Cork International Film Festival
Logo of 65th (2020) festival
LocationCork, Ireland
Founded1956
Founded byDermot Breen[1]
Most recent2022
Festival dateNovember
Websitecorkfilmfest.org

The Cork International Film Festival, also known as the Cork Film Festival (Irish: Féile Scannán Chorcaí),[2] is a film festival held annually in Cork City, Ireland. It was established in 1956 as part of An Tóstal, and is one of Ireland's oldest and largest film festivals.[3]

For the period 2007 to 2012, the festival was known (for sponsorship reasons) as the Corona Cork Film Festival.[4]

The festival programme is a mix of big budget pictures, world cinema, independent films, documentaries and short films. While international films are also shown at the event, the festival organisers describe it as a "showcase for Irish film production".[5]

References

  1. "60 years of the Cork Film Festival". irishexaminer.com. 31 October 2015.
  2. "Féile Scannán Chorcaí i mbaol 'de bharr easpa airgid'". rte.ie. 11 May 2016.
  3. "Cork Film Festival". Cork Film Festival. Retrieved 2 September 2020. Ireland's First and Largest Film Festival
  4. "Cork Fest Announces Corona As Major Sponsor". iftn.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  5. "Corona Cork Film Festival - About Us". corkfilmfest.org. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.


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