In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Cork International Film Festival is thrilled to offer a complimentary special Festival programme featuring a selection of Irish and Cork short films from the latest edition in November 2023.
Enthusiasts of Irish culture from across the country are invited to indulge in a complimentary collection of cinematic delights, accessible at no cost on our Digital Festival Platform from 10am on Friday, 15th March, until midnight on Monday, 18th March.
This programme, where each film will be introduced by the director, showcases a breadth of filmmaking talent, ranging from playful to experimental. There are films directly exploring creativity, from traveller children living in the Knocknaheeny and Farranree areas to international dancers exploring movement on the banks of the Lee, along with an exciting variety of fiction work featuring surreal meditations on prawns, an award-winning father-son misadventure, and explorations into our heritage. You don’t want to miss this celebratory programme of great Irish short films.
The Programme
To Be What We Are
The young Traveller children at the heart of the project explore play and creativity and what happens when you follow your imagination as it transforms into a dinosaur and then starts to run.
Director: Claire Murphy
2023 | 5 minutes | Ireland
Cork Journal
Personal and public intersect in the city of Cork, as 3 women, unphased by chilly weather and friendly passersby, dance on a bridge. Added to the mix are musings about the how, why and when of art-making itself.
Director: Marta Renzi
2023 | 7 minutes | Ireland
Cumha
Cumha is a short personal film exploring the role of language in identity and perception. Throughout the bilingual piece, the narrator discusses the changes in her relationship with her heritage tongue.
Director: Elena Horgan
2023 | 6 minutes | Ireland
Anua
An experimental film and sonic journey exploring our relationship to land, language, sound, mythology and the ‘Otherworld’.
Director: Aoise Tutty Jackson
2023 | 13 minutes | Ireland
The Immeasurable Grief of the Prawn
A wry, dreamy moving image piece exploring ideas of memory and approximate knowledge through the surreal figure of the prawn.
Director: Elinor O’Donovan
2023 | 13 minutes | Ireland
Two For The Road
Amidst spontaneous travels around 1990s Ireland, Oscar, a young boy, finds himself navigating the true essence of adventure and chaos with his father, one spirited weekend away at a time. Winner of the Best Cork Short Award Supported by Murphy’s at CIFF2023.
Director: Lochlainn McKenna
2023 | 19 minutes | Ireland
