EU & MEDIA Film News November 2026
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 regional cinema clubs
EU Film Lovers | European Film Awards Competition
Creative Europe MEDIA Desks invite you to enter a competition to win a trip to Athens for the next European Film Awards in Greece as part of the celebration of 35 Years of the MEDIA programme.
Answer some film-related questions, share your thoughts on European cinema with us and you might be one of the few selected winners to travel to Greece for 3 days and witness the experience of the EFA Awards Ceremony.
Eight lucky winners will be selected to go to the European Film Awards 2027 which will take place on 16 January 2027 in Athens, Greece. Winners will receive:
- Return travel to Athens
- 2 night stay in Athens
- Admission to the Awards Ceremony
- More surprises to come!
All it takes is a little bit of love for European cinema to answer the questions. The contest will run until Sunday 29 November 2026.
Enter the EU Film Lovers @EFA39 contest here.*
* Please check terms & conditions before entering the contest. Eligibility Terms: The EU Film Lovers contest is only open to individuals aged over 18 residing in the following countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland.
Cork International Film Festival | 12 - 22 November 2026
Cork International Film Festival returns from Thursday 12 to Sunday 22 November 2026, and the full programme for its 71st edition has arrived. The Festival is proudly supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
- CIFF's Opening Gala film is Lucy Lost which will feature a musical celebration and Q&A with the director and composer.
- The Animation Gala film is Julian, a co-prodyction between Ireland's Cartoon Saloon and companies from Canada, Luxembourg, Denmark. From the Academy Award® nominated director Louise Bagnall, this is a joyful, visually rich story of discovery and celebration, inspired by the acclaimed children’s book Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love.
- The Documentary Gala Film is Here We Remain which follows the Irish speaking Ainle Ó Cairealláin on a six-year journey helping open and run a gym in the Aida Refugee Camp in the Occupied West Bank in Palestine.
- The World Tour strand features international films including Markus Schleinzer’s Rose (Austria, Germany) which is during the Thirty Years’ War in the 1600s. A mysterious soldier arrives in a secluded village and claims an abandoned farmstead as his inheritance. Gradually accepted into the community as a hard-working and devout man, Rose is concealing an identity that puts this newly acquired existence at constant risk. Starring Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, Project Hail Mary).
Fatherland (Poland, Germany, Italy, France) | Triskel Cork, IFI Dublin
Sandra Hüller stars in Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland. At the height of the Cold War in 1949, the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika who is an actress, writer, and rally driver go on a road across Germany. They travel from Allied-occupied Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar, a challenging, emotional journey for father and daughter. Supported by Eurimages funding.
American Doctor (USA, Malaysia, Qatar, Denmark, Palestine) | Lighthouse Dublin
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng, follows three American medics who travel to Gaza to volunteer in hospitals overwhelmed by war. Palestinian-American emergency physician, Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Jewish American orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, and Zoroastrian trauma surgeon, Dr. Feroze Sidhwa come from very different backgrounds but are united by a shared commitment to save lives.
Fjord (Romania, France, Norway, Denmark, Sweden) | IFI Dublin
Fjörd by Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival 2026. The film is about a Catholic Romanian family, the Gheorghius, who settle in a Norwegian village, the mother’s birthplace. They bond with their new neighbours the Halbergs. Despite their very different upbringings, the children of both families become close friends. Until the Gheorghius are suspected of hurting their own children. Supported by MEDIA.