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For sixty years Galway Film Society has been at the heart of culture in Galway and the west of Ireland. And at the heart of GFS for most of those years were Joe and Bridie McMahon.

Organised by the Embassy of Italy in Ireland, the Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian Irish Chamber of Commerce, the N.I.C.E Italian Film Festival will take place from April 25 until May 5, in Dublin, Cork and Galway. The festival will screen Italian films by some of Italy’s best contemporary directors including Sydney Sibilia, Andrea Di Stefano and Maria Sole Tognazzi.

Organised by the Italian Embassy, the Italian Institute of Culture and the Italian-Irish Chamber of Commerce, the festival will take place across Dublin, Cork and Galway from April to May. This is the third year of the Italian Film Festival in Ireland, and its first time in Galway.

On the cusp of its 60th anniversary, Galway Film Society has announced its line-up for the 2024 Spring season, and a tie-in with the Dublin International Film Festival.

GFS’s opening film is the Galway premier of French drama La Syndicaliste, which tells the extraordinary real-life story of Mayo-born Maureen Kearney, a senior French trade unionist-turned-whistleblower, who was forced to fight for justice.

The Japanese Film Festival Ireland returns for its 14th edition this April, with an exciting programme that will bring the best of new Japanese cinema to audiences in Galway.

Galway Film Society this week hosted a reception at the closing film of its extremely successful spring 2023 season, whi0ch attracted unprecedented audiences filling Screen 1 at Pálás every Sunday night for the last eight weeks, with very strong attendance also on the repeat Monday evening screenings.

Spring season has arrived at the Pálás, courtesy of Galway Film Society. The season, which begins on Sunday February 12, will include eight films, and will represent a range of new award-winning titles from across the globe.

COLLECTIVE, THE 2021 Lux Audience Award winning Romanian documentary will be given a free screening at the Pálás Cinema on Tuesday September 21 at 6pm.