Cork International Film Festival

About Us

Cork International Film Festival is Ireland’s first and largest film festival and one of Cork’s most significant and popular annual cultural events.

It is a local, national and international celebration of cinema, running annually in venues and online in November. Award-winning films from the international film festival circuit, new discoveries and cinema classics are selected by our experienced curatorial team, to be premiered in cinemas in Cork and screened online via the Festival Digital Platform, available to viewers nationwide.

The Festival presents 12 awards, including the CIFF Best New Irish Feature Award (proudly supported by the Irish Examiner), Gradam Spiorad na Féile / Spirit of the Festival Award, Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise / Award for Cinematic Documentary, and two Audience Awards (for features and shorts). Its awards for Grand Prix Irish Short, Grand Prix International Short and Grand Prix Documentary Short Award are Academy Award® qualifying, ensuring that the winners in Cork automatically join the Oscars®’ long-list.

The Festival is proudly supported by principal funder The Arts Council of Ireland, along with Cork City Council, Creative Europe MEDIA, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, Cork County Council, ESB Energy for Generations Fund and HSE. Media Partners are RTÉ Supporting the Arts and Irish Examiner.

The Festival is led by Fiona Clark, Festival Director and CEO and Aurélie Godet, Director of Programming, reporting to the Board.