Clones Film Festival

30/05/2026

Clones Film Festival is delighted to participate in this year's Create! Festival at Hilton on 13th June! Make sure to pop along to see our screening of selected episodes of the documentary series 'Hands' with local relevance in the beautiful setting of Hilton Park. 🙌🎬

06/05/2026

🎬 Exciting news!

North and East Housing Association (NEHA) - who provides over 900 homes across 12 local authorities and is committed to community, wellbeing and empowerment - has partnered with Clones Film Festival and the Arts Offices of Cavan and Monaghan County Councils to launch a new Filmmaker in Residence programme for 2026.

✨ Regina de Faoite (Cavan) is an award-winning emerging filmmaker whose work spans documentary, fiction and experimental film, with screenings at festivals including Kerry and Louth, and a strong focus on emotion, place and storytelling.

✨ Jackie Jarvis (Monaghan) brings extensive experience as an editor on international film and TV productions including The Pope’s Exorcist, Cocaine Bear and The Young Offenders, alongside directing acclaimed short documentaries focused on real-life characters.

Over the coming months, both artists will work closely with NEHA tenants through workshops, interviews and creative collaboration - uncovering stories of home, identity, regeneration and community across the region resulting in two documentaries.

🎥 The two short documentaries will premiere at our 25th Clones Film Festival in 2026, celebrating local voices on a national stage - just watch this space!

16/04/2026

Don't miss this Saturday night at the Olde Post Office, Clones! Join us for a screening of The President's Cake with wine and delicious nibbles from

Refreshments at 7pm, Screening at 8pm

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-presidents-cake-the-olde-post-office-tickets-1985997446825?aff=oddtdtcreator

13/04/2026

This Saturday, join us for an evening of film, wine, and delicious nibbles from

The President's Cake will be showing at the Olde Clones Post Office. Refreshments served at 7pm, followed by the screening at 8pm.

Written and directed by Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi, The President's Cake is a moving and poignant coming-of-age story set in Iraq in the 1990s. Nine-year-old Lamia is chosen by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein. In a country struggling with war, shortages and fear, she and her friend set off on a chaotic journey to find the ingredients, discovering both cruelty and kindness along the way.

Tickets Here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-presidents-cake-the-olde-post-office-tickets-1985997446825?aff=oddtdtcreator

31/03/2026

🎂 THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE (+ nibbles + wine) 🥂

In The Olde Post Office, Clones Film Festival's last Winter Screening, will be Hasan Hadi’s award-winning debut feature. Following nine-year-old Lamia, who has been selected to bake the cake for her class’s obligatory celebration of President Saddam Hussein’s birthday, a nearly impossible task in a country ravaged by war and scarcity. With her grandmother, loyal friend Saeed, and pet rooster, Hindi, Lamia embarks on a perilous journey through chaotic markets and city streets to find the requisite eggs, flour, and sugar, confronting hardship, danger, and resilience along the way. (English subtitles)

Join us on Saturday 18th April at 8pm in the Olde Post Office for some nibbles, wine (and cake!) of your own.

Refreshments served from 7pm - just make sure to book your place (tickets are limited) before all the tickets / cake is gone!

https://www.clonesfilmfestival.com/index.php/the-presidents-cake

Clones Notice Boards

16/03/2026

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

📍 Clones Courthouse
🗓 Saturday, March 21
⏰ 8:00pm

Tickets: https://clonesfilmfestival.com/index.php/the-voice-of-hind-rajab or link in BIO

12/03/2026

Join us in Clones Courthouse on Saturday, March 21st at 8pm for a special screening of The Voice of Hind Rajab.

This moving film reflects on the story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, whose desperate phone call for help in war-torn Gaza was heard around the world. Using the real emergency call recordings along with testimony and reconstruction, the film bears witness to a moment that has come to symbolise the human cost of conflict.

📍 Clones Courthouse
🗓 Saturday, March 21
⏰ 8:00pm

Tickets: https://clonesfilmfestival.com/index.php/the-voice-of-hind-rajab

11/03/2026

Our Neighbours are Showing "Báite" Date | Tuesday 17 March, 7.30pm Enniskillen

As part of Seachtain na Gaeilge (1–17 March) Fermanagh Film Club presents:
Film | Báite (Irish language)
Date | Tuesday 17 March, 7.30pm
Venue | The Enniskillen Hotel
Tickets | £7, U25 £5 purchased at the door

Co. Galway, 1975. In the village of Glanaphuca, locals - including barwoman Peggy - are preparing for an influx of out-of-towners for a busy fishing weekend. The mood abruptly changes, however, when a woman’s body is discovered in the local lake. When Dublin detective Frank Ryan arrives to investigate, he and Peggy work together to solve the mystery and uncover some unsettling local secrets.

Fermanagh & Omagh Arts and Culture

03/03/2026

Our Neighbours in Enniskillen TONIGHT!!!
Film | DRAGONFLY
Date | Tuesday 3 March, 7.30pm
Venue | The Enniskillen Hotel
Tickets | £7, U25 £5 purchase at the door

Simmering tensions bring shocking consequences in a gripping human story filmed in West Yorkshire and featuring striking performances from Brenda Blethyn and Andrea Riseborough.

27/02/2026

Saturday (that's tomorrow!) 28th February 8pm Clones Courthouse Tickets: https://clonesfilmfestival.com/