Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) returns this March with its popular and thrilling season of cinematic terror at the Triskel, Cork. Fear Screen presents a selection of gripping tales and chilling masterpieces, curated by CIFF and screening every Thursday at 8:15pm for the month of March at the Triskel.
Fear Screen 2025
Cork audiences can catch Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury’s 2007 French slasher Inside; Polish 1961 Cannes winner Mother Joan of the Angels (Jerzy Kawalerowicz); the eerie Tenderness of the Wolves from Ulli Lommel (1973); and the directorial debut from Italian master of horror Dario Argento’s The Bird with the Crystal Plumage. Each screening will be introduced by CIFF Programme Manager, Si Edwards.
This season of cinematic bone chillers will be complemented by an online programme of French horror shorts, French Fear, available on CIFF’s Digital Festival Platform, Thursday, 6th March – Sunday, 30th March.
INSIDE
Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury | France | 2007 | 82 mins
A widowed expectant mother is terrorised by a strange woman who wants her baby. Unrelenting in its horrific, gory violence (and still banned in Germany), with a terrifying performance from Beatrice Dalle, INSIDE will have you on the edge of your seat, and covering your eyes. Watch the trailer for Inside here.
This screening opens with the short film REAL (Rodrigue Hart, 4 min, France). 1857. Two peasant women find a smartphone in their field.
6 MARCH | 8.15PM | TRISKEL
MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland | 1961 | 110 mins
In 17th century Poland, a young priest is sent to a countryside parish to assist with the exorcism of a nun believed to be possessed by demons. Loosely based on the same case that was later to influence Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’, MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS is a true classic of Polish cinema, and won the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. Watch the trailer for Mother Joan of the Angels here.
13 MARCH | 8.15PM | TRISKEL
TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES
Uli Lommel | Germany | 1973 | 82 mins
The story of Fritz Harmann, serial killer and cannibal, who plagued a small town in wartime West Germany. Directed by Ulli Lommel, who later made notorious video nasty ‘The Boogeyman’, and produced by Ranier Werner Fassbinder, the film features many of Fassbinder’s regular actors in its cast, including Kurt Raab, who also wrote the screenplay, relishing in his sinister portrayal of Harmann. Watch the trailer for Tenderness of the Wolves here.
20 MARCH | 8.15PM | TRISKEL
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE
Dario Argento | Italy | 1970 | 96 mins
The directorial debut form the Italian master of horror, Dario Argento. An American writer becomes a key witness in an attempted murder believed to be carried out by a notorious serial killer, and soon becomes the target of the murderer’s intentions. A landmark moment in giallo cinema. Watch the trailer for The Bird with the Crystal Plumage here.
20 MARCH | 8.15PM | TRISKEL
FEAR SCREEN SHORTS: FRENCH FEAR
A selection of French shorts where bodies change, childhood games turn cruel, and unseen forces lurk.
6 – 30 MARCH |Â ONLINE
FEAR SCREEN TICKETS AND PASSES
Individual Tickets:
- Cinema Tickets: €12.50 (Concessions €11)
- Under 25s/Students Cinema Tickets: €7.50
- Online Shorts Tickets: €5
- Festival Friends can avail of concession price tickets of up to 20%
Fear Screen Season Pass:
Includes 1 ticket to all cinema screenings and a bonus free ticket to the online shorts programme.
- Season Pass: €45 (concessions €40)Â
- Student/Under 25s Season Pass: €15Â
- 2 Film Pass: €20
Proudly presented by Cork International Film Festival at Triskel Arts Centre
