Take a Long Strange Trip with the Grateful Dead

Thu, Jul 13, 2017

THE GRATEFUL Dead's music "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists," said Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye; while Allmusic.com called them, "the ultimate cult band, creating a self-styled universe all their own".

Galway actor joins new Channel 4 comedy series

Mon, Jul 10, 2017

GALWAY ACTOR Nicola Coughlan, and Galway based comedian Tommy Tiernan, are set to star in a new comedy series from the producers of Father Ted - Derry Girls, which comes to Channel 4 later this year.

Galway film Wild Fire Nights to premiere @ Fleadh

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

WILD FIRE Nights, a hard-hitting contemporary drama written and directed by Galway actor Emma Eliza Regan, receives its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh when it is screened as part of the Way Out West strand.

Galway film Sanctuary opens nationwide tomorrow

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

SANCTUARY, the Galway made film, starring actors from Munster Avenue's Blue Teapot Theatre Company, with a screenplay by Galway writer Christian O'Reilly, opens in cinemas tomorrow.

Galway director's new short for the Fleadh

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

QED, A new short film by Galway actor, writer, and director Amy-Joyce Hastings - exploring the theme of sacrificial love, and asking the question 'What won't love do?' - has its world premiere at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh.

The black comedy of Mayo's struggle to win Sam

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

WHEN THE victorious All-Ireland Mayo football team won the Sam Maguire in 1951 they passed through Foxford on the journey home. However they failed to wait quietly for a funeral cortège to pass by.

Galway Film Fleadh - special guests and masterclasses

Tue, Jul 04, 2017

MICHAEL SMILEY, the Irish actor who has performed in A Field In England, Doctor Who, Glassland, and who even appears in Star Wars: Rogue One, will give the Actors' Masterclass at this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Linda Bhreathnach's new film to premiere at the Fleadh

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

LINDA BHREATHNACH, who impressed at last year's Galway Film Fleadh with Adulting, returns with her new film Native, starring Patrick Bergin, which will be screened at the 2017 fleadh.

Debuts feature films at the Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh is never short of world premieres and directorial debuts, and among the films to be screened are new works by Irish film-makers Tom Collins and Nick Kelly.

The reality and responsibility of parenthood

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

A YOUNG couple struggle to adapt to the reality and responsibility of parenthood after the birth of their first child. This is A Break In The Clouds, a short film which premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh.

The slave and sporting hero buried in Galway

Wed, Jun 28, 2017

HOW DID a freed slave, and the first American sporting hero, end up being buried in a pauper’s grave in Mervue? The fascinating story of Tom Molineaux will be told in a new documentary to be screened at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Galway Film Fleadh short film highlights

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

FOURTEEN SHORT film programmes, featuring drama, documentary and animation, and films from Britain, Mexico, Norway, Lebanon, and the United States, will be screened at this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Calling all young and aspiring Galway documentary makers

Wed, Jun 21, 2017

DIG WHERE You Stand, a new funding scheme for young documentary filmmakers in Galway city and county, operated by the Galway Film Centre, is seeking applicants to create short films set in Galway.

The 48 Hour Challenge for film

Thu, Jun 15, 2017

THE LITTLE Cinema and Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge takes place tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday with filmmakers coming to the city to write, shoot, and edit their films in just 48 hours.

Wild Fire Nights - Galway film gets set to hit the screens

Wed, Jun 14, 2017

WILD FIRE Nights, a new short film shot in Galway city and county is in post-production and is due to hit festival screens this summer. It is also the directorial debut of Moycullen actor Emma Eliza Regan, who also wrote the film, and plays its lead character Lila.

Calling all rebel girls, Riot Grrrls, and punk feministas

Tue, Jun 13, 2017

GALWAY RIOT grrrls, feminists, punk music aficionados, and everyone in between, is invited to the Galway Feminist Collective's fundraising screening of The Punk Singer - a powerful documentary on musician and Third Wave Feminist icon Kathleen Hanna.

Public interview with film maker Mark Cousins

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

MARK COUSINS, the Belfast film maker, director, and film critic is coming to Galway to give a public interview about his work at a special event in the Galway Film Centre, which includes a screening of his film, I Am Belfast.

Volunteers sought for Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh takes place from Tuesday July 11 to Sunday 16 and volunteers are sought to help out at the festival and with the Fleadh TV crew.

See Peter Pan live @ The Eye

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

WHEN PETER Pan, leader of the Lost Boys, loses his shadow, headstrong Wendy helps him reattach it. In return, she is invited to Neverland, where Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily, and the vengeful Captain Hook await.

Galway Film Fleadh Pitching Competition seeks entries

Thu, May 25, 2017

ENTRIES ARE sought for the 29th Galway Film Fleadh's Pitching Competition, which seeks ideas, at any stage of development, from budding screenwriters and filmmakers.

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