Special Edition of the Cork French Film Festival
To celebrate the Cork-France Pairing as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU:
13th – 18th October 2026
at the Arc Cinema Cork
To book your tickets, please click on the links below.
L'attachement
The Ties that Bind Us (Carine Tardieu)
Friday 16th Oct, 7pm
Drama
Exploring the challenges of modern family structures, the film follows a single father, a feminist librarian and a child seeking a place to belong.
César Awards 2026:
- Best Film,
- Best Adaption,
- Best Supporting Actress
Cork Premiere
In French, with English subtitles
L'Ame idéale
You Found Me (Alice Vial)
Saturday 17th Oct, 7pm
Comedy-Drama
Elsa, 40 and single, has abondoned hope for love. Her unusal gift of seeing the deadisolates her from others. Then she meets Oscar…
Warsaw International Film Festival 2025
- Best Film Nomination
Irish Premiere
In French, with English subtitles
La Vénus Électrique
The Electric Kiss (Pierre Salvadori)
Sunday 18th Oct, 7pm
Comedy-Drama
Paris, 1928. A grieving painter seeks his dead wife through a séance run by a carnival worker pretending to be a psychic; as he recovers, her comforting lie threatens to unravel.
Cabourg Film Festival 2026
- Best Film
- Best Actor
Opened the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
Irish Premiere
In French, with English subtitles
Tempête
Ride Above
Adapted from French writer Christophe Donner’s novel Temêpte au haras, this French film tells the story of Zoé’s life at her parents’ racehorse stables in Normandy, driven by the dream of someday becoming a jockey like her father. But one stormy night, a terrible accident leaves her confi ned to a wheelchair. With the support of her family, the help of her therapist and under the guidance of Seb, a stable hand with a gift for communicating with horses, Zoé will endeavour to make her dream come true.
This film is for school screenings only.
Bookings through email only, by 5th October.
Limited seating. Early booking is advised.
€7.50 per student (DEIS school concession: €6.50). Free for accompanying teachers.
Please see https://aiplf-ireland.com/ to download a free AIPLF teaching resource for this film.