The Cork Film Festival will be the first Irish festival to pilot a new European-wide project to bring festival films to public libraries. One of only seven festivals across Europe taking part in the AVA (Audio Visual Access) project, the initiative commences in Cork from 1st June in partnership with Cork City’s Central Library on Grand Parade. Special viewing stations have been installed in Cork City’s Central Library, allowing the public to watch films curated from the previous year’s film festival, free of charge. AVA commences with a series of 13 short films that premiered at the 2016 Cork Film Festival. Titled ‘Best of Cork’, this first library of films showcases some of the finest Cork filmmaking talent.

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