A message from the chargée d’affaires, Embassy of Canada in Ireland

I am delighted and honoured that the Cork French Film Festival has chosen once again to feature a Canadian film. Canadians who work in film, both in front of and behind the camera, have long impressed audiences with their creative talent, insightful storytelling, and technical innovation. That is certainly if not especially true of the Canadian francophone film community, and their extraordinary contribution to Canada as a historically and contemporaneously diverse and culturally lively society.

It is therefore no surprise that Canada’s francophone cinema is uniquely able to convey universal human experiences of identity, relationships, and change in ways that feel both specifically Canadian yet familiar to all. The Embassy of Canada is proud to support the Cork French Film Festival as a long-running annual showcase of the best of the world’s French-language film for the people of Munster.

Ms Alison LeClaire, chargée d’affaires, Embassy of Canada in Ireland