Democratic Republic of Congo

Rafiki Fariala

In Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, 17-year-old Robert dreams of becoming a musician. A Congolese refugee living with his four younger siblings, he is already carrying responsibilities far beyond his years. But music gives Robert another way of seeing the world.

Dord - A Film about Peadar Ó Riada (Scannán Faoi Pheadar Ó Riada)

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 18:15

Triskel Cinema

Irish Voices

Documentary

Music

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

70 mins

Ireland

Feilimí O'Connor

A collective portrait of Peadar Ó Riada, one of Ireland's most distinctive musicians, composers and broadcasters, whose life and work are deeply rooted in Cúil Aodha and Cork. The film features Martin Hayes, Cór Chúil Aodha and the late Glen Hansard, in his last filmed appearance.

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

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 18:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

Politics

Online

154 mins

Romania

Florin Serban

Sick

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 19:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Genre

Fiction

90 mins

Poland

Agata Trzebuchowska

Jim Queen

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Disruptors

French

LGBTQIA+

Animation

Fiction

Music

Comedy

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

Ancestors

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Everyman

Best New Irish

LGBTQIA+

Drama

Fiction

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

105 mins

Ireland

David Turpin

1980s London. Beau (Éanna Hardwicke) returns to his London bedsit at dawn to find that his flatmate and surrogate little brother Tiny (Jack Wolfe), has vanished. His search for him, through dream and reality, memory and history, will bring him face-to-face with truths beyond life and death.

Documentary Gala: Here We Remain

Fri 20 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Triskel Cinema

Gala

Documentary

Irish Language

Politics

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

90 mins

Ireland

Peadar Ó Goill, Ainle Ó Cairealláin

Aida follows the Irish speaking Ainle Ó Cairealláin on a six-year journey helping open and run a gym in the Aida Refugee Camp in the Occupied West Bank in Palestine. What begins as an Irish-Palestine solidarity initiative turns into a story of true friendship rocked by arrests, attacks, and the unforeseen challenges of getting a community gym off the ground under the spectre of Israeli occupation. The Aida camp is home to nearly 6000 internally displaced Palestinians who live in the shadow of the apartheid wall, and are subject to around-the-clock surveillance from security cameras that scrutinize every aspect of their lives. From the early stages of trying to open the new gym, to establishing it as a valuable community resource, Aida touches on eye-opening aspects of Palestinian life from home demolitions, displacement and imprisonment, to their unbreakable determination to return to their original villages and to be free.

First Zone

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

Spirit of the Festival

Fiction

Genre

Online

Q&A/Panel

84 mins

Netherlands

Thom Lunshof

Funk

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

World Tour

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

Music

Online

106 mins

Brazil

Aly Muritiba

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

Sat 21 Nov

Illuminate

The Bigger Picture

Documentary Competition

Documentary

Online

Q&A/Panel

110 mins

Czech Republic, Slovakia

Pepa Lubojacki

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Documentary

Online

91 mins

United States

Sasha Waters

Objet A

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

Disruptors

LGBTQIA+

Genre

Fiction

Online

98 mins

Germany, Luxembourg, Greece

Ann Oren

The Beauty of Errors (Kappale Kauneinta Suomea)

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

Documentary Competition

Momentum

Documentary

Online

94 mins

Finland, Norway, Sweden

Jukka Kärkkäinen

The History of Concrete

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

Momentum

Documentary Competition

Lookout Award Competition

Documentary

Comedy

Online

100 mins

John Wilson

Vertiginous (Le Vertige)

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

Disruptors

Animation

French

Fiction

Online

Comedy

67 mins mins

France

Quentin Dupieux

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

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

Politics

Online

154 mins

Romania

Florin Serban

Look Back (Rukku Bakku)

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 11:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Fiction

Drama

Animation

100 mins

Japan

Hirokazu Koreeda

Family Gala: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 11:30

Everyman

Family

Family & Young People

Fiction

Gala

84 mins

United States

Duwayne Dunham

**** Dog-Friendly screening!! **** A family leaves their three pets behind while they go on a vacation. The pet - a fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever - assuming that they have been abandoned, set out on an adventurous journey to reunite with their owners.

