Illuminate

A tentpole programme at CIFF, Illuminate focuses on the intersection of film and mental health.

Invited professionals, service users and filmmakers engage in dialogue around the films’ themes.

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Illuminate

Ari | Cork International Film Festival
Ari
Showtime: Mon 10 Nov at 20:30, Fri 14 Nov at 14:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 4, Arc Cinema - Screen 6
88 mins
France
Léonor Serraille
Ari, a 27-year-old student teacher, collapses in the middle of a school inspector’s visit. As he reconnects with old friends in a quest for recovery from depression, he discovers that other people aren’t doing as well as he imagined. The Berlinale competition’s gem on Generation Z's search for meaning.
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How to be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World | Cork International Film Festival
How to be Normal and the Oddness of the Other World
Showtime: Wed 12 Nov at 17:30
Triskel Cinema
102 mins
Austria
Florian POCHLATKO
Pia returns home to live with her parents after a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Coping with the effects of her medication, and juggling between a failed relationship, returning to work and the trials of family life, Pia desperately seeks her own form of normalcy whilst everything around her implodes.
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Paul | Cork International Film Festival
Paul
Showtime: Fri 14 Nov at 16:00, Sat 15 Nov (Online), Sun 16 Nov at 20:00
Arc Cinema - Screen 6, Online Screening, Triskel Cinema
87 mins
Canada
Denis Côté
Struggling with depression and social anxiety, Paul has found refuge in serving dominant women who invite him to clean their homes. By sharing his gently eccentric routines on social media under the name Cleaning Simp Paul, he combats loneliness and takes it one day at a time.
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