East Cork Cinema Club first began in 2009, and continues to bring international films to the region. Films are screened on Monday nights at the Great Island Community Centre, on the top floor (Room 14). The season runs from August through to May. The Club also presents special event screenings as well as fundraising nights.
Bringing world cinema to Cobh
Community based, non-profit organisation
KNEECAP
Monday 6th January
Ire. - 2024 - Dir. - R. Peppiatt - 105 min.
Fate brings a Belfast teacher into the orbit of self-confessed ‘low lifes’ Naoise and Liam Óg, a hip hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish language, they soon lead a
movement to save their mother tongue. Winner ‘Best Irish Film’ Galway Film Fest. 2024.
AMA GLORIA
Monday 27th January
THELMA
Monday 17th February
CROSSING
Monday 24th March
Turkey - 2024 - Dir. - L. Akin - 106 min.
Lia, a retired school teacher living in Georgia, hears that her long lost niece Tekla, a trans gender woman has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring Tekla home after a period of estrangement, Lia travels to Istanbul to find her. Winner ‘Jury prize’ Berlin International Film Fest. 2024.
TOUCH
Monday 14th April
Ice. - 2024 - Dir. - B. Kormakur - 121 min.
Kristofer an elderly man sets off from Iceland to find his long-lost first love. Decades earlier, the young Kristofer met his first love in London but she disappeared without a trace. Years later, Kristofer tries to track her down, eventually leading him to Japan.
THE OUTRUN
Monday 19th May