Europe on Screen, Europe in Collaboration

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 12:00

The Imperial Hotel

Industry Event

Marking Ireland’s EU Presidency in 2026, this special event celebrates Irish–French co-production as a powerful expression of European cultural collaboration, bringing together industry voices and audiences to explore co-production, creative exchange and the future of the European audiovisual landscape.

In Conversation: Éanna Hardwicke

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 12:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Special Presentation

Q&A/Panel

A son of Cork and acclaimed star of screen and stage, Éanna Hardwicke will participate in a conversation about his career to date and future artistic ambitions.

RTÉ Lyric FM - Movies & Musicals with Aedín Gormley

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 13:00

MTU Cork School of Music

Special Presentation

120 mins mins

Join Aedín Gormley for a very special broadcast of her Saturday afternoon radio programme, featuring the very best music from the world of movies and musicals.

Special Screening: The Cat in the Hat

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 14:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Family

Family & Young People

Animation

Fiction

91 mins mins

United States

Alessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja

Meet the Cat in the Hat you don’t know! In the wonderfully whimsical tradition of Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat comes to the big screen in his animated theatrical feature film debut, an all-new, epic adventure with an edge, where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme.

The Body is Water

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 14:30

Everyman

Irish Voices

Drama

Fiction

Cork

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

116 mins

Ireland

Vicky Wight

A grieving American man (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), yearning to disappear, travels to a small village in Ireland's West Cork, where he discovers a close-knit community, an eccentric young woman, and her curious dog refuse to let him fade away.

Special Screening: The Cat in the Hat

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 14:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Family

Family & Young People

Animation

Fiction

91 mins mins

United States

Alessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja

Mouse

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 15:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Family

Family & Young People

Fiction

Teens

120 mins

United States

Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson

The Pervert's Guide to Utopias

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 16:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

Documentary Competition

Best New Irish

Documentary

Politics

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

133 mins

Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Slovenia

Sophie Fiennes

Sophie Fiennes returns with a fantastic new iteration of her mind-expanding, intellectually stimulating Pervert’s Guide series. Guided by Slavoj Žižek’s unconventional psychoanalytic lens, she takes us on a delirious journey through cinema, ideology and our fantasies of a better world. Films from Apocalypse Now to Blade Runner 2049 provide the clues.

Atonement

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 17:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Illuminate

Fiction

Drama

Politics

118 mins

United States

Reed Van Dyk

Rose

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 17:15

Triskel Cinema

World Tour

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

94 mins

Austria, Germany

Markus SCHLEINZER

The Accompanist

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

MTU Cork School of Music

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

106 mins

United States

Zach Woods

Different from the Others

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Retrospective

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Politics

50 mins

Germany

Magnus Hirschfeld, Richard Oswald

Awards Gala: Paper Tiger

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 19:30

Everyman

Gala

Drama

Fiction

115 mins

United States

James GRAY

James Gray’s Paper Tiger follows brothers Gary (Adam Driver) and Irwin (Miles Teller) as they try to build a new life in 1980s Queens. Gary, a charismatic former cop, sees an opportunity to make money and brings his more cautious younger brother into the business. What begins as a promising venture soon draws them into the world of the Russian mafia, putting their family and their relationship under increasing strain. Yet it is Hester, Irwin’s wife, played by Scarlett Johansson, who gradually becomes the film’s emotional centre. Johansson brings extraordinary range and depth to the role, moving effortlessly from humour and forcefulness to an unexpectedly tender vulnerability. As the men around her try to prove themselves, Hester reveals a different kind of strength. At its heart, Paper Tiger is a deeply human film about family, loyalty and the bonds between people who have grown up together. With three remarkable performances and Gray’s distinctive eye for character and place, it is as much an intimate family story as it is a gripping crime drama.

