Join us next week for a range of immersive film experiences, from exploring two ancient cultures in a 360° dome, to reflecting on the moving image as both cultural treasure and fragile historical record, to an enigmatic Alexander Skarsgürd in a funny and outrageous debut feature.
We will also present the devastating true story of seven-year-old Palestinian girl, Hind Rajab, and those who tried to save her life, in a film that received the longest standing ovation at a film festival – a testament to the role that cinema can play in amplifying silenced voices.
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MUSIC FOR DOMES
RĂłis, Hosta Projects | Ireland, Northern Ireland | 2025 | 60 mins
MON 10 | ST. PETERâS | 18:30
TUE 11 | ST. PETERâS | 13:30, 16:00, 18:30
In this immersive documentary experience, screened in a 360° dome, award-winning Irish artist Róis joins forces with the visionary Hosta Projects for a journey unlike any other.
Combining archival footage, sonic folklore and celestial cartography, the film draws uncanny parallels between two ancient cultures â Ireland and Cambodia â and how both map memory, myth and survival across the stars.
CIFF LEGACY DAY
CIFF, UCC and IFI present EXPANDING PERSPECTIVES ARCHIVES, ACCESS AND CREATIVE REUSE
WED 12 | UCC FSM AUDITORIUM B.10B Kane Building | 10:00 – 18:00
Marking the Festivalâs 70th edition, Legacy Day invites audiences to reflect on the moving image as both cultural treasure and fragile historical record. This symposium brings together filmmakers, archivists, academics, and film practitioners to consider how amateur films, newsreels, and overlooked footage capture everyday lives, while raising questions about preservation, access, and creative reuse.
The day opens with restored footage of CIFF 1965, introduced by Ciara Chambers (UCC) and Don OâMahony (CIFF). This is followed by Archiving the Alternative, where Ellen Scally (UCC), Sarah Arnold (NUI Maynooth), Kasandra OâConnell (IFI), and Sunniva OâFlynn (IFI) examine pioneering women filmmakers, Corkâs cine-enthusiasts, and community-driven clergy filmmakers.
After a light lunch, Preserving Community Archives explores local projects, including The Ballymun Community Films Project and Cork Community Media Hub, with Andrew Keogh (producer, The 4th Act), Emma Bowell (Frameworks Films), and Niall Anderson (IFI), chaired by Kasandra OâConnell.
The afternoon continues with a screening of Aikaterini Gegisianâs Third Person (Plural), a collage essay film made from 200 postwar American newsreels, followed by a Q&A with Gegisian. Legacy Day closes with In the Opinion of the Censor, a screening and discussion with director Andrew Gallimore and producer John Kelleher, and CiarĂĄn Kissane of the Irish Film Classification Office.
Tickets: No set price – Pay What You Can. Every contribution helps keep events like this accessible to all.
  
    
Supported by Cork City Council Local Heritage and Biodiversity Community Grant Scheme
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France | 2025 | 89 mins | Subtitled | Documentary/Fiction
SUN 9 | EVERYMAN | 17:00
THU 13 | EVERYMAN | 15:00
OscarÂŽ-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania blends actual recordings and scripted performances to tell the devastating true story of Hind Rajab, a seven-year-old Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli military fire, and the first responders who tried to save her.
The longest ever standing ovation at a film festival (2025 Venice Film Festival) and a testament to the crucial role cinema can play in amplifying silenced voices.
Presented in association with Amnesty International.
PILLION
Harry Lighton | United Kingdom | 2024 | 103 mins | Fiction
THU 13 | EVERYMAN | 20:00
A directionless man (Harry Melling) is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker (Alexander SkarsgĂĽrd) takes him on as his submissive. Harry Lightonâs
debut feature is a staggering achievement that is in turn funny, moving, outrageous and of course… wildly erotic.
Introduced by Clare Binns (Picturehouse Entertainment)
Programmers Pick:
Watch our Director of Programming, AurÊlie Godet talk about why she picked this film as one of her must-see movies of CIFF 2025, here.
POST-FILM SHOW: KRYSTAL & THE QUEERS: ONE NIGHT STAND
Inspired by the film, The One Night Stand is a drag performance by Corkâs very own drag collective led by Krystal Queer.
