Esther McCarthy selects six of the best from the feast of Gallic cinema on offer on Leeside

Last weekend the Cork Film Festival closed after 11 days of screenings showcased over 300 films from 63 countries and attracted an audience of around 20,000 people.

Three Academy Awards qualifying places were up for grabs.

The staff of Cork Film Festival tell Richard Fitzpatrick about some of their personal recommendations on what to see

The Cork Film Festival is known for championing short films. We chat to six emerging film-makers who are showing their work over the next few days

Newsreels from the independence era, and various short films, give a glimpse of earlier eras on Leeside, writes Marjorie Brennan

A special preview of the second season of 'The Young Offenders' is among the highlights of this year's Cork Film Festival.

Lost Lives, a documentary showing at Cork Film Festival, is a timely reminder of the bad old days in the North, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

A screening of the long-awaited Frozen sequel is among the standout events of this year's Cork Film Festival.

In an excerpt from his book on Cork in the 1980s, Michael Moynihan looks behind the scenes at the shenanigans that saved the city’s film festival.

We select our highlights for the final two days of theCork Film Festival.

The Cork on Camera archive compilation features fantastic footage from several old films, writes Marjorie Brennan

Irene and Linda Buckley have composed a new score which they’ll play live at the screening of silent-era horror Nosferatu at the perfect venue of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral, writes Marjorie Brennan

Werner Herzog’s quirky take on Mikhail Gorbachev promises to be one of the best documentaries at Cork Film Festival, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

A rare privilege for the festival to open with a Cork film. Carmel Winters’ tale of a young Traveller girl who wants to be a boxer was largely filmed near her home in West Cork. It has already picked up a prestigious prize in Toronto, and the director herself will be present.

Arts editor Des O’Driscoll selects the must-see movies at the Cork Film Festival.

American director Alex Gibney was stunned by what he found for his documentary on the Loughinisland killings. It will be shown at Cork Film Festival, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Esther McCarthy speaks to film director and producer Maurice Fitzpatrick about his documentary on Northern Ireland peace campaigner John Hume

Victoria Smurfit returned to Ireland from LA to take a starring role in twisty thriller about to be screened at the Cork Film Festival, writes Esther McCarthy

Sourcing his material from former prisoners, director Frank Berry wanted to get the experience of a first-time inmate on to the big screen, he tells Esther McCarthy

John Daly looks back at the halcyon days of the Cork Film Festival in the 1950s and ’60s when the Rebel City became a Technicolor wonderland of enchantment and exoticism.

Ireland’s longest-running film festival has cleared all of its legacy debt a year on from an emergency €200,000 bailout.

The board of the Cork Film Festival has broken its silence on its financial crisis to welcome a €200,000 lifeline sanctioned by City Hall.

The country’s longest running film festival has been saved from financial collapse thanks to a €200,000 loan from a local authority.

The former head of the Cork Film Festival has urged city councillors to reconsider giving the cash-strapped event a €200,000 bailout tonight until they have full sight of the company’s finances.

One of Ireland’s longest- running film festivals has requested a €200,000 loan from a local authority to save it from financial collapse writes Eoin English.

One of Ireland’s longest- running film festivals has requested a €200,000 loan from a local authority to save it from financial collapse.

The story of Peggy Guggenheim was of a life less ordinary, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

As Cork Film Festival marks its 60th edition, attendees select their favourite memory through the years, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

One of the world’s longest-running film festivals is rolling out the red carpet for a special guest next week who was tracked down after 40 years thanks to the Irish Examiner

The Cork Film Festival is in its 60th year. Ahead of its launch next Friday, Marjorie Brennan pays tribute to the country’s longest-running film festival.

Cork Film Festival has launched the programme for what will be its diamond anniversary. The event last night saw the unveiling of a roster featuring some of the jewels in Leeside’s crown.

THE director of Cork’s Underground Film Festival, Darren O’Mahony, says that while film-makers are delighted that there are three film festivals in Cork — not including the French Film Festival and the Fastnet Short Film Festival in Schull — it’s a lot of competition for limited funding sources.

The former CEO and programmer for the Cork Film Festival have expressed their relief after their unfair dismissal case against the company behind the event was settled yesterday.

Come Oscar night 2016 in Los Angeles, some filmmakers may owe a debt of gratitude to the Cork Film Festival, which closed over the weekend.

Apart from the unsettled weather, there was a distinct Down Under feel to the first night of the 59th Cork Film Festival at Cork Opera House.

The management of Cork Film Festival is gearing up for its 60th anniversary in 2016, engaging with new partners and hopeful of securing a title sponsor, despite incurring extensive financial losses last year.

As her role as Don Draper’s wife winds down, Jessie Paré’s career continues with a film that gets its premiere in Cork tomorrow, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Cork sculptor Séamus Murphy is the subject of a new film, writes Colette Sheridan.

THERE are pop eccentrics and then there’s Bjork Gudmundsdóttir. 

Mick Hannigan, the CEO and man in charge of the Cork Film Festival for almost 30 years, has been ousted and made redundant by the board of the festival.

Anybody who takes on the running of the Cork Film Festival has to do it for madness or love — or perhaps a bit of both.