Objet A

Sat 21 Nov

Online Screening

Disruptors

LGBTQIA+

Genre

Fiction

Online

98 mins

Germany, Luxembourg, Greece

Ann Oren

Everytime

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Momentum

Lookout Award Competition

Drama

Fiction

119 mins

Austria

Sandra Wollner

Jimmy

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

MTU Cork School of Music

Drama

Irish Voices

Cork

Irish Film

Fiction

Q&A/Panel

120 mins

Ireland, United States

Aaron Burns

Before he became the beloved face of Hollywood, James Stewart was a rising star whose life changed dramatically when he enlisted to serve in World War II. Jimmy follows the actor through combat, its aftermath and the transformative return home that would lead him to his most iconic role.

Operation Recomply

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 20:15

Triskel Cinema

Disruptors

The Bigger Picture

Q&A/Panel

Documentary

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

Arrested Memory

Sat 21 Nov

Showtime: 20:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Fiction

Genre

Comedy

87 mins

Taiwan, Japan

SABU

2001: A Space Odyssey

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 11:00

Everyman

Retrospective

Fiction

Drama

164 mins

United Kingdom

Stanley Kubrick

Kubrick's visionary masterpiece of science fiction spans the dawn of humanity to the far reaches of space. Two scientists are sent to Jupiter to investigate on a mysterious monolith. During the voyage, the spacecraft's sentient supercomputer, HAL 9000, turns rogue, forcing a lone survivor into a surreal, transcendent rebirth.

The Education of Jane Cumming

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 12:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Drama

104 mins

Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Sophie Heldman

IFI Cork on Camera: Gearrscannáin Louis Marcus

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 13:00

Triskel Cinema

Cork Lens

90 mins

Louis Marcus

We present here Louis Marcus’s films made for Irish language body Gael Linn.

Stand Up

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 13:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Spirit of the Festival

Drama

Fiction

92 mins

Netherlands

Mari SANDERS

Ben'Imana

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 13:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Lookout Award Competition

Momentum

Fiction

Drama

Politics

100 mins

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

Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo

Animation Gala: Julián

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 14:00

MTU Cork School of Music

Best New Irish

Family

Gala

LGBTQIA+

Family & Young People

Fiction

Animation

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

90 mins mins

Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, Denmark

Louise Bagnall

Wide-eyed Julián is about to spend the summer with a grandmother he barely knows. He is amazed to discover her treasure-trove apartment, his own Caribbean heritage and the lively Brooklyn community he is surrounded by. But most surprising of all, Julián discovers that he is, in fact, a mermaid! From the Academy Award® nominated director Louise Bagnall comes a joyful story of discovery and celebration, inspired by the acclaimed children’s book Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love. A colourful, contemporary addition to Cartoon Saloon’s remarkable body of work.

Cantona: Flower of Evil (Cantona)

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 15:00

Everyman

World Tour

Documentary

Sports

115 mins

United Kingdom

Ben Nicholas, David Tryhorn

Branded unmanageable and forced into retirement at just 25, Eric Cantona seemed destined to become a footnote in football history. Then came Manchester United, where Alex Ferguson recognised the extraordinary talent beneath his rebellious exterior and channelled it into one of the most remarkable comebacks in sporting history.

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland World Premiere Shorts

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 15:30

Triskel Cinema

Irish Shorts

81 mins

Various

Minotaur

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 15:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

Fiction

Drama

Politics

French

135 mins

France, Latvia, Germany

Andrei Zvyagintsev

Screen Cork: Rebel Cinema

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 15:30

The Merchant

Industry Event

60 mins mins

Presented by Screen Cork, this panel explores the resurgence of community- driven screening networks across Ireland.

Camouflage

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 16:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Drama

Fiction

Q&A/Panel

102 mins

Germany

Mykyta Gibalenko

Hush-a-Bye Baby

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 16:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Retrospective

Fiction

Drama

Politics

Irish Film

Q&A/Panel

77 mins

United Kingdom, Northern Ireland

Margo Harkin

In 1984 Derry, Goretti and her friends go to class, gossip about boys and head to the dances. What begins as a conventional high school movie quickly changes when Goretti becomes pregnant and boyfriend Ciarán gets arrested. Margo Harkin's foresighted feminist film stars a young Sinéad O’Connor, who also wrote the musical score!

