EU and MEDIA Film News November 2024

The Irish members of Europa Cinemas include:

• IFI, Dublin and IFI@Home
• Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
• Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin
• Palás, Galway
• Access Cinema Network of regional cinema clubs
• Volta VOD online
• 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.

November is Month of European Cinema

The European Film Academy presents the Month of European Film 2024. Starting on 1st November, the diversity of European film is celebrated for five weeks until the European Film Awards in Lucerne, Switzerland on 7th December

Across Europe, thanks to the Academy’s partner Europa Cinemas, flagship cinemas in over 100 cities in 42 countries highlight European films by presenting special programmes, events, and dedicated retrospectives.

As part of Month of European Film 2024, the streaming platform MUBI will present a special focus on European films. The VOD portal DAFilms will highlight a selection of European documentaries and Festival Scope celebrates the short film candidates for the European Film Awards allowing film lovers around the world to participate.

KNEECAP nominated for European University Film Award

Five films including Irish film, Kneecap, are in the running for the European University Film Award (EUFA) as part of the European Film Awards 2024. Introduced in 2016, the award is presented by university students from across Europe.

European Cinema Night in Ireland, 4th December

Lighthouse Dublin will screen When The Light Breaks, the new film from acclaimed Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson, at 6.15pm on 4th December with thanks to access<CINEMA facilitating the screening. Free tickets.

Pálás Galway will screen Creatura at 6.30pm on 4th December. Creatura premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight, where it won the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film. There is no charge for European Cinema Night tickets, but they must be booked in advance.

Month of European Film in Ireland

Film clubs and venues across access>CINEMA’s network will be taking part in the Month of European Film, taking place between 1st November and 7th December 2024.

Across the six-week event, 46 members of the access CINEMA Network – based over 22 counties across Ireland – will hold 98 screenings of European feature and documentary films. Multiple sites across the network will be screening acclaimed recent European titles such as Rose, Kneecap, Io Capitano, That They May Face The Rising Sun, The Crime Is Mine and La Chimera.

Each participating cinema and film club creates a unique programme according to their expertise and catering to their audience’s taste. The event comes to a close on 7th December with the 37th European Film Awards in Lucerne.

European Arthouse Cinema Day, 17th November

The Month of European Film will also see the European Arthouse Cinema Day on 17th November, a project organised by CICAE, the international confederation of arthouse cinemas. Join in the celebration of the diversity of European cinema by attending one of the events or screenings taking place in more than 700 cinemas in over 40 countries. Find out more on the European Arthouse Cinema Day website.

2024 Young Audience Award Nominees

One of the highlights of the Month of European Film is the Young Audience Film Day on 3rd November organised simultaneously in 37 cities in 30 European countries – and online – and including a screening of SCRAPPER, directed by Charlotte Regan, winner of the European Young Audience Award 2023. The day also featured the announcement of the 2024 European Young Audience Award nominees. The 3 nominees are:

• Lars is LOL directed by Eirik Saeter Stordahl (Norway, Denmark, 2023)
• The Remarkable Life of Ibelin directed by Benjamin Ree (Norway, 2024)
• Winners directed by Soleen Yusef (Germany, 2024)

Cork International Film Festival 2024, 7th to 17th November | Triskel Screenings

CIFF's Opening Gala Film will be Conclave at the Everyman Theatre at 7pm on Thursday 7th November. This is an exciting opportunity for audiences to be the first to see Conclave, a critically acclaimed film ahead of its cinema release, with cast member, Brían F. O’Byrne, in attendance. The Irish Opening Gala Film is Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story at 5pm on Sunday, 10th November in the Everyman Theatre.

Triskel Arts Centre is one of the principal venues for CIFF 2024 - explore CIFF at Triskel films screenings.

Some films supported by EU funding at CIFF include:

• The Village Next to Paradise screens 14th November in Arc Cinema (supported by European Film Sales EFP). Director Mo Harawe will attend a post-screening Q&A hosted by Aurélie Godet, Director of Programming.
• Loveable screens 11th November in Arc Cinema (supported by European Film Sales EFP).
• The End screens 16th November in Everyman. Irish production company, Wild Atlantic Pictures is one of the co-producers (supported by Eurimages).
• Misericordia screens 10th November in Arc Cinema (supported by European Film Sales EFP).

Book your tickets on corkfilmfest.org or the myCIFF app available on Apple iOS and Android.

Browse or download the CIFF 2024 brochure.

Cork International Film Festival is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA funding for films festivals.

IFI French Film Festival 13th to 24th November

The IFI French Film Festival brings the very best of new French cinema to IFI audiences. Renowned director Stéphane Brizé will present his new romantic drama, Out of Season, with an audience Q&A, and will delve into his career in a masterclass event hosted by Paul Whitington.

Highlights of IFI French Film Festival include:

• Marguerite Duras Retrospective
• Being Maria directed by Director: Jessica Palud explores Maria Schneider’s experience making Bertolucci’s controversial Last Tango in Paris with Marlon Brando played by Matt Dillon
• The Successor from Xavier Legrand
• Restored Agnes Varda shorts will screen before several features throughout the festival
• Films supported by Creative Europe MEDIA screening at the festival include: My Life as a Courgette and The Story of Souleymane (European Film Sales support).

Browse the IFI French Film Festival 2024 brochure.

The Story of Souleymane; directed by Boris Lojkine. Screenplay by Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut. Read the Cineuropa review of the film.

That They May Face the Rising Sun

That They May Face the Rising Sun is an adaptation of the final novel from John McGahern, directed and co-written by Pat Collins. Capturing a year in the life of a rural, lakeside community in Ireland in the 1970’s, the film stars Barry Ward (Jimmy’s Hall) and Anna Bederke (Soul Kitchen) in the lead roles. Lalor Roddy, Sean McGinley, Ruth McCabe, and first-time actor Phillip Dolan make up the cast of supporting characters.

Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work among the small, close-knit community where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in life around the lake, the drama of a year in their lives and those of the memorable characters around them unfolds through the rituals of work, play, and the passing seasons. Irish company, South Wind Blows, received Creative Europe MEDIA development support for the film.