Staff Nights Out with the Cork Film Festival and Cork Opera House

5th November 2014

Treat your staff to an unforgettable night out with the Cork Film Festival at the city’s most glamorous venue, the Cork Opera House. Have a corner of one of the sumptuous bars all to yourselves while sipping on a glass (or two!) and nibbling delicious finger food from the acclaimed House Café. With an impressive selection of films on offer, the Creative Director of the festival, James Mullighan will be on hand to discuss the film you are about to go and see in the country’s biggest cinema screen.

Find out more about this attractively priced offer by emailing info@corkfilmfest.org and in the meantime, check out the films below screening at Cork Opera House as part of the Cork Film Festival.

Opening Gala: Charlie’s Country
Friday 7th November | 19:30 | Cork Opera House | €15

Blackfella Charlie is out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws now. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in so doing sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

Grandmaster (Yi Dai Zong Shi)
Saturday 8th November | 13:30 | Cork Opera House | €6

Six years in the planning and three years in the making, The Grandmaster is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung-fu master, Ip Man. Filmed in a range of stunning locations, this is a tale of betrayal, challenge, honour and love played out against the chaotic backdrop of war and occupation.

Men Women and Children
Saturday 8th November | 16:00 | Cork Opera House | €6 / €5

With an all-star cast including Jennifer Garner, Angel Elgort, Judy Greer and Adam Sandler, Men, Women and Children follows the story of a group of high-school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the Internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image and their love lives.

Bjork: Biophilia Live
Saturday 8th November | 18:45 | Cork Opera House | €10 / €8

Biophilia Live is a concert film by Nick Fenton and Peter Strickland that captures the human element of Björk’s multidisciplinary multimedia project: Biophilia. Recorded live at Björk’s show at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2013, the film features Björk and her band performing every song from the Biophilia album and more using a broad variety of instruments – some digital, some traditional and some completely unclassifiable.

This film contains sequences of flashing lights, which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Irish Gala: Standby
Saturday 8th November | 21:00 | Cork Opera House | €15

Starring Brian Gleeson (The Stag) and Jessica Paré (Mad Men), Standby is about what happens when your 20s don’t go how you planned, and is about falling in love, with a girl and a city again.

Set Fire to the Stars
Sunday 9th November | 11:00 | Cork Opera House | €6

Andy Goddard’s directorial debut celebrates Dylan Thomas’ centenary and his remarkable semi-biographical drama focuses on a week in Thomas’ life as he embarks on a series of talks in the US. Featuring stellar performances from co-writer Celyn Jones and Elijah Wood, this is a candid and often poignant account of one of the world’s most boisterous and beloved poets.

Love is Strange
Sunday 9th November | 13:30 | Cork Opera House | €6 / €5

George and Ben are a couple who have been together for almost forty years. Once Ben loses his position as a music teacher at a Catholic school, the couple are forced out of their Manhattan abode and are forced to confront the pain of separation.

An Irishman Abroad Live - with Pat Shortt
Sunday 9th November | 16:00 | Cork Opera House | €15

Pat Shortt and Jarlath Regan are two homegrown entertainment phenomena that we are delighted to bring together for a very special one-off live episode of An Irishman Abroad at the Cork Opera House.

Come All You Dreamers - with live intro by Christy Moore & Philip King
Sunday 9th November | 18:00 | Cork Opera House | €15

The legendary 2009 concert film Come All You Dreamers – Christy Moore and Declan Sinnott at Barrowland Glasgow – will play in full at the Cork Opera House. The screening is preceded by an extended introduction by Christy Moore, hosted by filmmaker and presenter Philip King.

The Imitation Game
Sunday 9th November | 20:45 | Cork Opera House | €10 / €8

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, this is the story of Alan Turing, the groundbreaking mathematical genius who cracked the German Enigma code. Balancing the intrigue and suspense of World War II espionage with his tragic personal story, the film centres on an uncompromising performance from Cumberbatch as the single minded Turing.

Big Hero 6
Sunday 16th November | 10:30 | Cork Opera House | €10 / €8

From Walt Disney Animation Studios, the team behind “Frozen” and “Wreck-It Ralph,” comes BIG HERO 6 an action-packed comedy-adventure about the special bond that develops between Baymax (voice of Scott Adsit), a plus-sized inflatable robot, and prodigy Hiro Hamada (voice of Ryan Potter). When a devastating event befalls the city of San Fransokyo and catapults Hiro into the midst of danger, he turns to Baymax and his close friends adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago (voice of Jamie Chung), neatnik Wasabi (voice of Damon Wayans Jr.), chemistry whiz Honey Lemon (voice of Genesis Rodriguez) and fanboy Fred (voice of T.J. Miller). Determined to uncover the mystery, Hiro transforms his friends into a band of high-tech heroes called BIG HERO 6.

The Homesman
Sunday 16th November | 13:00 | Cork Opera House | €6 / €5

After the critical success of his directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Tommy Lee Jones returns to the frontier in this tender, understated and occasionally violent tale, once again bringing something fresh and surprising to the genre.

Jimi: All Is By My Side
Sunday 16th November | 15:30 | Cork Opera House | €6 / €5

OutKast’s André Benjamin stars as Jimi Hendrix in this biopic of the rock legend. A portrait of the icon as a young man, John Ridley’s All Is By My Side features charismatic hip-hop star Andre Benjamin (one half of Outkast) as a sensitive, struggling guitarist on the verge of becoming a rock legend.

Closing Gala - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Sunday 16th November | 20:30 | Cork Opera House | €15

Witness one of the greatest cinematic miracles ever created in the magnificent setting of the Cork Opera House. Its enormous screen, and thudding sound system – will make this one of the most memorable Irish nights in the cinema in living memory.

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