Events Archive - Cork International Film Festival

06 Nov 2025

07 Nov 2025

A Place Away | Cork International Film Festival

Sambizanga

Fri 07 Nov

Showtime: 15:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Retrospective

97 mins

Angola, France

Sarah Maldoror

Angola, 1961. The onset of the War of Independence. A woman searches for her husband, who was abruptly taken by the colonial authorities. The first ever feature film directed by a woman in Africa, Sambizanga is both gorgeous and a landmark work of political filmmaking through fiction.

Strange River

Fri 07 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

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.

The Love that Remains (Astin sem eftir er)

Fri 07 Nov

Showtime: 20:20

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Momentum

Comedy

110 mins

Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, France

Hlynur Pálmason

An Icelandic family navigates their complicated feelings and absurd impulses over the course of a year, following the parents’ separation. Funny, poignant and playfully unpredictable, Hlynur Pálmason’s gentle film is an inspired ode to family and to the natural world.

Toni Erdmann

Sat 08 Nov

Showtime: 13:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Retrospective

Comedy

162 mins

Germany

Marin Ade

Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, practical joker Winfried shows up unannounced at her work place abroad, disguised as the flashy Toni Erdmann, a “life coach” with a particular taste for outrageous humour. A surreal confrontation between father and daughter ensues. Germany’s most accomplished film in recent memory.

Better Go Mad in the Wild

Sat 08 Nov

Showtime: 18:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Online

Momentum

77 mins

Czech Republic, Slovakia

Miro Remo

Is it possible to spend your whole life in a single place? Twin brothers František and Ondrej have made the stubborn decision to do just that. Are they crazy eccentrics or charismatic, possessed storytellers? What is sure is that everything in their ways challenges our learned adherence to society’s conformity.

Flophouse America

Sat 08 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Audentia Award

Momentum

79 mins

Norway, Netherlands, United States

Monica Strømdahl

A film so astonishing that viewers may need to be told that it is indeed a documentary, Flophouse America tells the story of Mikal, 12, who is growing up in a home characterised by substance abuse, disorder and chaos—but also love and a dream of a better life.

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Sun 09 Nov

Showtime: 12:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Retrospective

122 mins

Japan

Kazuo Hara

Kenzo Okuzaki made it his life’s mission to expose the crimes committed against his World War II military comrades by their own officers. No measures were too extreme for this furiously determined anti-establishment agitator. One of the most striking documentaries ever made.

Six Weeks On / Sechswochenamt

Sun 09 Nov

Showtime: 14:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Online

99 mins

Germany

Jacqueline Jansen

After the death of her mother, Lore must deal with the COVID 19 pandemic in her small former home town in Western Germany, whilst navigating bureaucracy, red tape and traditional family beliefs, all the while finding a path to her own grief and paying her final respects.

Fantastique

Sun 09 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

International Documentary

Family & Young People

71 mins

Belgium, France, Netherlands

Marjolijn Prins

Fanta, a 14-year-old Guinean contortionist, juggles between care for her mom, school and what she loves the most – training in an acrobatic group. Does she want to redouble efforts and join group’s tour, or move on from her childhood’s passion? A tender look at the age when one starts to make big decisions.

The Memory Blocks

Sun 09 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Parallax

International Documentary

78 mins

United Kingdom

Andrew Kotting

The Memory Blocks is an experimental feature film that dives into the murky waters of memory. The film-maker’s daughter Eden, dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of OZ walks a path of recollection but she does not walk alone. On her journey she is accompanied by workers from a factory that produces memory and a voiceover that explains all…

International Shorts 1: Documentary

Mon 10 Nov

Showtime: 16:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

International Shorts

91 mins

Various

From small steps taken in a museum in Kyiv to giant steps in Neil Armstrong's ancestral home, stories of evolution and revolution.

International Shorts 2

Mon 10 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

International Shorts

91 mins

Various

Behind the surface of the world we see, there is another world…

Army of Shadows

Mon 10 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Retrospective

French

139 mins

France, Italy

Jean-Pierre Melville

Gerbier, a civil engineer, gets trapped and tortured in a Nazi camp but manages to escape with the help of a friend. Back in Marseille, he looks for the traitor who reported him. This masterful suspense drama examines of the inner workings of World War II resistance efforts.

International Shorts 3: Documentary

Tue 11 Nov

Showtime: 14:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

International Shorts

91 mins

Various

Stories in which the world isn't always what it seems. Perception and reality collide in extraordinary ways.

International Shorts 4

Tue 11 Nov

Showtime: 16:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

International Shorts

91 mins

Various

Life in the city...

EUNIC Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival 2025

Tue 11 Nov

Showtime: 18:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

International Shorts

91 mins

Various

Shorts from 10 EU countries from the EUNIC Ireland cluster.

Six Weeks On / Sechswochenamt

Tue 11 Nov

Showtime: 20:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Spirit of the Festival

Online

99 mins

Germany

Jacqueline Jansen

The Love that Remains (Astin sem eftir er)

Wed 12 Nov

Showtime: 15:15

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Momentum

Comedy

110 mins

Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, France

Hlynur Pálmason

The Moelln Letters

Wed 12 Nov

Showtime: 17:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

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.

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Wed 12 Nov

Showtime: 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

Retrospective

122 mins

Japan

Kazuo Hara

The Currents (Las Corrientes)

Thu 13 Nov

Showtime: 13:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

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.