Feast of cinema and food at Cork French Film Festival

There’s a distinctive foodie flavour to this year’s Cork French Film Festival, with a feast of cinematic offerings being nicely complemented with events showcasing the Gallic nation’s legendary cuisine.

Running from March 6 to 13 at various venues in the city, and also at Ballymaloe, patrons will get classic gastronomy films, along with options for candle-lit dinners and cookery demonstrations by top chefs.

Showings of Babette’s Feast at the English Market, and The Hundred Foot Journey, starring Helen Mirren, at Ballymaloe, will both be accompanied by special dinners; while master chef Loic Malfait from that bastion of French culinary arts, Le Cordon Bleu, will give a demonstration at CIT’s Department of Tourism and Hospitality.