Cork is set to become a series of open-air cinemas next month when a German film group comes to the city to project a series of short films on to buildings as part of the 52nd Corona Cork Film Festival.
Festival director Mick Hannigan said the Hamburg-based group "A Wall is a Screen" developed the idea of turning the city centre into a open-air cinema through projecting short films on to the walls of buildings.
The group's website explains how the idea works: "It is a combination of guided city tour and film night. The group of participants walks through downtown and stops at bright walls where short films of various genres are shown. After the end of one film, the group continues to the next wall and film."
Mr Hannigan also confirmed that this year's festival will also host another series of drive-in movies in the Cork Docklands, including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escapeand Roadhouse.
"We're also showing two films for families at the drive-in - Thunderbirds Are Gofrom 1966 and The Black Stallionfrom 1979 with Mickey Rooney. This is our third year of having drive-ins and every film to date has sold out, so we're expecting a good response this year."
Mr Hannigan was speaking at the launch of a series of talks on European and Latin American cinema at Cork City Library which starts tomorrow night at the Grand Parade library. Talks will include German cinema since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the French New Wave, the story of film in Spain since Franco, and the recent revival of Mexican cinema. The talks are free and will be at 7.30pm every Tuesday from September 11th to October 9th. Further details are available at www.corkcitylibraries.ie
