Masterclasses
at Galway Film Fair
Galway Film Fleadh’s annual masterclasses provide ambitious professionals and industry enthusiasts with a unique opportunity to learn from respected experts in their particular fields.
Past Directors Masterclasses have included:
Frank Berry, Ali Abbasi, Julien Temple, Ventura Pons, David Mackenzie, Stephen Daldry, Alex Gibney, Volker Schloendorff, Nic Roeg, Luis Mandoki, Agnieszka Holland, Mira Nair, Abbas Kiarostami, Stephen Frears, Michael Winterbottom, Walter Salles, Anthony Minghella, Moshen Makhmalbaf, Jim Sheridan, Amir Bar-Lev, Madeline Olnek and Mike Newell
Past Actors Masterclasses have included:
Rory Kinnear, Tim Roth, Matthew Modine, Zachary Quinto, Isabelle Huppert, Amanda Plummer, Michael Fassbander, Jessica Lange, Jeremy Irons, Kathy Bates, Campbell Scott, Patricia Clarkson, John Lynch, Stanley Tucci, Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Colm Meaney, Woody Harrelson, Gabriel Byrne, Fionnula Flanagan, John C. Reilly, Ruth Negga, Michael Smiley, Andrew Scott, Will Forte and Vicky Krieps.
Past Screenwriters Masterclasses have included:
Daniel Waters, Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Gill Dennis, Sir Ronald Harwood, Christopher Hampton, Martin Daniel, Terry George, Robert Towne, Paul Schrader, Paul Laverty, John Olson, Michael Tolkin, Kirsten Smith, Richard Kelly, Ed Solomon, Alison Anders, Gurinder Chada and Lisa McGee.
2026 Masterclasses Below
The Galway Film Fair is delighted to welcome award-winning Irish writer and director Frank Berry as the featured guest of this year’s Directors’ Masterclass, in partnership with Story House Ireland.
Directors Masterclass
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The Galway Film Fair at the 38th Galway Film Fleadh is proud to announce that acclaimed actor, playwright and director Rory Kinnear will be the subject of this year’s Actors Masterclass, proudly supported by Screen Ireland. More details by clicking below
Actors Masterclass
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The Galway Film Fair in partnership with the National Talent Academies, is proud to present an exclusive Production Design Masterclass with internationally acclaimed Production Designer Charles Wood.
Production Design Masterclass
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The Galway Film Fair provides many auxiliary events exploring the diverse fields of the audio-visual industry. Through the Film Fair’s talks and panel discussions, we take the pulse of the wider film community on the issues that are at the heart of the industry’s progress.
2026 Talks included:
- International Co-Production in Practice
- Focus on the Composer
- Smart VFX
- Ten Years of the 50/50 Gender Equality Campaign: Where Are We Now?
- Meet the Programmers & Networking
- The Art of the Unknown: Supporting creative documentary film in a risk-averse industry
- Screen Futures – Creativity, sustainability and success in a changing screen industry
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