Land, language, and poetry

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

FÍS NA Fuiseoige, the Galway film which won Best Cinematography at the San Francisco Earth Day Film Festival, will be screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, tomorrow at 11.30am in the Town Hall Studio.

Romeo & Juliet @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 07, 2016

KENNETH BRANAGH and Rob Ashford's staging of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet will be broadcast live via satellite to The Eye Cinema this evening at 7.15pm.

The Randomer - new Gerard Stembridge film for the Fleadh

Tue, Jul 05, 2016

THE LAST thing Meg wants is a child, but when she finds herself confronted by her 39th birthday, she starts to see motherhood in a different light, and decides to find a way to be a mother on her own terms.

The soldier who fell to earth - new Galway sci-fi film

Tue, Jul 05, 2016

RETURNING FROM a future war, a veteran lands back home on earth, to find something more like the Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits that anything he ever knew, and this new reality is about to test him to his very soul…

Staid – an award winning Irish film made for €300

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

AMONG THE notable offerings in next week’s Galway Film Fleadh is Staid, the debut feature written and directed by Wexford's Paul O’Brien, which will be screened in the Town Hall Studio on July 9 at 4.30pm.

66 Days - Bobby Sands life examined in new documentary

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

IRA VOLUNTEER, hero, martyr, terrorist, criminal, political prisoner, poet, MP for Fermanagh-South Tyrone, writer, icon, Irish Republican - Bobby Sands was some of these things, and he has been described as all of these things.

Irish LGBT drama to get Fleadh premiere

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

LILY IS a teenager trying to negotiate the difficulties of school life, but she also has a secret, and when a misunderstanding with the beautiful and popular Violet leads to a vicious attack, she must confront the secret head on.

In View - a powerful study of a lost, broken soul trying to stay afloat

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

"A POWERFUL character-study of a lost, broken soul trying to stay afloat in the modern world" and "boasting a stunning lead performance from Caoilfhionn Dunne as Ruth".

Adulting - showing the West in a way 'that’s not twee or clichéd'

Thu, Jun 30, 2016

ADULTING, A new short film set in Galway city and Connemara, and featuring Galwegians Linda Bhreathnach, Sorcha Ní Chéide and Emma Eliza Regan, premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Ruth Negga to attend Galway Film Fleadh 2016

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

PREACHER, LOVE/HATE, and Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D star Ruth Negga is coming to the 28th Galway Film Fleadh in July, where she will give this year's Fleadh acting masterclass.

Bill Drummond - why you should and should not see his film

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

BILL DRUMMOND has never done things the conventional way, whether it was with The KLF and that appearance at the 1992 Brit Awards, to his No Music Day drive, to today, and a new 'film' - sort of - which exists and does not, that is coming to the Galway Film Fleadh.

A feast of short films at the Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS from Killing Bono's Martin McCann, and films starring Love/Hate's Peter Coonan and The Stunning's Steve Wall, will be seen at the Galway Film Fleadh's short film programme.

Galway Film Fleadh seeks volunteers

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh is seeking volunteers to help with this year's festival which runs from Tuesday July 5 to Sunday 10.

A century of Irish short films

Thu, Jun 09, 2016

HOW SHORT films have reflected, recorded, and shaped Irish identity over the past 100 years will be examined in 100 Years of Cinema: Irish Short Films, which takes place in An Taibhdhearc next week.

Royal Shakespeare's Hamlet @ The Eye

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

FOR MANY, Hamlet is Shakespeare's greatest play, and contains possibly his most famous speech in "To be or not to be...", and Galway will have the chance to see it performed by The Royal Shakespeare Company.

An Klondike wants bearded men

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

AN KLONDIKE, the four-time IFTA winning Irish language western TV series is shooting its second season in Galway city and Oughterard this month and next and is seeking extras.

Films sought for One Minute Film Festival

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

THE ONE Minute Film Festival, where filmmakers and film fans can shoot a 60 second HD film, on any subject or story, returns as part of this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Galway Film Fleadh pitching competition seeking entries

Thu, May 26, 2016

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh pitching competition, which encourages budding screenwriters and filmmakers with ideas, at any stage of development, is seeking entries for this year's fleadh.

The revolution is being screened

Wed, May 25, 2016

FILMS ABOUT revolution, liberation, and the desire for peoples to be free will be screened at the Féile Scannán na Réabhlóide/Films Concerning Revolution 2016 festival in Connemara on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Galway African Film Festival 2016

Thu, May 19, 2016

FIFTEEN FILMS, from comedies to political documentaries, a multicultural choir performance, and exhibitions by African artists, make up the ninth Galway African Film Festival.

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