Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) is Ireland’s first and largest film festival and one of Cork’s most significant and popular annual cultural events.
It marked its significant 70th edition in November 2025, and its 71st edition will take place Thursday 12th to Sunday 22nd November 2026. It will once again bring to Cork the best selection of Irish and international films, aiming to offer a window onto an ambitious and diverse world, with particular attention to current issues and a variety of cinematic genres and styles.
The Italian Institute of Culture is delighted to support the following Italian films:
- A common story (2026).
Erika (Alba Rohrwacher) and Mauro (Guido Caprino) live a simple life in the countryside, their days made up of comforting routines. When their daughter Irene leaves to study far from home, their house feels empty, and the equilibrium on which the couple has based their lives seems to crumble.
Scheduled: Sun 15 Nov
Showtime: 14:15
Venue: Arc Cinema – Screen 6. The Arc Cinema, N Main St, Centre, Cork, T12 KN88
For more information: A Common Story (Una Storia) – Cork International Film Festival
- Salò (1975).
One of cinema’s most notorious and feared films, Pasolini’s political war art horror focuses on four corrupt Italian libertines in WWII Fascist Italy who subject 18 teenagers to months of extreme violence and sadism.
CONTENT WARNING: It carries a severe content warning for graphic physical and psychological abuse and may not be suitable for all audiences.
Scheduled: Thu 19 Nov
Showtime: 18:00
Venue: Arc Cinema – Screen 2. The Arc Cinema, N Main St, Centre, Cork, T12 KN88
For more information: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom – Cork International Film Festival
- The Innocent (1976).
CIFF is delighted to premiere the 4K restoration of Visconti’s final masterpiece.
In the late 1890s, Tullio is a wealthy and atheistic Roman aristocrat. He demands the right to flaunt his mistress, Teresa, and to neglect his wife, Giuliana. Yet when Giuliana asserts her own autonomy and has an affair, his fragile emotional control shatters.
Scheduled: Fri 20 Nov
Showtime: 14:00
Venue: The Everyman. 15 MacCurtain Street, Cork T23 E094
For more information: The Innocent (L’Innocente) – Cork International Film Festival