Knightley and Coppola light up film fest

A FILM by American director Mark Romanek based on the novel Never Let Me Go by Booker- winning author Kazuo Ishiguro is to open Cork Film Festival.

Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere has been chosen as the closing film for the festival, which runs from November 7-14.

The festival will launch its full programme on Thursday, October 28, and tickets will be available from Saturday, October 30, at the festival box office at Cork Opera House. Details of the festival’s programmes are available at the website, www.corkfilmfest.org.