Big screen bonanza for Cork as Film Festival opens for 67th year

The highly-rated refugee tale, Aisha, kicked off this year's Cork International Film Festival 

Anna Garcea of Cork International Film Festival, with the costume worn by Olivia Colman in the movie The Favourite. The costume is  part of the costume trail that runs as part of Cork International Film Festival. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Cork International Film Festival opened on Thursday evening at Cork Opera House, with a screening of highly-rated Irish film Aisha.

It’s the 67th incarnation of Ireland’s oldest film festival, which has been rolling out the red carpet on Leeside since 1956, along the way weathering controversies, recessions, and even a pandemic.