Film fans left reeling at festival’s unkindest cuts

The decision to lay off key Cork Film Festival staff has sparked ire, writes Dan Buckley

IN movie-making terms, there is nothing like a bit of conflict to keep the audience primed for more, so it is hardly a surprise that the public row between the board of Cork Film Festival and its former CEO Mick Hannigan has already got the Twitter brigade on overdrive.

Hannigan, synonymous with the festival for almost 30 years, has been laid off, along with festival programmer Una Feely.