Programme duration: 83 mins

We are very happy to introduce a selection of outstanding shorts into the programme, with the support of the Embassies of Belgium, France and Luxembourg in Ireland.

A Walk into the Afterlife

Jiyun Jeong / Luxembourg / 2025 / 4 mins
A cat walks through a 18th-century Korean village during the early morning to a sacred tree, which serves as a portal to the afterlife.

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Lennert Madou / Belgium / 2024 / 15 mins
Waiting for an asteroid to pass through the sky, two friends play around a remote landscape, driven by a curious urge to constantly aim higher.
Best Short Oostende Film Festival 2025

Sweet Burn / Brûlure Douce

Jade Debeugny / Belgium / 2025 / 28 mins
Lou, a 16-year-old boy, is invited for the summer vacation to the grandparents of Paul, a classmate. Their budding friendship strengthens as the days go by…
Grand Prix, Best Belgian Short, Brussels Short Film Festival

Two People Exchanging Saliva / Deux personnes échangeant de la salive

Natalie Musteata, Alexandre Singh / France / 2024 / 36 mins
In a society where kissing is punishable by death and people pay for things by receiving slaps in the face, Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store.
Nominated for the 2026 César Awards and short-listed for the 98th Academy Awards

Irish premieres

Details: François Ozon / France / 2025 / 142 mins

Starring: Benjamin Voisin, Rebecca Marder, Pierre Lottin

Summer, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming clerk in his early thirties, attends his mother’s funeral. The next day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, a colleague randomly encountered at the local baths, and quickly slips back into routine. However, daily life is soon disrupted by his volatile neighbour who draws Meursault into an altercation involving an ex-lover. And then, one blisteringly hot afternoon, an inexplicable event occurs on a beach, one that will see Meursault’s very moral standing brought to question…

“A true gem in every respect. Ozon achieves perfection with a sublime adaptation of Albert Camus’s legendary novel that is captivating, refined, faithful and yet highly personal.” Cineuropa

Nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting actor, Best Photography and Best Music, in the 2026 César Awards

Cork Premiere