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06 Nov 2025

07 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Joan Bergin In Conversation
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 12:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Event
Special Presentation
60 mins
Join Women in Film & Television Ireland (WFT) in conversation with legendary costume designer Joan Bergin (My Left Foot, The Tudors, Disenchanted) and award-winning director Hannah Quinn (Vikings: Valhalla, The Boy That Never Was, The Stranger).
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The World of Love (Se-Gye-Ui Ju-In)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 14:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
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
Irish Shorts 4: Out of Competition
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Irish Shorts
79 mins
Various
Documentary work that confronts who we are, and who we were, and exciting new voices in fiction.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Ice Tower (La Tour de Glace)
Fri 07 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
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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08 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Rioja: The Land of a Thousand Wines (Rioja, La Tierra de los Mil Vinos)
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 12:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Culinary
96 mins
Spain
José Luis López-Linares
Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of the most well-known of Spanish wines. This captivating documentary boasts the most complete and careful editing of interviews, gorgeous landscapes, immersive music, and never before seen access to the wine making process, highlighting the relationship between the tradition’s origins and its powerful global appeal.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
DJ Ahmet
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
Comedy
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
Romeria
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
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
A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka)
Sat 08 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
Lookout Award
Comedy
130 mins
Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany
Ratchapoom BOONBUNCHACHOKE
March is mourning his wife Nat, who succumbed to dust pollution. But when Nat’s spirit is reincarnated in a vacuum cleaner, their relationship resumes, as passionate as ever. To prove to his disapproving family that she can be a useful ghost, Nat offers to rid them of useless ones.
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09 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Irish Shorts 2: In Competition
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 12:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Irish Shorts
95 mins
Extraordinary new voices and an accomplished practitioner presenting playful, poetic and idiosyncratic portraits, and haunting and sublime drama.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Moelln Letters
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 14:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
96 mins
Germany
Martina PRIESSNER
Thirty years after a racist arson attack in Mölln, Germany, the surviving members of the affected families discover hundreds of forgotten letters of solidarity, sent from all parts of Germany, by people of all ages. This deeply moving film won an Audience Award upon its world premiere at Berlinale.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Mam
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Culinary
French
81 mins
France
Nan Feix
After falling in love with Vietnamese cuisine during a life-changing trip abroad, Jerald, a self-taught chef from small-town Texas, arrives in New York City with one goal: to open his own restaurant. One night, the young woman who runs a Chinatown food joint finds Jerald secretly practicing his recipe ideas in the basement kitchen.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
We Believe You / On Vous Croit
Sun 09 Nov
Showtime: 20:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
78 mins
Belgium
Charlotte DEVILLERS, Arnaud DUFEYS
Alice stands before a judge, knowing there's no room for error. She must speak up for her children and confront their father, as custody is being called into question.
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10 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
That Summer in Paris (Le Rendez-Vous de l'Ete)
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 16:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
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
Dandelion's Odyssey (Planètes)
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 17:45
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Momentum
French
76 mins
France
Momoko Seto
Four dandelion seeds band together following a climactic event and travel across space to find a new home, braving the environment, flora and fauna on their quest. Beautifully animated with bright detail, this tale of four fluffy friends tackling the elements is a visually magical treat for all.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Ari
Mon 10 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Illuminate
French
88 mins
France
Léonor Serraille
Ari, a 27-year-old student teacher, collapses in the middle of a school inspector’s visit. As he reconnects with old friends in a quest for recovery from depression, he discovers that other people aren’t doing as well as he imagined. The Berlinale competition’s gem on Generation Z's search for meaning.
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11 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Solomamma
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
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
The Girl in the Snow / L'Engloutie
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
French
96 mins
France
Louise HÉMON
On the cusp of the 20th century, schoolteacher Aimée arrives at a remote hamlet located on the edge of the Alps. Soon, the winter grows harsher, and the locals grow suspicious of the young teacher.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Currents (Las Corrientes)
Tue 11 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Audentia Award
Momentum
108 mins
Switzerland, Argentina
Milagros Mumenthaler
At the height of her career, Lina, a 34-year-old Argentine stylist, is driven by a sudden impulse after an award ceremony in Switzerland. Back in Buenos Aires, she says nothing, but something in her has shifted - quiet and invisible, it subtly unravels a past she thought she had left behind.
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12 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Little Sister (La Petite Derniere)
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 15:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
French
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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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Strange River
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
103 mins
Spain
Jaume Claret Muxart
Sixteen-year-old Dídac and his family are spending the summer holidays on a cycling trip along the Danube. An unexpected encounter with another boy changes the course of the journey.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
A Year of School / Un Anno di Scuola
Wed 12 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
International Fiction
Lookout Award
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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13 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
We Believe You / On Vous Croit
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
78 mins
Belgium
Charlotte DEVILLERS, Arnaud DUFEYS
Alice stands before a judge, knowing there's no room for error. She must speak up for her children and confront their father, as custody is being called into question.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Bearcave
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 17:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
International Fiction
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
What Does That Nature Say to You
Thu 13 Nov
Showtime: 20:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
Comedy
108 mins
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Sang Soo Hong
Thirtysomething poet Donghwa drives his girlfriend of three years, Junhee, to visit her parents. Donghwa’s surprise at the size of the house is compounded by the unexpected appearance of Junhee’s father, who invites him to spend the day with the family. A subtly humorous insight into class and artistic pretensions in polite society.
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14 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
The Girl in the Snow / L'Engloutie
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
French
96 mins
France
Louise HÉMON
On the cusp of the 20th century, schoolteacher Aimée arrives at a remote hamlet located on the edge of the Alps. Soon, the winter grows harsher, and the locals grow suspicious of the young teacher.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka)
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Momentum
Lookout Award
Comedy
130 mins
Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany
Ratchapoom BOONBUNCHACHOKE
March is mourning his wife Nat, who succumbed to dust pollution. But when Nat’s spirit is reincarnated in a vacuum cleaner, their relationship resumes, as passionate as ever. To prove to his disapproving family that she can be a useful ghost, Nat offers to rid them of useless ones.
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A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Mismantler
Fri 14 Nov
Showtime: 21:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Parallax
79 mins
Ireland
Andrew Keogh
A dark, stream of consciousness fever dream, gathering all that is decrepit in this world, and reflecting it all back to those who have reduced the Earth to what it is. Director Andrew Keogh collaborates with Steve Stapleton and Nurse With Wound to take us deep into the heart of darkness.
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15 Nov 2025

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
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.
Read More
A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
Solomamma
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
Spirit of the Festival
Audentia Award
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.
Read More
A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival
DJ Ahmet
Sat 15 Nov
Showtime: 18:15
Arc Cinema - Screen 4
World Tour
Comedy
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.
Read More
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
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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16 Nov 2025

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
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
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.
Read More
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
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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