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.

A Walk In The Woods with Robert Redford

Thu, May 19, 2016

ROBERT REDFORD and Nick Nolte star in A Walk In The Woods, a film based on Bill Bryson’s best-selling 1998 memoir of the same name, which will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Prince's Purple Rain @ The Loft

Thu, May 19, 2016

PURPLE RAIN, the 1984 film that catapulted Prince into global megastardom, along with the album of the same name, will be screened in The Loft at Seven, on Friday May 27 from 10pm.

Ireland's answer to George Orwell

Thu, May 12, 2016

HUBERT BUTLER, the Irish essayist, once denounced by a papal nuncio as a dangerous communist, is the subject of a film which will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre this evening at 8pm.

Banff Mountain Film Festival

Tue, May 10, 2016

THE BANFF Mountain Film Festival, a feast of documentaries from the global mountain and sports community, celebrating a love of the outdoors and the spirit of adventure, returns to Galway.

New documentary captures the struggles of the fishing industry

Thu, Apr 28, 2016

ATLANTIC, A part Galway made documentary, following fishing communities in Ireland, Canada, and Norway as they struggle to sustain their livelihoods against oil exploration, fishing quotas, and industrial trawling, will be screened at The Eye.

Film to explore poetry and our relationship to the land

Thu, Apr 21, 2016

IRISH FOLKLORE and poetry as Gaeilge, and what they reveal about our cultural DNA, our sense of place, self, and imagination, will be explored in a film to be screened during the Cúirt literary festival.

Puccini’s Madam Butterfly at The Eye

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

PUCCINI'S MADAM Butterfly will be performed in New York's Metropolitan Opera and broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this Saturday at 6pm.

An Klondike looks to strike Gold for Galway at the IFTAs

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

AN KLONDIKE, the critically acclaimed Galway made western will be looking to strike gold next month having been nominated for nine awards at the upcoming Irish Film and Television Awards.

Iceland’s answer to Victor Meldrew

Wed, Mar 16, 2016

THE GRUMP, the hilarious Icelandic culture-clash satire, about a stubborn, sour-faced old farmer with a rose-tinted view of the past, will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday at 8pm.

Two films to see this Sunday

Thu, Mar 10, 2016

THE LIVES of combatants and civilians during the 1916 Rising, and a teacher determined to expose a classroom thief, make up the two films the Galway Film Society screens in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday.

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