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06 Nov 2025

07 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Saipan (Repeat)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 16:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Best New Irish
90 mins
Ireland
Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa
In 2002, ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Ireland’s training camp in Saipan erupted into a clash between captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
That Summer in Paris (Le Rendez-Vous de l'Ete)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 18:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Momentum
French
Online
Comedy
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
Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
135 mins
Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France
Joachim TRIER
Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-famous filmmaker, offers the lead role in his comeback film, the story of his own mother, to his actor daughter Nora (Renate Reinsve). They are not close though, as he had abandoned his family when Nora and her sister were still young, and she refuses. Hollywood actress Rachel (Elle Fanning), however, is interested.
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08 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Family-Friendly Shorts
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 11:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Family & Young People
International Shorts
52 mins
Various
From ancient Irish tales to sci-fi. Featuring lost sheep, silly birds and... monsters!
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Nouvelle Vague
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 13:00
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
Breathless / A Bout de Souffle
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 15:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
French
89 mins
France
Jean Luc GODARD
In Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal debut film, Jean-Paul Belmondo is Michel, a small-time crook who is hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer. He attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student (the unforgettable Jean Seberg) to run away with him to Italy.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
It Was Just an Accident (Yek tasadof-e sadeh)
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
Super Cine Saturday Cinemax Bantry
Super Cine Saturday Regal Cinema Youghal
Super Cine Saturday Briery Gap Macroom
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
Irish Shorts 1: In Competition
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Irish Shorts
88 mins
Various
A programme of Irish and world premiere shorts encompassing documentary and fiction. Featuring some formidable familiar talents and exciting new voices.
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09 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
My Father's Shadow
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Best New Irish
94 mins
United Kingdom, Nigeria
Davies Jr AKINOLA
In this semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis, two young brothers follow their estranged father through the massive city of Lagos while political unrest threatens their journey home.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Silent Friend
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Audentia Award
Momentum
147 mins
Germany, France, Hungary
Ildikó Enyedi
In this enchanting, wildly original ode to the science of plants, the majestic gingko tree of a German university’s garden binds the stories of three people from different eras: a 2020 groundbreaking neuroscientist from Hong Kong (Tony Leung), a 1972 student in love with his roommate, and the university’s first female student, in 1908.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse)
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Screen Green
Audentia Award
Green Screen
Comedy
97 mins
Canada
Anne Émond
Adam (45) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. Hypersensitive and borderline depressed, he struggles to hide his existential fears. To help combat his climate anxiety, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier's technical support line, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries.
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10 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
God Will Not Help (Bog Nece Pomoci)
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Audentia Award
Momentum
137 mins
Croatia, Italy, Greece, France, Slovenia
Hana Jušić
A traditional mountain community of Croatian shepherds goes into turmoil when a mysterious Chilean woman arrives, claiming to be the wife of a man who left them many years ago. No one understands her, and a secret language must be mastered in order to communicate.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Reedland / Rietland
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Spirit of the Festival
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
Sirat
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
115 mins
Spain
Oliver LAXE
The thundering bass of an illegal rave in the Moroccan desert. A father, with his son, searches among the gyrating dancers for his missing daughter. They follow a group of seasoned ravers across the barren wastes towards one more party, only to be confronted by their own existential limits. Experience the film which shook the Cannes Film Festival!
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11 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
135 mins
Norway, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France
Joachim TRIER
Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-famous filmmaker, offers the lead role in his comeback film, the story of his own mother, to his actor daughter Nora (Renate Reinsve). They are not close though, as he had abandoned his family when Nora and her sister were still young, and she refuses. Hollywood actress Rachel (Elle Fanning), however, is interested.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
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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12 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Mag Mag
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
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
The Dinner (La Cena)
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Culinary
Comedy
106 mins
Spain, France
Manuel Gomez Pereira
In this biting comedy set in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Franco invites his top generals for a night of triumph. But in the hotel’s kitchen, a group of defeated Republican chefs are secretly preparing the meal - while also cooking up their last chance to escape the country.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Disruptors
Comedy
113 mins
United States
Mary BRONSTEIN
With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne in a towering – and awarded - performance) tries to navigate her daughter's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist (Conan O’Brien).
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13 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse)
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 15:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Screen Green
Audentia Award
Green Screen
Comedy
97 mins
Canada
Anne Émond
Adam (45) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. Hypersensitive and borderline depressed, he struggles to hide his existential fears. To help combat his climate anxiety, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier's technical support line, he meets Tina, a radiant woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace)
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
International Fiction
World Tour
French
121 mins
France, Germany, Italy
Lucile Hadžihalilović
Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina (Marion Cotillard), an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing. A spellbinding fable of obsession and enchantment.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
This is a Prison
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Irish Voices
90 mins
Ireland
Andrew Keogh
The New Women’s Prison in Limerick is regarded, with an innovative ‘trauma-informed’ design, as the most state-of-the-art prison in Europe.But what does success look like in a facility like this and how does it reflect upon a modern Ireland?
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14 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Breathless / A Bout de Souffle
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
French
89 mins
France
Jean Luc GODARD
In Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal debut film, Jean-Paul Belmondo is Michel, a small-time crook who is hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer. He attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student (the unforgettable Jean Seberg) to run away with him to Italy.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Do The Right Thing
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Retrospective
120 mins
United States
Spike Lee
Spike Lee’s masterpiece on the simmering racial tensions in a Brooklyn neighbourhood, primed to explode during the hottest day of the summer, is just as relevant today as it was on its 1989 release, and packs as much of a punch as the beats pumping out from Radio Raheem’s ghettoblaster.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Sirat
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
115 mins
Spain
Oliver LAXE
The thundering bass of an illegal rave in the Moroccan desert. A father, with his son, searches among the gyrating dancers for his missing daughter. They follow a group of seasoned ravers across the barren wastes towards one more party, only to be confronted by their own existential limits. Experience the film which shook the Cannes Film Festival!
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15 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Songs of Forgotten Trees
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Momentum
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
Rental Family
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
Comedy
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
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.
Read More

16 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Little Amélie (Amélie Ou La Métaphysique Des Tubes)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 13:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
Family & Young People
French
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
The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
Sun 16 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 2
World Tour
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.
Read More
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!
Read More
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