Explore how humans shape and are shaped by their environment with our Screen Green programme, and join vital conversations on mental health and wellbeing through Illuminate, where cinema sparks awareness, reflection, and dialogue.
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Screen Green
Discover more about the particular relationship between humans and their living environment. How they affect it. What can be done.
BLAME
Christian Frei | Switzerland | 2025 | 122 mins | Documentary
MON 10 | TRISKEL | 20:15
When the world is engulfed by the COVID-19 pandemic, three scientists who long-predicted its arrival must battle not only the virus but also a wave of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political blame that threatens to eclipse the truth. This is their story. Part investigation, part thriller, Blame investigates the relationship between science, politics and the media.
Followed by a discussion with Dr Kelly Dean (Principal Investigator in the School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at University College Cork).
This screening is supported by the Embassy of Switzerland in Ireland.
CLIMATE IN THERAPY
Nathan Grossman, Olof Berglind, Malin Olofsson | Sweden, Norway | 2025 | 65 mins | Documentary
SAT 8 | TRISKEL | 14:30
WED 12 | TRISKEL | 15:30
ALSO ONLINE
Climate in Therapy is a humorous, inventive and serious experiment in which seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty be part of the solution?
Screened with the short film Black Tide (Kim Yip Tong | France | 2025).
Also available to watch online nationwide.
Followed by a discussion with UCC Prof Hannah Daly (renewable energy) and Dr Rosemary Keane (clinical psychologist) on Saturday 8 Nov. An activity organised by the filmmakers will follow both screenings. In partnership with UCC.
The screening on Wednesday 12 November will be presented with Closed Captions.
This film is eligible for the Best Documentary Award/Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise.
This screening is supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Ireland.
PEAK EVERYTHING (AMOUR APOCALYPSE)
Anne Émond | Canada | 2025 | 65 mins | Fiction
SUN 9 | ARC CINEMA | 20:00 | With Q&A
THU 13 | ARC CINEMA | 15:15
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.
The screening on Sunday 9 November will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
This film is eligible for the Audentia Award.
This screening is supported by the Embassy of Canada in Ireland.
Illuminate
Cinema casts a light on a subject that matters: mental health. Illuminate presents films that explore mental health and wellbeing, and invites professionals, service users and filmmakers to respond, and engage in dialogue inspired by the films. Presented in partnership with HSE – Connecting with Life
ARI
Léonor Serraille | France | 2025 | 88 mins | Subtitled | Fiction
MON 10 | ARC CINEMA | 20:30 | With Q&A
FRI 14 | ARC CINEMA | 14:00
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.
This film is eligible for the Audentia Award.
This screening is supported by the French Embassy in Ireland.
HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD
Florian Pochlatko | Austria | 2024 | 102 mins | Subtitled | Fiction
WED 12 | TRISKEL | 17:30 | With Q&A
Pia returns home to live with her parents after a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Coping with the effects of her medication, and juggling between a failed relationship, returning to work and the trials of family life, Pia desperately seeks her own form of normalcy whilst everything around her implodes.
PANEL DISCUSSION
A talk with the filmmaker will follow the screening, hosted by Dr. John Goodwin, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork.
This film is eligible for the Lookout Award.
PAUL
Denis Côté | Canada | 2025 | 87 mins | Documentary
FRI 14 | ARC CINEMA | 16:00
SUN 16 | ARC CINEMA | 20:00
ALSO ONLINE
Struggling with depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving dominant women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media under the name Cleaning Simp Paul, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
Also available to watch online nationwide.
This film is eligible for the Best Documentary Award/Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise.
This screening is supported by the Embassy of Canada in Ireland.
