Cork could be the next major film hub — what's stopping it?  

With an internationally acclaimed film festival, a growing studio scene and some of Ireland’s most spectacular locations, Cork has all the ingredients to become a major film hub.

Édain O’Donnell, the founder of West Cork Studios pictured in a set constructed for the recently released movie ‘Jimmy’: Picture Chani Anderson

Cinema has long been part of the cultural fabric of Cork.

In 1956, the nascent Cork Film Festival — now the Cork International Film Festival (CIFF) — was selected as one of only five international festival locations by the International Federation of Film Producers’ Association, and “from day one, the city supported it” says the festival’s director, Fiona Clark.