Cork Lens: IFI Cork on Camera

Spotlighting the creative diversity of our local community, past and present, through film, conversation, and the panoramic screen of the city itself.

IFI CORK ON CAMERA

In association with the Irish Film Institute (IFI) we present two films adapted from the work of the great Cork author, Frank O’Connor.

Born Michael Francis O'Donovan on Douglas Street in 1903, O’Connor was a prolific writer and translator, having published novels, poetry and journalism. It is as a short story writer he has earned an international reputation. Much of his writing was shaped by his impoverished Cork childhood and his experiences of the Civil War.

Preceding these will be a screening of newly discovered film from the Festival archives, covering the 10th edition of the Cork International Film Festival. Directed by Cork County librarian and local historian Pádraig Ó Maidín, it captures the great and the good on the red carpet as well as pulling back the curtains on the behind the scenes activities.

CORK FILM FESTIVAL 1965/FÉILE SCANNÁN CHORCAIGHE

Pádraig Ó Maidín | Ireland | 1965 | 17 mins

Featuring, amongst others, CIFF founder Dermot Breen, Jack Lynch TD, actors Trevor Howard, James Mason, Cyril Cusack and Noel Purcell, and filmmaker Louis Marcus.

LARRY

Shelah Richards | Ireland | 1959 | 25 mins

The cosy relationship between Larry and his mother is disrupted when his father comes home from the war.

GUESTS OF THE NATION

Denis Johnston | Ireland | 1935 | 40 mins

During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, two British soldiers captured by the IRA form bonds with their guards. But their captors face a stark dilemma.

Acclaimed pianist Josh Johnston, grandson of Shelah Richards and Denis Johnston, will provide musical accompaniment for Guests of the Nation. The films in this programme are preserved in the IFI Irish Film Archive.