Cork International Film Festival Online Library

Welcome to the Cork International Film Festival Online Library
Our short film library is a partnership between CIFF & Cork Libraries which started with support from AVA & Creative Europe Media. Library Card holders can watch CIFF highlights from 2017 - 2020 below. To watch from home please request an access code from your local library. Cork City Grand Parade: lending_library@corkcity.ie | Mallow: mallow.library@corkcoco.ie

Cork International Film Festival 2020

A Christmas Drop
At midnight on Christmas Eve, a newly-married couple prepare to welcome some annual guests to their pub, which has recently fallen on hard times. And time is running out...
14 min | 2020 | Ireland
A Christmas Drop
A Very Long Distance Phonecall
The bittersweet story of Sé, who receives a phonecall from a friend who has just accidentally killed himself after a slip in the bath.
10 min | 2020 | Ireland
A Very Long Distance Phonecall
Ballast
A man living in the rural west of Ireland builds the means to escape the pains of his past.
16 min | 2020 | Ireland
Ballast
Fisherman
'Fisherman' follows a young girl’s mission to discover her ancestor’s land.
6 min | 2020 | Ireland, Korea, Republic of
Fisherman
Forest
‘Forest’ is an experimental short film rendered using real-time graphics. Through contrasting a vibrant, virtual paradise with a dark reality, the film reflects upon humanity’s ignorance of their destructive nature on earth; the innocence of youth and the indifference of adulthood.
3 min | 2020 | Ireland
Forest
Handfasting
There is only one thing that stands between Niamh and her future happiness - a wedding superstition she has to cope with.
9 min | 2020 | Ireland
Handfasting
Loving Ava
Confusion, jealousy and betrayal are brought out in a friendship between two young girls when one of they begins to take topless photos on a Polaroid camera. ‘Loving Ava’ reveals the intense nature of female friendship and unrequited love.
9 min | 2020 | Ireland
Loving Ava
Please Be Seated
For most, taking a seat doesn't merit a moment's thought. For some, it can be a daily struggle.
5 min | 2020 | Ireland
Please Be Seated
Red Mary Red
An 18th-century Irish farmer, robbed and humiliated by the Redcoats, negotiates his livelihood deep in the wild country.
17 min | 2020 | Ireland
Red Mary Red
Sins of a Werewolf
When a seasoned parish priest is bitten by a mysterious animal, he begins transforming into a werewolf every full moon. The ensuing bloodshed leads to a resurgence in Mass attendances from fearful locals, much to the delight of his senior colleagues.
22 min | 2020 | Ireland
Sins of a Werewolf
Tent
Two friends on the last night of a camping trip... will they make the bus station the next day?
13 min | 2020 | Ireland
Tent
The Appointment
Ian splits his time between working his dead end warehouse job and taking care of his ailing mother. The stresses of everyday life, alongside Anna's illness, have created a rift between the two that is seemingly insurmountable.
17 min | 2020 | Ireland
The Appointment
The Presence of Absence
Coinciding with her growing sense of isolation, Bridget’s encounter with an estranged aunt sends her on a quest to find the father she has never known.
4 min | 2020 | Ireland
The Presence of Absence
The Reckolahesperus
Sam is a young boy whose misunderstanding of the phrase 'the Wreck of the Hesperus' leads him to have an unexpected night time adventure with 'The Reckolahesperus' a magical creature.
4 min | 2020 | Ireland
The Reckolahesperus
Where Still Waters Lie
As a couple finds themselves drifting apart they leave gaps for more than just silence, turning a healing weekend away into a horror of mistrust and fear.
19 min | 2020 | Ireland
Where Still Waters Lie

