Cork International Film Festival

About Cork International Film Festival

- The 71st Edition takes place in Cork and online in November 2026. - Cork International Film Festival is worth over €2.5m to the Cork economy - Sign up for CIFF News eLetters here: https://bit.ly/CIFFezine ABOUT US As Ireland's first and largest film festival, Cork International Film Festival is a local, national and international celebration of cinema, running in November each year in Cork City and county. Award-winning films from the international film festival circuit, new discoveries and cinema classics are selected by our experienced curatorial team to be shown on the big screen in Cork along with an online highlights programme nationwide. The Festival showcases the latest and best international and Irish features, documentaries and shorts, and includes programmes for schools, families, and specialist Industry Days, including Doc Day, cementing the Festival as the destination festival for documentary in Ireland. Programme strands include Culinary Cinema (film and food), Screen Green (film and environment & climate activism), Disruptors (maverick filmmakers) and Illuminate (film and mental health).