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Cork Cultural Companions is an Age & Opportunity Arts initiative, delivered by Muintir Cork and supported by the HSE and Cork City and County Councils. Cork Cultural Companions has local networks of members who attend events together regularly in Cork City, Mallow, Bantry and East Cork.

Monday, 3 March 2025

Cork International Film Festival Fear Screen Thursdays in March in Triskel

 


Fear Screen returns with a selection of gripping tales and chilling masterpieces, curated by Cork International Film Festival and screening every Thursday at 8:15pm for the month of March at the Triskel. From French slashers and Italian giallo, to German serial killers and possessed Polish nuns, you'll be watching through your fingers.


The season will be complemented by bite-sized bone chillers - a selection of French horror shorts in French Fear - available online nationwide from Thursday 6th to Sunday 30th March.

Fear Screen Programme

INSIDE

Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury | France | 2007 | 82 mins

A widowed expectant mother is terrorised by a strange woman who wants her baby. Unrelenting in its horrific, gory violence (and still banned in Germany), with a terrifying performance from Beatrice Dalle, INSIDE will have you on the edge of your seat, and covering your eyes.

๐Ÿ”— 6th March at 8.15pm - Book Now


MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS

Jerzy Kawalerowicz | Poland | 1961 | 110 mins

In 17th century Poland, a young priest is sent to a countryside parish to assist with the exorcism of a nun believed to be possessed by demons. Loosely based on the same case that was later to influence Ken Russellโ€™s โ€˜The Devilsโ€™, MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS is a true classic of Polish cinema, and won the Special Jury Prize at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.

๐Ÿ”— 13th March at 8.15pm - Book Now


TENDERNESS OF THE WOLVES

Uli Lommel | Germany | 1973 | 82 mins

The story of Fritz Harmann, serial killer and cannibal, who plagued a small town in wartime West Germany. Directed by Ulli Lommel, who later made notorious video nasty โ€˜The Boogeymanโ€™, and produced by Ranier Werner Fassbinder, the film features many of Fassbinderโ€™s regular actors in its cast, including Kurt Raab, who also wrote the screenplay, relishing in his sinister portrayal of Harmann.

๐Ÿ”— 20th March at 8.15pm - Book Now


THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE

Dario Argento | Italy | 1970 | 96 mins

The directorial debut form the Italian master of horror, Dario Argento. An American writer becomes a key witness in an attempted murder believed to be carried out by a notorious serial killer, and soon becomes the target of the murdererโ€™s intentions. A landmark moment in giallo cinema. 

๐Ÿ”— 27th March at 8.15pm - Book Now


FEAR SCREEN SHORTS: FRENCH FEAR

A selection of French shorts where bodies change, childhood games turn cruel, and unseen forces lurk. Includes a short by Julia Ducournau (Titane) and not to be missed...

๐Ÿ”— 6th - 30th March, Online - Book Now

Tickets & Passes

Individual tickets are on sale now or you can fully immerse yourself in the experience with a Fear Screen Season Pass. Purchase a season pass and get a bonus ticket to our online programme 'French Fear' for free.

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