Cork Film Festival 2019

134
On the day of a regional Irish dancing competition, an Irish couple struggle to cope with their child's gender identity.
13 min | 2019 | Ireland
134
Blankets of Hope: Cork Cancer Care Centre
This mini-documentary looks at the Cork Cancer Care Centre and their mission to deliver 'Blankets of Hope' to cancer patients around Ireland.
5 min | 2019 | Ireland
Blankets of Hope: Cork Cancer Care Centre
Chestnuts
Coming of age comedy-drama about two young band members who begin to drift apart.
13 min | 2019 | Ireland
Chestnuts
Coming To Terms
After caring for her elderly father for years Lisa is unable to deal with his passing and begins to see him everywhere.
10 min | 2019 | Ireland
Coming To Terms
Cúl an Tí (The Back of the House)
Based on a true story, and inspired by the poem of the same title by Seán Ó Ríordáin, Cúl an Tí is a tale of lost time, lost life and lost love, as the dying Nora is forced to confront a distant tragic memory.
17 min | 2019 | Ireland
Cúl an Tí (The Back of the House)
Daffodils
A forest creatures quiet life is turned upside down when her new neighbour attempts to win her affection.
3 min | 2019 | Ireland
Daffodils
Evergreen
At his request, Nathan meets up with his childhood friend Edgar, still living in his childhood home on the estate. Since then they have become dichotomous, incapable of conversing honestly, but their shared past still lurks in the back of their minds.
17 min | 2019 | Ireland
Evergreen
Funfair
A Man, His ploy, His Family's Salvation!
15 min | 2019 | Iran, Canada
Funfair
Halo
A lonely taxi driver takes drastic action to protect a passenger from heartbreak.
17 min | 2019 | Ireland
Halo
Hasta La Vista
Hasta La Vista is a genre-blending short film which sets dance, music and an ethereal aesthetic against a backdrop of friendship, love, lust and betrayal.
6 min | 2019 | Ireland
Hasta La Vista
In The Narrow Shade of a Pen
George mourns a death that hasn't occurred. Lucianne offers a bemused sympathy.
15 min | 2019 | Ireland
In The Narrow Shade of a Pen
Kelly
This film explores the themes of sisterhood and gender in a heart-warming story.
13 min | 2019 | Ireland
Kelly
Lovestruck
A woman of a certain age is unlucky in love
9 min | 2019 | Ireland
Lovestruck
Mother
There's to replacement for a mother's love.
10 min | 2019 | Ireland
Mother
No Place
Angela and her two kids find themselves on the verge of homelessness. An increasingly desperate situation leads Angela to commit an uncharacteristic act placing the family's future in jeopardy.
8 min | 2019 | Ireland
No Place
Outside The Box
Who do we see when we look at people.
6 min | 2019 | Ireland
Outside The Box
Peggy and the Grim
Peggy (89) gets a visit from the Grim Reaper, which turns out to be her late husband, Gerry.
8 min | 2019 | Ireland
Peggy and the Grim
Ramón: Notes from a Beekeeper
The film follows the life of Colombian beekeeper Ramón Galvis Rodríguez, in the remote town of San Mateo near the El Cocuy mountains in Colombia. The film focuses on Ramón as he reflects on the future of our planet as a direct result of the gradual extinction of bees.
5 min | 2019 | Columbia
Ramón: Notes from a Beekeeper
Recommended Rapper
The story of Danny Rock, a 22 year-old unemployed young man from a small tourism-dependent town in the West of Ireland, who raps.
16 min | 2019 | Ireland
Recommended Rapper
Red
This animated film uses traditional Chinese art forms including ink wash painting and ceramics to represent and rethink Red China.
4 min | 2019 | United Kingdom
Red
Rosalyn
A compelling horror that explores the fragility of mental health during pregnancy.
18 min | 2019 | Ireland
Rosalyn
Stray
An elderly woman returns to her home after a violent break in that has robbed her of her husband and her peace of mind. Now alone, only she can discover if she is ready, or able, to begin life again.
15 min | 2019 | Ireland
Stray
Streets of Fury
Max Punchface is only interested in two things – kicking and punching. His life takes a strange twist when he opens a portal to the peaceful world of Sheepland...
5 min | 2019 | Ireland
Streets of Fury
The First was a Boy
This experimental documentary explores the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, grief and ageing and is set amongst the fast-changing Ringsend landscape. A place where social issues prevail alongside rapid gentrification and conglomerate intrusion.
12 min | 2019 | Ireland
The First was a Boy
The Girl at the End of the Garden
A slapstick comedy about an unhappy young girl whose life is turned upside-down when she finds a mysterious runaway with psychic powers in her back garden.
15 min | 2019 | Ireland
The Girl at the End of the Garden
The Last Organist
Truly one of a kind, 93 year old organist George, takes us through his love of music and his move from Belgium to Ireland almost 60 years ago.
7 min | 2019 | Ireland
The Last Organist
The animal that therefore I am
What does an animal see when she looks back at us?
11 min | 2019 | The Netherlands
The animal that therefore I am
Young Mother
A lone teenage girl roams the streets of Dublin urgently trying to buy alcohol in this intense, family drama.
13 min | 2019 | Ireland
Young Mother

