Ireland's oldest film festival, the Cork Film Festival, celebrates its 62nd year in the "real capital" this year. Taking place across 10 days from November 10-19, this year’s Festival will screen more than 200 films, with the majority being Irish premieres. These will include 9 Irish features and feature documentary, a collection of historical short films for Cork called Local Films for Local People: Cork on Camera, and 8 programmes of Irish short films, including the world premieres of those funded under the Irish Film Board's Focus Shorts and Real Shorts programmes.
Over 16,000 people are expected to attend screenings at The Everyman, Gate Cinema and Triskel Christchurch. The festival will open with the Irish premiere of Irish/Canadian co-production The Man Who Invented Christmas at The Everyman on Friday, November 10th. Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens assumes the role of Charles Dickens in Bharat Nalluri’s film, a festive romp that recounts how Dickens’ iconic A Christmas Carol was created.
It will close with the Irish premiere of Alexander Payne’s science-fiction road movie Downsizing at the Everyman on Sunday, November 19th. Downsizing stars Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig as a husband and wife who decide to shrink themselves to simplify their lives, though things don’t go to plan.
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Cork Film Festival celebrates 62nd year