Oonagh Kearney is a film-maker from Ballintemple in Cork. A former pupil of the Ursuline Convent in Blackrock, she also studied at the National Film and Television School in London. Her latest short film, the 24-minute Five Letters to the Stranger who will Dissect my Brain, shows as part of the ‘Best of Cork’ presentation at Cork Film Festival on Sunday, Nov 18, at the Everyman.

This year's Cork Film Festival will feature the UIP Awards, with some 13 prizes being awarded prior to the October 12 screening of Damien O'Donnell's new film, Heartlands, in the city's Opera House.