The little boy who grew up to be a fascist

Thu, Feb 16, 2017

THE CHILDHOOD Of A Leader, a film starring Irish actor Liam Cunningham, and featuring music by Scott Walker, will be screened next weekend by the Galway Film Society.

Saint Joan - live at The Eye

Thu, Feb 16, 2017

JOAN OF Arc - daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, heretic, saint, martyr, woman. George Bernard Shaw's classic play about the French heroine is being revived for the stage.

Romania - from a Galway perspective

Thu, Feb 16, 2017

OFF THE Beaten Track, a documentary by County Galway based director Dieter Auner, on emigration and rural depopulation in Romania, will be screened in Connemara this evening [Thursday February 16].

A Galway documentary on a controversial life and mind

Tue, Feb 07, 2017

TOMMY TIERNAN and Mary Coughlan both feature in a new, Galway produced, documentary, Meetings With Ivor, about the life and work of leading Irish psychiatrist Ivor Browne, which will be screened at The Eye Cinema.

Rock me Amadeus

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

LUCIAN MSAMATI, who has starred in Taboo, Game Of Thrones, and Luther, takes on the role of Mozart in an acclaimed new production of Peter Shaffer’s iconic play, Amadeus, which will be broadcast live to The Eye Cinema in Galway.

The French nurse and the nuns

Thu, Jan 26, 2017

AS WWII draws to a close, Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, comes to the aid of a group of nuns, many of whom have been violated by Soviet soldiers on their march west to Berlin.

Fleadh seeks feature films for 2017 festival

Tue, Jan 24, 2017

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh is now accepting submissions for dramatic, documentary, and animated feature films for this year's festival, which runs from Tuesday July 11 to Sunday 16.

An Klondike - second season starts next week

Mon, Jan 23, 2017

AN KLONDIKE, the award winning Galway made western, returns to TG4 next month, continuing the story of the Connolly brothers as they struggle to forge an empire for themselves during the gold rush of the 1890s.

Classic arthouse films @ Nuns Island Theatre

Thu, Jan 19, 2017

A CONTROVERSIAL 1967 Czech film banned by the communist authorities, and an award winning film by legendary German film maker Wim Wenders, are to be shown in the Nuns Island Theatre.

Subtitle European Film Festival comes to Town Hall

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

WITH THE increasing popularity of Scandinavian, French, and German drama series among English speaking audiences, more and more people are open to and curious to check out films that are not in the English language.

New Jack Taylor series begins this weekend

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

JACK TAYLOR, the hit TV series made in Galway and inspired by the novels of award winning Galway author Ken Bruen, begins its new season on the new Irish TV channel be3 - formerly UTV Ireland - this Saturday at 9pm.

American film project seeks actors

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

APOSTROPHATE ME, a new American film, written by musician, composer, and conductor Colin O'Donohoe, in association with Robin Shou and Alan Roy Scott, is shooting in Ireland this summer, and is seeking Irish actors.

Galway film to screen at London and Chicago film festivals

Wed, Jan 11, 2017

BODY OF Christ, an award winning short film - which runs for only 81 seconds - and which was made in Galway has been selected to screen at two major international festivals this spring.

Fighters, pranksters, olive farms, and Ryan Gosling

Thu, Jan 05, 2017

CHAMPION BOXERS, mischievous neighbours, Poland under threat from Russia at the end of WWI, a young girl's determination to win back her grandfather's olive farm, and a musical with Hollywood stars like Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone - it's all in the Galway Film Society's winter/spring 2017 season.

Christmas screening of Scrooge

Thu, Dec 08, 2016

SCROOGE, THE classic British film adaptation of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, will be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Do you want to be TG4’s next soap star?

Wed, Nov 30, 2016

TG4’s hit TV soap opera Ros na Rún is searching for an actress over 50 to join its cast and fluent Gaeilge is required for the role in Ireland’s only Irish language soap.

Sensory friendly screening of Storks

Thu, Nov 17, 2016

STORKS, THE hit animated family film will receive a special sensory friendly screening, for children on the autism spectrum, at the IMC Cinema, on Tuesday November 22 at 10.30am.

Every dog needs a home

Thu, Nov 17, 2016

IN MADRID, Julian receives an unexpected visit from old friend Tomas. However this will be no ordinary reunion, as Tomas has decided to discontinue treatment for the terminal illness he has been battling.

Galway film wins Best Short Film Award in London

Tue, Nov 15, 2016

ADULTING, THE County Galway made short film, written and co-directed by Connemara's Linda Bhreathnach, has won the Best Short Film Award from Irish Film London. The award was presented at a ceremony in the Irish Embassy in London on Monday.

A cinematic journey through the Colombian Amazon

Thu, Nov 10, 2016

EMBRACE THE Serpent is a poetic, dreamlike, journey through the Colombian Amazon is the next film to be screened as part of the Galway Film Society's current winter film season.

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