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ARTSCAPE: THE KINO cinema in Cork is to close on November 29th, the 13th anniversary of the opening of the only independent arthouse cinema outside Dublin, writes Mary Leland.

This week, Kino’s proprietor and manager Mick Hannigan confirmed that, while this year’s Corona Cork Film Festival is to go ahead from November 1st to 8th as scheduled, the days of Kino as the core festival venue are over. Hannigan has been director of the festival since 1986 and was at the programme launch on Thursday, although he was aware that the following day might see the city sheriff sending in the bailiffs on foot of an unpaid fee of €6,000. It is hoped negotiations might delay this process until after the festival (which also uses other venues), although Hannigan said that if the bailiffs were to arrive yesterday, they would find the doors open.