Award winning actor/writer Emmett Hughes to write and star in Los Angeles thriller Axis 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Irish actor and Galway native Emmett Hughes, who wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning film The O’Briens, is set to write and star in the upcoming independent thriller Axis.

Call for entries to Junior Film Fleadh

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

The Junior Film Fleadh, taking place from November 11 to 14, is looking for entries from filmmakers between the ages of seven and 18 for its future filmmakers short film programmes.

Cinema review: Fantastic Four

Films Reviews Mon, Aug 10, 2015

WHILE PIXAR'S latest, Inside/Out, could be the best film of the year, I have no doubt Fantastic Four WILL be the worst of 2015. It's rare you feel so cheated after spending money to see a film that is a miserable colourless mess with almost no redeeming qualities.

Galway Film Centre Summer Camps

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

GALWAY TEENS interested in animation, cinema, and making movies should check out the Galway Film Centre Summer Camps, where they will have a chance to make a short to be screened at Irish film festivals.

Win tickets to IMC Galway's Galactic screen

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

IMC GALWAY has opened its new Galactic screen and to mark the opening, it is offering readers of the Galway Advertiser a chance to win one of five pairs of complimentary passes for any weekend showing of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Cinema review: Inside/Out

Mon, Jul 27, 2015

PIXAR HAS come to the end of a very unPixar like run. Its last three films, Cars 2, Brave, and Monsters University have been two uninspired sequels and a disappointing original film, and had lowered excitement levels for a Pixar original.

Writers sought for Short Film Commission Scheme

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Centre, Galway Film Fleadh, and RTÉ have announced a new Short Film Commission Scheme, with writers invited to submit a story idea that could eventually become a short film.

Galway actress mixing with hollywood stars in Italy

Tue, Jul 21, 2015

GALWAY ACTRESS Emma Eliza Regan is currently mixing with Hollywood stars Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, and Martin Freeman at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy, where Darkness On The Edge Of Town, in which she plays the lead, is being screened.

Cinema review: Song Of The Sea

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 20, 2015

THE OSCAR nominated Song Of The Sea, the much awaited follow up to 2009’s stunning The Secret of Kells, also Oscar nominated, from writer/director Tomm Moore, is finally on general release.

Little Shop of Horrors - as you’ve never seen it before

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

YOU MAY have seen Roger Corman’s 1960 film Little Shop of Horrors, but when it plays at the Galway International Arts Festival this month, you will never have seen it done like this before.

Merchant of Venice live @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

GALWAY WILL have the chance to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the Bard's The Merchant of Venice when it is broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, on Wednesday July 22 at 7pm.

Everyman live from London to The Eye

Tue, Jul 14, 2015

THE BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, best known for this role in 12 Years A Slave, will star in one of English drama’s oldest plays - Everyman.

Cinema review: An Klondike

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 13, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh concluded last night with the premiere of An Klondike, a movie version of a four­-part mini series to be aired on TG4 later in the year. The first Irish western, and with dialogue mostly as Gaeilge, this is an incredibly ambitious undertaking.

Ireland's first western - made in Galway

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

AN KLONDIKE, the first western made in Ireland, filmed entirely in Galway and the west, by Galway the based Abú Media, closes this year's Galway Film Fleadh when it is screened on Sunday at the Town Hall Theatre at 8.30pm.

Music documentaries @ Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

DR FEELGOOD'S Wilko Johnson, gospel music, and the LA venue where The Doors and Mötley Crüe played their early gigs, are the subjects of major documentaries at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Matt Berry stars in Galway Film Fleadh world premiere

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

MATT BERRY, the velvet voiced, charismatic star of Toast of London, The IT Crowd, and The Mighty Boosh, is among the cast of a new black-comedy, Swansong, which premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Connemara actor Dónall Ó Héalaí @ Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh opened with a movie featuring Indreabhán actor Dónall Ó Héalaí and before the festival closes on Sunday, two more films featuring the Connemara actor will be screened.

Cinema review: My Name Is Emily

Films Reviews Wed, Jul 08, 2015

THE 27TH annual Galway Film Fleadh kicked off last night with the world premiere of a new Irish film, My Name Is Emily, and the story behind the project is almost as interesting as the film itself.

Let's do the timewarp again!

Tue, Jul 07, 2015

"A JUMP to the left/and then a step to the right/put you hands on your hips/and bring your knees in tight/but it's the pelvic thrust/that really drives you insa-ie-ayee-ayee-yay-ane...let's do the timewarp again!"

Go Dutch - Galway Film Fleadh to screen films from The Netherlands

Mon, Jul 06, 2015

THE NETHERLANDS may not get the same attention when it comes to cinema as do France, Germany, Britain, or Sweden, yet the kingdom enjoys one of Europe's richest and most storied cinematic histories.

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