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.

Galway African Film Festival 2017

Tue, May 23, 2017

THE FATHER of African film, Cape Verde's best loved LGBT woman, and the coming of age of an Afro hipster, these are just some of the stories and people to feature at the 10th annual Galway African Film Festival.

Discover the world of Vermeer

Thu, May 18, 2017

THE PAINTINGS of the 17th century Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer, who depicted domestic interior scenes and is renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light, is the subject of a major new documentary.

Banff Mountain Film Festival - an adventure on screen

Thu, May 04, 2017

MIND-BLOWING journeys and hair-raising moments amid the last wild corners of the planet, undertaken by ordinary people with a taste for taking on mighty challenges with nature - it's the Banff Mountain Film Festival.

Spanish classic film in Indreabhán

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

EL SUR, made in 1983 and regarded as one of the finest Spanish films of all time, will be screened in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, this evening at 8.15pm.

Japanese Film Festival returns to Galway in April

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

FROM AWARD winning thrillers, to examinations of modern Japanese youth, to a film about the most famous Japanese metal band you have never heard of - the ninth annual Japanese Film Festival has it all.

Oscar winning Iranian film for Town Hall

Wed, Mar 29, 2017

IRANIAN FILM, The Salesman, exploring the moral questions facing a married couple, following a sudden violent act at the apartment they are temporarily living in, closes the current Galway Film Society season.

German comedy film for the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 09, 2017

TONI ERDMANN, a comedy and the third feature film by German director Maren Ade, will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend by the Galway Film Society.

Isabelle Huppert in Things To Come

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

FRENCH FILM Things To Come, winner of Best Director at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, and starring Isabelle Huppert will be shown in the Town Hall Theatre by the Galway Film Society.

Actors wanted for GMIT graduate films

Thu, Feb 23, 2017

ACTORS ARE sought for two lead roles in Stalls, an upcoming student graduate short film production in Galway. The final film will be screened in the Eye Cinema.

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