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2023 EVENTS
LUX Audience Award Film Weekend with CIFF: View and Vote for the best European films for FREE with CIFF, 24th-26th March
Celebrate Irish Short Films in a Free Online Programme from CIFF2022 on St. Patrick’s Weekend, 17th-19th March 2023
Fear Screen: European Thrillers and Horror at CIFF, 23rd February – 16th March 2023 at Triskel Arts Centre
2022 Events
CIFF Film Club: European Shorts Season, April to August 2022
Special Event in Support of Ukraine: CIFF Raises €700.06 in aid of Ukrainian Filmmakers with ‘Donbass’ Screening by Acclaimed Ukrainian Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, April 2022
Irish short films with Cork International Film Festival on St. Patrick’s Day 2022
As part of Cork’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival celebrations, Cork International Film Festival was delighted to present a delightful online selection of Irish, and Cork, shorts from the most recent Cork International Film Festival edition last November, specially curated by our programmers. This selection of film treats in our online programme included:
Emerge blinking and dazed into the reality of post-lockdown life in TJ O’Grady Peyton’s Broken: A Lockdown Story.
Meet the wonderful Seanie Barron, who takes us on a journey of the imagination in our Audience-Award-winning short documentary Seanie Barron: Only in Askeaton, directed by Michael Holly.
See life through the eyes of an eccentric immigrant in A Cup of Sugar, directed by Denis Kiely.
Witness a friendship blossom over cycling lessons in Ronan Burke’s As Easy as Riding a Bike.
And hang on to your seats for the dark comic thriller Flash_Thunder93, directed by Reuben Harvey.
The Horizon (L’Horizon) by Emilie Carpentier followed by a post-screening discussion as part of the 5th Night of Ideas, 27th January 2022
CIFF2021 Film Club: ‘Kontora + Q&A’
CIFF Shorts Programme on RTÉ Player 2021
Full Programme:
‘Flicker’ – Luke Daly, Nathan Fagan (Ireland, 2020)
In the aftermath of a violent assault, 20-something Danny struggles to accept the full extent of his injuries. Winner, Grand Prix Irish Short – Cork International Film Festival 2020.
‘Ballast’ – Jesse Gilbert (Ireland/UK, 2020)
Beset by grief, a man builds himself the means to escape the pain of his existence. Winner, Best Cork Short – Cork International Film Festival 2020.
‘The Appointment’ – David Moody (Northern Ireland, 2019)
A young man must find a way to connect with his ailing mother.
‘A Christmas Drop’ – Steve Canty (Ireland, 2020)
An Irish pub. Christmas Eve. Phenomenal company.
‘Forest’ – Dermott Burns (Northern Ireland 2020)
A reflection upon humanity’s ignorance of its destructive nature.
‘Birthday Girl’ – Portia A. Buckley (UK, 2019)
A single mother’s 43rd birthday party ends in disaster when her lover unexpectedly arrives and clashes with her overprotective son.
CIFF2021 Film Club: ‘Belly of the Beast’
Online Tues 18 May at 7pm – Fri 21 May 2021
Special Earthday Screening: ‘Groundswell’
Online Thurs 22 April at 7pm – Sat 24 2021
CIFF2021 Film Club: ‘Running to the Sky’
Online Tues 20 April at 7pm – Fri 23 April 2021
CIFF2021 Film Club: ‘Wake Up on Mars’ + Q&A
Online Tues 23 March at 7pm – Fri 26 March 2021
CIFF Film Club: ‘Redemption of a Rogue’ + Live Q&A
Online Tues 23 February at 7pm – Fri 26 February 2021
CIFF2021 Special Event: Green Night of Ideas – ‘We Have 20 Years to Change the World’ + Live Panel Discussion
Online Tues 26 January at 6pm – Thurs 28 January 2021
Presented in association with the French Embassy, the Alliance Française Network in Ireland and Institut Français.
50 Years of La Francophonie 2020: Online Screening of Arab Blues (Un Divan à Tunis)
Online Tues 24 November at 7pm – Sat 28 November 2020
Presented in association with the embassies of La Francophonie represented in Ireland, the Alliance Française Network, the Cork International Film Festival and Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs.
Martin McGuinness – I Fought, I Made Peace, I Made Politics
Online Wednesday 25 November 2020 at 6pm
Presented in Partnership with Belfast Film Festival