A Man's Skin (Peau d'Homme)

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 17:00

MTU Cork School of Music

World Tour

French

LGBTQIA+

Fiction

Music

Comedy

105 mins

France

Léa Domenach

In 1480, Princess Blanche is devastated when her father arranges her marriage to Melchior, a coarse army commander she barely knows. Her godmother (Catherine Deneuve) offers an extraordinary solution: a mysterious skin that, when worn, transforms Blanche into a man, allowing her to meet her future husband incognito and discover who he really is.

A Bit of Light (Kami Nour)

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Triskel Cinema

World Tour

Drama

Fiction

Politics

87 mins

Iran, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Türkiye

Ali Asgari

A Man of His Time (Notre Salut)

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 18:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

World Tour

French

Drama

Fiction

Politics

155 mins

France, Belgium

Emmanuel MARRE

A Common Story (Una Storia)

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 19:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Drama

Fiction

110 mins

Italy

Anna Foglietta

Flesh & Fuel (Du Fioul Dans les Artères)

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 19:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 4

Lookout Award Competition

LGBTQIA+

Spirit of the Festival

French

Drama

Fiction

90 mins

France, Poland

Pierre LE GALL

Closing Gala: The Debut

Sun 22 Nov

Showtime: 19:30

Everyman

Gala

Fiction

Drama

Comedy

105 mins

United States

Jesse EISENBERG

Mona Friedman (Julianne Moore), a timid New Jersey housewife, seeks escape from her suffocating suburban life by auditioning for a local community theater musical. When she unexpectedly lands a minor supporting role, she falls deep under the spell of Jerry (Paul Giamatti), the production’s brilliant but domineering director. Driven to prove her worth, Mona transforms into a zealous, unhinged method actor. Engaging in an all-out psychological war against the tyrant director, Mona turns the local stage into a beautifully bizarre battlefield of self-discovery. The Debut is one of these films that are a true gift for its lead actors, with Julianne Moore convincingly embodying a timid amateur whose singing is poor… until it becomes beautiful. A gift for the viewers, too.

Festival Events

07 Nov 2026

Junior Filmmaking Workshop (8-12 y.o)

08 Nov 2026

Senior Filmmaking Workshop (13 - 17 y.o)

12 Nov 2026

Opening Gala: Lucy Lost

13 Nov 2026

When Sally Met Harry Live: A Theatre Experiment

Look Back (Rukku Bakku)

Aemi Presents: Roll Call

Different from the Others

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

Stand Up

The Beauty of Errors (Kappale Kauneinta Suomea)

aemi Presents: Hard Currency

A Sip of Irish

The Education of Jane Cumming

Flesh & Fuel (Du Fioul Dans les Artères)

When Sally Met Harry Live: A Theatre Experiment

Ben'Imana

Irish Shorts 1: In Competition

The Fox

14 Nov 2026

Family-Friendly Shorts

Persepolis

Forest High (Forêt Ivre)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Look@Me Film Screening

CIFF Walking Tour

Irish Shorts 4: Out of Competition

Rehearsals for a Revolution

The Mystery Package

Clarissa

Cinema of Foresight - A Talk

International Shorts 1: Documentary

Sick

Minotaur

Tin Castle

A Prayer For the Dying

Screen Cork: Filmmaking Beyond the Pale

Camouflage

Irish Shorts 2: In Competition

Born in Flames

Elephants in the Fog (Tinīharū)

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

15 Nov 2026

International Shorts 2:

Lucy Lost

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

A Man of His Time (Notre Salut)

International Shorts 3: Documentary

Rose

A Common Story (Una Storia)

What Does Art Have to do with it?

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra (Mia Mera Sti Zoi Tis Tzo: Kefalaio Faidra)

Derek Vs Derek

Mouse

Tender Loving Care

International Shorts 4

They Live

La Gradiva

Plan C for Civilization

Free Radicals

The History of Concrete

16 Nov 2026

Arrested Memory

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Everytime

Objet A

Dónal Gallagher Reads from 'Edged in Blue: A Rock 'n' Roll Odyssey with Rory Gallagher'

Cork Film Trail: Film Quiz 2026

The Accompanist

First Zone

A Bit of Light (Kami Nour)

Amazomania

Mysterious Skin

17 Nov 2026

Chili Finger

EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival 2026