A 75TH anniversary screening of the first full-length Irish feature film made with sound, The Dawn, is among the highlights of this year's Corona Cork Film Festival, which begins tomorrow.
Made by Killarney cinema owner Tom Cooper and starring a cast of 250 locals from the south Kerry town, the film is a tale of courage, romance and betrayal set during the War of Independence.
The Dawnis one of more than 300 films that will be screened at this year's festival, which kicks off tomorrow night with a gala screening of American independent movie Like Crazy.
Among the other titles being shown before the festival ends on November 13th are Australian drama Toomelah; Lelia Doolan's study of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey's Notes on a Political Journey; and Ed Godsell's The Road to Moneygall, chronicling how the Offaly village was catapulted on to the world stage when it emerged as US president Barack Obama's ancestral home.
The festival is one of a number of cultural and sporting events taking place on a weekend that Met Éireann is forecasting will be dry and bright across the country.
Temperatures of nine to 11 degrees are expected in most areas today with light winds and sunny spells also likely. Met Éireann said tomorrow would be dry and sunny with temperatures of between 11 and 14 degrees.
Some of music’s best-known stars are to descend on Belfast tomorrow for the MTV European Music Awards at the Odyssey Arena. Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Snow Patrol and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the acts coming to town for the event, which Belfast City Council expects will generate €11 million for the local economy.
In Tipperary, a new study of the Irish saints is to be launched this evening at the 49th annual autumn conference at Mount St Joseph Abbey in Roscrea.
A Dictionary of Irish Saints by Pádraig Ó Riain, professor emeritus of early and medieval Irish at University College Cork, will be launched by Dom Laurence Walsh of the abbey.
The conference opens this evening and continues until lunchtime tomorrow.
In sport, the Aviva Stadium in Dublin plays host to the FAI Cup final tomorrow between the Premier Division and Eircom League runners-up, Sligo Rovers and Shelbourne.
Tickets are €10 for adults and €5 for children and are still on sale for the match, which kicks off at 3.30pm. They are available from Ticketmaster, through the clubs involved and at the stadium.
There are horse-racing fixtures at Leopardstown and Cork tomorrow, with the first races at 12.50pm and 1.10pm respectively.