Ease into Monday with a line-up of films that challenge perspectives, explore the unexpected and take you somewhere entirely new. And when the credits roll, keep the evening going with our Cork Film Trail Quiz. Gather your friends, put your film knowledge to the test and join us for a little friendly competition.
FIRST ZONE
Thom Lunshof | Netherlands | 2026 | 84 mins | Subtitled | Fiction
MON 16 | ARC CINEMA | 19:45 | WITH Q&A
FRI 20 | ARC CINEMA | 15:00
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In a future where the Netherlands has been flooded by sea-level rise, Fenna has survived but has become solitary and hardened. She made a home in a wind turbine above the vast sea. One night, a violent storm sweeps her out of this “home” and Fenna must navigate a labyrinth of half-flooded, perilous islands and diverse communities.
Along the way, she begins to question the harsh, solitary life she has chosen, and new encounters gradually awaken old feelings she thought she had buried.
Thom Lunshof’s remarkable first feature film makes this aquatic dystopia feel at once mesmerisingly beautiful and genuinely terrifying. Filmed largely in real Dutch locations, the flooded landscapes have an unsettling physical reality: still waters, vast horizons and half-submerged structures can appear almost idyllic one moment and threatening the next. Sami El Hassani’s extraordinary cinematography is central to this achievement, finding a haunting beauty in a world where water has become both landscape and enemy.
Filmmaker Thom Lunshof (above right) will be in attendance at the screening on Monday 16 November.
This film is eligible for the Spirit of the Festival Award for Best Film award and Best Screenplay.
This screening is supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
THE ACCOMPANIST
Zach Woods | United States | 2026 | 106 mins | Fiction
MON 16 | ST. GEORGE’S MITCHELSTOWN | 19:30
SAT 21 | ARC CINEMA | 17:30
When nine-year-old Emily is abruptly removed from her loving but dementia-stricken grandfather’s care by a novice social worker – played by a very amusing Aubrey Plaza – she is placed with Sylvia (Susan Sarandon), an eccentric, sharp-tongued 70-year-old foster parent.
Within Sylvia’s cluttered New Jersey home, the two lonely souls form an unlikely, fierce bond. However, as their dreams and surreal visions magically overlap, hidden secrets threaten their fragile new family.
Zach Woods, best known as a comedic actor (The Office, Silicon Valley) brings for his debut as a director an unexpected surreality to the family drama. He beautifully explores the delicate intersection of grief, companionship, and learning to trust again, while offering his actors ample space for physicality and humour in the subtle expression of a broad variety of emotions.
Suitable for children from the age of 11, parental discretion advised (themes of loss and grief).
CORK FILM TRAIL QUIZ
MON 16 | THE PAV | 19:30
Are you the biggest film buff and pub quizzer this side of the River Lee?
Put your cinephile skills to the test at our Cork Film Trail Quiz on Monday, 16th November at The Pav, Carey’s Lane. Great prizes to be won!
Tickets: €10 per table for teams of up to 6 people.
Places are limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event and the Cork Film Trail are sponsored by Murphy’s
Only one booking per table necessary, please let our staff know the name on your booking upon arrival. Please note that The Pav is not wheelchair accessible, visit our access page.
OBJET A
Ann Oren | Germany, Luxembourg, Greece | 2026 | 98 mins | Subtitled | Fiction
MON 16 | ARC CINEMA | 18:00
SAT 21 | ARC CINEMA | 19:45
Immaculate and successful, hand surgeons Ingeborg and Adam form a perfect couple. But under an over-controlling facade lie unusual desires, and a sudden encounter soon disrupts their neat and tidy existence.
Sensual and deviant, Ann Oren’s second feature starring Louis Hofmann (the empathetic lead of the Dark series) explores human desire and its connection with the natural world through strange and intriguing pathways.
This curious object makes cinema a truly tantalising experience. Come for the pristine imagery, stay for the organically mind-bending sequence.