Cork Film Festival 2018

Angels Guard Thee
Two ex-paramilitaries attempt to heal old wounds, but the secrets of the past won't let the present lie.
18 min | 2018 | Ireland
Angels Guard Thee
Boy Saint
Two adolescent boys become aware of their budding sexuality. Based on a poem by Peter BaBerge.
8 min | 2018 | Ireland
Boy Saint
Camlo
Camlo tells the story of a young Roma boy, born and raised in Belfast, as he attempts to find his footing in a city that does not fully accept him.
13 min | 2018 | United Kingdom
Camlo
Childer
An introverted mother's worst fears are amplified when she is seemingly stalked by the feral children living in the woods surrounding her home.
19 min | 2016 | United Kingdom
Childer
Distance
An experimental non-narrative film looking at time from a specific place, Glenbridge in Co. Wicklow
14 min | 2018 | Ireland
Distance
Duerrenwaid 8
A house, a garden, a stream. The behive on the hillside, the shack, the wooden hut and the shed. In between we find memories, stories and observations. The past, the present and the future.
7 min | 2018 | Germany, Ireland
Duerrenwaid 8
Her Very Own
On this day, Maeve has set a deadline. She goes about her routine, hoping it will be broken, as life pushes and pulls her and her son in its riptide.
15 min | 2018 | United Kingdom
Her Very Own
In Bloom
A young generation prepares the old one to its tragic death.
8 min | 2018 | United Kingdom
In Bloom
Just Fine
Two school friends entertain the curiosity of their lives on the eve of a grand departure.
17 min | 2018 | Ireland
Just Fine
Lint
Exploring the strange limbo state we experience in the aftermath of a break up, Lint follows one person's bizarre attempt at regaining some sense of normality.
4 min | 2018 | Ireland
Lint
MEAT
Experimental zero budget film using public domain vintage footage and music
2 min | 2018 | Ireland
MEAT
MJ
MJ turns social media addiction to deadly revenge.
14 min | 2017 | Ireland, United Kingdom
MJ
Northern Star
Sarah, a young writer, returns home to Ireland to face the challenges of what she ran away from.
25 min | 2018 | Ireland, Germany
Northern Star
Postcard from a Crisis
Four Irish clowns travel to Greece to perform for children living in makeshift camps as the refugee crisis quietly continues.
15 min | 2018 | Ireland
Postcard from a Crisis
Shock
A jogger and a young man struggle to save a car crash victims life
6 min | 2018 | Ireland
Shock
The Divine Way
The Divine Way takes us along on the protagonist’s epic descent through an endless labyrinth of staircases
16 min | 2018 | Germany
The Divine Way
The House Fell
Feeling trapped at her sister’s wedding, Fiona must face the past to escape the ruins of a life she once dreamed of.
12 min | 2018 | Ireland
The House Fell
WWW {the whale who wasn't}
A whale falls from the sky, the end is near.
11 min | 2018 | Italy, USA
WWW {the whale who wasn't}