Éanna Hardwicke Receives the Honorary Puttnam Award as the 71st Cork International Film Festival Opens on the Night of November 12: More Than 200 Films Screen Through November 22
CORK, Ireland — The 71st Cork International Film Festival opened on the night of November 12. Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke received the Honorary Puttnam Award for his contribution to Irish cinema at the opening gala, held at the MTU Cork School of Music.
The award is named for festival patron David Puttnam. Hardwicke will also take part in a public conversation about his career at the Arc Cinema on Friday. His new film Ancestors, directed by David Turpin, will premiere at the festival on November 20.
More than 200 films screen at this year's festival, which runs through Sunday, November 22. The opening film was the Irish premiere of Lucy Lost, an animated feature directed by Olivier Clert and based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo.
The festival closes with the Irish premiere of Jesse Eisenberg's new film, starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti.
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Photo: 图：爱尔兰演员 Éanna Hardwicke 出席 2025 年多伦多国际电影节。PaulaS321 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Photo by PaulaS321, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
