Zhao becomes the first Asian woman to be named best director — and is only the second woman ever to win the prestigious award

Film-maker Wesley O’Duinn had just quit Dublin for his homeland in Cork when Covid hit. He tells CHRIS DUNNE how he carried out a TV project from his camper-van to help him through the lockdown

Cara O'Doherty catches up with one of the founders of Oscar nominated animation studio, Cartoon Saloon, as they launch their latest movie

The husband and wife team behind Frameworks Films, the film company that puts Cork communities on screens big and small, talk to ELLIE O’BYRNE

The husband and wife team behind Frameworks Films, the film company that puts Cork communities on screens big and small, talk to ELLIE O’BYRNE

The two-metre social distancing guidelines present the film industry with a “stumbling block”, according to a Bafta-winning producer. Kate Norrish said that the film industry would need “special dispensation” for actors to break the guidelines.

Cara O’Doherty catches up with Cobh funnywoman Maeve Higgins, who returned from New York to star as a driving instructor in Ireland’s new ghost-hunting comedy for the silver screen, Extra Ordinary

Cara O'Doherty looks forward to a retrospective of British cinema from the last five decades in Albion - a tribute, at Triskel Arts Centre

THE 63rd Cork Film Festival has been in full swing since Friday night but movie buffs can still look forward to a full week of events before the Closing Gala on Sunday, November 18.