Festival Friends - Cork International Film Festival (original) (raw)
BECOME A FESTIVAL FRIEND
Festival Friends play a vital role in sustaining Ireland’s first and largest film festival, and the arts in Ireland.
If you share our passion, pride and sense of community and want to be part of making a real impact for film in Ireland, why not become a Festival Friend of Cork International Film Festival?
Avail of a range of year-round benefits and exclusive access while supporting Ireland’s first and largest film festival.
Festival Friends are essential in supporting Ireland’s first and largest film festival. As a registered charity, we depend on the generosity of patrons and public funding to provide a world-class cultural experience to 70,000 people annually. With their support, we have reached 7,800+ young people since 2019 through our unique film and mental health outreach programmes.
Our Festival Friends help us to:
- Present Ireland’s most exciting, diverse, and ambitious annual film festival
- Provide nationwide access to the best in new and award-winning world Cinema
- Showcase the wealth of Irish talent at home and abroad
- Educate, excite and entertain audiences from richly diverse backgrounds
- Champion and support emerging filmmakers
- Support access to groundbreaking outreach programmes for schools and young people
- Develop new initiatives to demonstrate the impact film can have on society
- Preserve our national film heritage through our digital archive
In addition to complimentary tickets, discounts, and exclusive events, we are pleased to offer you a range of benefits to enhance your enjoyment of the Festival as our valued Friend.
We would be delighted to welcome you to the 69th Cork International Film Festival as our esteemed Festival Friend.
If you have any questions about Festival Friends, please email Deirdre O’Reilly, Head of Marketing & Communications at deirdre@corkfilmfest.org
2024-2025 FESTIVAL FRIEND PACKAGES
* Standard tickets exclude Galas/Special Screenings/Culinary Cinema Package. Subject to availability.
** All Screenings includeStandard Screenings, Galas, Special Screenings, and the Online Programme ( supplement applies for Culinary Cinema events and other ancillary events). Subject to availability.
Fair usage policy: If you are not attending a screening, please cancel your ticket in advance so others can book.
Many thanks to our 2024 Festival Friends, your support is greatly appreciated
Aoife Waters & Jonathan Costello
Ashley Welch
Austin Frederick
Barney Whelan
Bernard Keogh
Catherine Donovan
Cathy Burke
Cathy Cullen
Cian & Catherine Blackwell
Daniel Kiniry
David Hayden
David Merriman
David Puttnam & Patsy Puttnam
David Reid
Denise McCarthy
Fionnuala Sweeney
George Duggan
Gerard & Liv McNaughton
Giacomo Leoni
Helen Boyle
Helen O'Connell
Jennifer Whyte & Johnny Bourke
John Casey
John Chandler & Christine Cleary
John Lucey & Oonagh Hurley
Louise Hegarty
Marianne Agnew
Marjorie Farrelly
Mark Evans/Johnson Controls
Mary Jones
Michael McGrath & Maura Twomey
Michael Gleeson & Joan Costello
Micheál Ó Briain
Micheal O Lionaird
Mike Collins
Nancy Hawkes & Anne Begley
Niamh Murphy
Owen Casey
Rachel O'Toole
Raymond O'Regan
Richard & Nuala Illek
Rob Plant
Sarah French Fleming
Sean Angland & Collette Kelleher
Sheila Dillon
Sian Lucking
Stephanie Neptune
Tadgh Murphy