EU & MEDIA Film News November 2025
News about European films supported by the EU funding and highlighting independent cinemas and cinema clubs that are part of the Europa Cinemas network in Ireland. Includes films made thanks to EU initiatives such as Eurimages Cinema Fund, European Film Promotion as well as events such as the European Film Awards, European Cinema Month, A Season of Classic Films, and the LUX Audience Award.
- IFI, Dublin and IFI@Home
- Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
- Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin
- Access Cinema Network of regional cinema clubs
- MyCinema.ie is an EU-supported platform, operated by access>CINEMA Ireland, on which you can you can rent a curated selection of the best world cinema.
Cork International Film Festival, 6 - 16 November 2025
The 70th Cork International Film Festival will take place from Thursday 6th to Sunday 16th November. The festival is proudly supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
Over 11 days, audiences in Cork will get the poortunity to see Irish and world premieres and gala screenings, plus special events to mark its 70th anniversary at venues across Cork City and county, including The Everyman.
Some highlights include:
- Spirit of the Festival - the best of new European cinema. These filmmakers wowed us with their first or second feature film and will compete for the Spiorad na Féile (Spirit of the Festival) Best Film and Best Screenplay awards. Screenings include A Year of School (Italy, France); We Believe You (Belgium); Strange River (Spain); Bearcave (Greece).
- World Tour - International must-sees directed by filmmakers in full control of their artform’s powers. Films include A Private Life (France); À Bout de Souffle (France); It Was Just An Accident (Iran, France, Luxembourg); The Ice Tower (France, Germany, Italy).
- Screen Green - Three must-see films that highlight, each in its own way, urgent issues related to climate change and the environment, and promote actions to make positive changes in communities. Blame (switzerland); Climate in Therapy (Sweden, Norway); Peak Everything (Amour Apocalypse) (Canada).
The 2025 CIFF programme is now available. Download the myCIFF app and get ready to watch the latest and best films this November.
Cork International Film Festival Screenings at Triskel
Triskel is one of the principal venues for CIFF 2025. Book your tickets on corkfilmfest.org or download myCIFF app (available on Apple iOS and Android).
- Fri 07 Nov 17:00 – Defence of the Realm + Q&A with Lord David Puttnam and Gabriel Byrne | 20:30 – Dead Lover
- Sat 08 Nov 14:30 – Climate in Therapy + panel discussion | 17:30 – Portrait of a Young Father | 20:00 – Honey Bunch
- Sun 09 Nov 11:45 – Ed Guiney: In Conversation15:00 – Songs of Forgotten Trees | 17:30 – Dogfight | 20:00 – The Disappearance of Captain Nairac + director Q&A
- Mon 10 Nov 14:45 – Dead Lover |17:00 – Theocracy – The Emigrants Artist + A Place Away (short) + post-screening Q&A | 20:15 – Blame + panel discussion
- Tue 11 Nov 15:00 – Dogfight | 17:15 – Boorman and the Devil | 20:00 – Zardoz / Honorary Disruptor to John Boorman
- Wed 12 Nov 15:30 – Climate in Therapy + panel discussion | 17:30 – How to be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World + panel discussion | 20:30 – Coexistence, My Ass!
- Thu 13 Nov 10:30 – First Take (Industry Event) | 17:00 – UCC Puttnam Scholars 2025: Cardboard Ocean + Q&A | 17:45 – CIFF Short Film Awards | 18:30 – David Puttnam Talk: Festivals Matter | 20:30 – Portrait of a Confused Father
- Fri 14 Nov 11:00 – Doc Day Live (Industry Event) | 20:45 – What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle Weiss)
- Sat 15 Nov 14:15 – John Boorman Shorts: Two Nudes Bathing & I Dreamt I Woke Up | 17:00 – A Quiet Love (closed captions screening + a Q&A with an Irish Sign Language interpreter) | 20:00 – Answering the Call + Q&A
- Sun 16 Nov 12:30 – Farming is Medicine (followed by post-screening discussion & late lunch at Izz Café) | 14:00 – Cork Lens: IFI Cork on Camera (with live music accompaniment) | 16:30 – Daniel O’Connell: The Emancipator + panel discussion | 20:00 – Phantasm.
IFI French Film Festival, 19 - 30 November
The Irish Film Institute’s French Film Festival runs from Wednesday 19th November to Sunday 30th November 30th. This year’s festival will include 22 Irish premieres, a collection of brilliant comedies and dramas, thought-provoking documentaries, and a beautifully animated film for all the family. As always, the IFI French Film Festival will be the only opportunity for audiences to experience many of the films on the big screen.
IFI@Home French Film Festival, 21 - 28 November
For those unable to join the IFI at Eustace Street, IFI@Home offers a selection from the festival programme to enjoy in the comfort of your own home. Films available on IFI@Home as part of the IFI French Film Festival 2025 will be available to watch for a limited time only, from 21st November until 28th November.
Souleymane’s Story | The Lighthouse, Dublin
Set over a tense 48 hours, Abou Sangare plays a Guinean asylum seeker who races through the streets of Paris delivering food as he awaits his asylum interview which will decide whether or not he will be granted residency. French with English subtitles.
Hidden Assets 3 | Starts Sunday, 9th November, 9:30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player
Hidden Assets 3 is supported by MEDIA as were series one and two. Nora-Jane Noone returns as DS Claire Wallace alongside Cathy Belton as Norah Dillon and Aaron Monaghan as DS Sean Prendergast.
When investigative reporter Olatz Alzola and her family are brutally murdered in Bilbao, DS Claire Wallace is drawn into a case that links their killings to a CAB raid in Ireland that ended in tragedy.