Discover Industry Events at the 71th Cork International Film Festival
Posted: 13th November 2026
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is proud to be the official industry partner to the 71th Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) and this year's programme of industry events comprising of First Take, Doc Day Live, Doc Day Online and additional events taking place during the festival from the 12 – 22 November.
CIFF Industry Events are presented in partnership with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and is supported by Coimisiún na Meáin.
Screen Cork: Filmmaking Beyond the Pale
Sat 14 Nov 6:30-7:30pm in Granary Theatre
As production demands grow across Ireland, how do the regions build a sustainable, competitive ecosystem for major film and TV projects?
Presented by Screen Cork, Édaín O’Donnell (West Cork Film Studios), Anthony Muldoon (Director of Strategic Policy for Screen Producers Ireland) and Suzanne McKenzie Young (Screen Officer Wexford) will look at practical ways to maximise production potential across Cork city and county.
Learn more about Screen Cork: Filmmaking Beyond the Pale
Out of Frame: Round 38 (Cork Shorts)
Tue 17 Nov from 8:30-9:30pm at The Roundy
Cork’s monthly film talk, Out of Frame provides a platform to showcase Cork’s talented diverse film community and a space for exchange and connection among filmmakers. As in the last two years, filmmakers from the Cork International Film Festival Irish Shorts programme: Pure Cork will feature in the November edition of Out of Frame.
Website: www.outofframecork.com
Instagram: @outofframecork
Learn more about Out of Frame: Round 38 (Cork Shorts)
RTÉ Industry Sessions @ CIFF
Wed 18 Nov from 10am in the Metropole Hotel
Cork International Film Festival and RTÉ Cork are delighted to present a day-long event for independent filmmakers, producers and event creators to attend and participate in key industry clinics and talks.
Presented in partnership with RTÉ
Learn more about RTÉ Industry Sessions @ CIFF
Symposium: The Future of Heritage
Wed 18 Nov from 10am in UCC Film & Screen Media Auditorium
A Cork International Film Festival and University College Cork Presentation.
In 2025, as part of the Festival’s 70th celebrations, we began a symposium in association with University College Cork’s Department of Film and Screen Media focused on the moving image as both cultural treasure and fragile historical record. This era of misinformation and disinformation brings that very fragility into sharp relief. In an time of increasing uncertainty around the information we receive, how do reputable news gathering agencies respond?
Archive Manager at Reuters Connect, Helen Walker oversees the preservation and digitisation of the historic Reuters news and film archive. She will discuss the challenging environment of creating a trustworthy archive and will also outline the way in which the agency has broadened beyond being a source for factual use to become a resource for more creative and artistic use amongst the filmmaking community.
The symposium will conlude with a screening of student archive film works from UCC Department of Film and Screen Media and University of Ulster.
In partnership with University College Cork.
Learn more about The Future of Heritage
Doc Day Live
Fri 20 Nov at 10am in Triskel Cinema
Cork International Film Festival continues to develop its focus on high-quality Irish and international documentary cinema with Doc Day, connecting emerging and established non-fiction filmmakers with industry professionals and the wider documentary industry.
Doc Day 2026 will explore the making of the new feature documentary Whiddy, from multi-award-winning Cork filmmaker Adrian McCarthy, provide a platform for composers to discuss the creative process of composing for documentary, and host a keynote interview with Sophie Fiennes about her new film The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias and the impact of The Pervert’s Guide Trilogy, a long-term collaboration with philosopher Slavoj Žižek.
A networking reception will conclude the event from 17:00 to 17:45, followed by the Documentary Gala screening of Here We Remain at 20:45 at the Triskel.
All Doc Day sessions will be accompanied by Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing on screen.
Doc Day Online
20 NOV - 18 DEC online
Free but ticketed
In addition to the in person offering for Doc Day 2026, the festival will host a series of online sessions, complimenting this year’s non-fiction programme and encompassing in-depth filmmaker conversations and case studies.
Learn more about Doc Day Online
Europe on Screen, Europe in Collaboration
Sat 21 Nov from 12pm in The Imperial Hotel
Marking Ireland’s EU Presidency in 2026, this special event celebrates Irish–French co-production as a powerful expression of European cultural collaboration, bringing together industry voices and audiences to explore co-production, creative exchange and the future of the European audiovisual landscape.
This event will encompass two sessions. The first will offer an in-depth production case study of the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion-winning Father Mother Sister Brother from celebrated US auteur Jim Jarmusch. The film is a co-production of Ireland, France, Italy and the USA, with Irish producer Richard Bolger playing an integral role in the realisation of the project. In this session Bolger will break down the co-production structure, financing and delivery of the film.
Speakers: Richard Bolger - Producer, Father Mother Sister Brother; Niamh Fagan - Exec Producer, Father Mother Sister Brother
Host: Susan Kirby - CEO, Screen Producers Ireland
This will be followed by a keynote interview with Olivier Père exploring his impressive tenure as Managing Director of ARTE France Cinéma, with co-producing credits including Sentimental Value, Triangle of Sadness and Titane.
Speaker: Olivier Père - Managing Director, ARTE France Cinéma
Host: Wendy Mitchell - Film Festival Curator & Host, The Screen Podcast
The event will be followed by a networking session and refreshments.
Funded as part of the Culture Programme for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.
Supported by the Irish Government’s Communicating Europe Initiative (CEI) and by the French Embassy in Ireland. Presented in association with Screen Producers Ireland & Creative Europe.
Learn more about Europe on Screen, Europe in Collaboration
Screen Cork: Rebel Cinema
Sun 22 Nov, 3:30pm in The Merchant
Presented by Screen Cork, this panel explores the resurgence of community- driven screening networks across Ireland.
Bringing together Cork-based initiatives like People’s Picturehouse and Out of Frame Cork alongside regional counterparts like Big Shots (Limerick), and Little Cinema (Galway), this discussion examines the origins of these movements, the practicalities of alternative curation, and audience.