Pálás Announce New Summer Season & Harry Potter Marathon
Fri, Jun 14, 2019
This summer, Pálás Galway will revisit some of your favourite coming-of-age films. Whether you'd like to revisit your youth bathed in gorgeous cinematic nostalgia or bring your young ones to experience something that helped you on your journey to adulthood, there's a varied programme of classic films from child-friendly matinees to a late-night strand for adults only. As part of the season, there will be a Harry Potter Marathon featuring all eight films back to back, with a very magical Hogwarts themed menu to keep you going throughout the night. Fancy dress is encouraged!
Read more ...More guests and premieres revealed for Galway Film Fleadh 2019
Fri, Jun 14, 2019
We are pleased to reveal more of our premiere screenings and attending guests. Among our line-up of New Irish Cinema, the Fleadh will host the World Premiere of the Irish documentary Jihad Jane.
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First titles announced for Galway Film Fleadh 2019
Fri, Jun 14, 2019
The Galway Film Fleadh has revealed its very first titles in its 31stFestival Programme. The Fleadh will take place from the 9th–14th of July 2019 with this exciting array of premieres just the beginning of a series of announcements with the full programme revealed on 25th June.
Read more ...In Safe Hands - a French adoption drama
Thu, Jun 13, 2019
IN SAFE Hands, the second feature film from actor-turned-filmmaker, Jeanne Herry, explores the conflicting emotions faced by women giving up their babies for adoption, and those desperate to have their own.
Read more ...Persepolis at the Pálás
Thu, Jun 13, 2019
PERSEPOLIS, THE animated film adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's bestselling autobiographical graphic novel, set during the Islamic revolution in Iran, will be screened in the Pálás.
Read more ...Chinese thriller at the Pálás
Thu, May 23, 2019
SET IN an industrial city, Qiao, a young dancer, falls in love with the mobster Bin. When a fight breaks out between rival gangs, Qiao uses a gun to protect Bin and is sent to prison for five years.
Read more ...Sing along with Doris Day this Sunday
Thu, May 23, 2019
AS A tribute to Doris Day, who died last week at the age of 97, the Pálás Cinema will screen Calamity Jane, with Day, in one of her signature roles, as the titular gun-toting, whip-cracking Wild West whirlwind.
Read more ...This Is Spinal Tap @ Pálás
Thu, May 16, 2019
THE AMP that goes up to 11, the smallest Stonehenge ever to disgrace a concert stage, the exploding drummer - one movie, so many iconic scenes. This can only be This Is Spinal Tap.
Read more ...Banff Mountain Film Festival 2019
Thu, May 09, 2019
A JOURNEY by bike through the mountains of Nepal, a 97-year-old who runs up Mount Washington ever year, and a mother and daughter's epic ski adventure - this is the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Read more ...Keanu Reeves season at the Pálás
Thu, May 09, 2019
FROM BILL and Ted's Excellent Adventure to Speed to The Matrix, to the more recent John Wick movies, Keanu Reeves has starred in some of the most popular films of the last 30 years.
Read more ...The Shawshank Redemption @ the Pálás
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
IT BEGAN life in 1982 as a Steven King novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, and in 1994 it was turned into a film starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, which is now regarded as a classic.
Read more ...Greta
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
On the subway young Frances finds an expensive looking designer handbag. Rather than just handing it in to the police she decides to track down the owner herself. She manages to return the bag to Greta.
Read more ...Wild Rose opens Sensory Sundays at Pálás
Thu, Apr 25, 2019
SENSORY SUNDAY is a new series of film screenings at the Pálás, aimed at providing a comfortable and calming cinema-going experience for those on the autism spectrum, or who have sensory conditions or learning difficulties.
Read more ...See The Goonies on the big screen
Thu, Apr 18, 2019
THE GOONIES, the cult children's adventure film form 1985, is returning to the big screen, in 4K resolution, with a special showing at the Pálás Cinema this weekend.
Read more ...Life of Brian at the Pálás
Thu, Apr 11, 2019
FORTY YEARS after it was released - in 1979, when it was also banned in Ireland - Monty Python's Life Of Brian celebrates this milestone birthday with a special screening in the Pálás.
Read more ...See The Godfather on the big screen
Thu, Apr 11, 2019
IT IS directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It boasts an all-star cast of Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, and Marlon Brando. It is one of the great films about the Mafia. It is, regardless of subject matter, one of the greatest film ever made.
Read more ...Japanese Film Festival 2019
Thu, Apr 04, 2019
A YAKUZA thriller, a boy who meets a dancing Jesus, samurai warriors, a romcom, and anime - Galway is in for a feast of Japanese film throughout April.
Read more ...Controversial Israeli thriller for the Pálás
Thu, Apr 04, 2019
MICHAEL AND Dafna are told their terrible news that their son Jonathan has died while serving in the Israeli Defence Force. As they come to terms with the loss, and prepare for the funeral, they are informed that a terrible mistake has been made.
Read more ...Be part of Europe’s biggest film jury
Thu, Apr 04, 2019
GALWAY TEENAGERS who are passionate about film and who would like the chance to be part of Europe’s biggest film jury, should check out an event coming to the Pálás Cinema next month.
Read more ...Are you sure he's the dad?
Thu, Mar 28, 2019
AFTER ERWIN accidentally discovers his father is not his biological father, he goes on a search to find him. He is also dealing with his daughter's unplanned pregnancy, while his new girlfriend, Anna, just might be his sister!
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