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07 Nov 2026

08 Nov 2026

12 Nov 2026

13 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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14 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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?
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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?
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15 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture)
Sun 15 Nov
Showtime: 16:30
Triskel Cinema
The Bigger Picture
In the wake of a very dry summer in Ireland, farming and agriculture professionals discuss how we take care of our soil so it remains able to nurture life (humans included). Come and participate in a debate on this increasingly urgent subject.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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?
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16 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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
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.
Read More
The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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17 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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18 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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
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
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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
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?
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19 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
UCC Puttnam Scholars 2026: A Little Closer
Thu 19 Nov
Showtime: 17:00
Triskel Cinema
Family & Young People
45 mins
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
CIFF Shorts Awards 2026
Thu 19 Nov
Showtime: 20:00
Triskel Cinema
Industry Event
30 mins
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
An Mionchabhlach (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 work-in-progress 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.
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20 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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21 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
Rose
Sat 21 Nov
Showtime: 17:15
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.
Read More
The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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
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22 Nov 2026

The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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.
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The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland World Premiere Shorts
Sun 22 Nov
Showtime: 15:30
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.
Read More
The Soil That Feeds Us (The Bigger Picture) | Cork International Film Festival
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
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.
Read More
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