SHORTS SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN – INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL!
Short film submissions are now open for the 30th Galway Film Fleadh. As the Film Fleadh looks to the future on its milestone 30th year, we are breaking with tradition and inviting international short filmmakers to submit their films. The Film Fleadh’s advocacy for...
New Film Fleadh Programmer Appointed
We are pleased to announce that William Fitzgerald has been appointed as the new festival programmer. He takes over from Gar O’Brien who has stepped down after seven years in the role. Fitzgerald will be responsible for curating the Film Fleadh’s annual line-up of...
Who Likes Short Shorts? (Yeah, we make this joke every year).
Our short film coordinator is on the ground at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the world’s premiere cinema event dedicated to short films, Two shorts which premiered at the 2017 Galway Film Fleadh are competing at the festival. Rory Byrne’s An...
Feature Film Submissions Open for 2018 Film Fleadh
Feature film submissions are now open for the 30th Galway Film Fleadh, taking place between 10th – 15th July, 2018. The Galway Film Fleadh awards feature films selected for competition in the following categories: Best Irish Debut Film Best International Debut Film...
Junior Film Fleadh Youth Council member Ely Solan stars as Young Charles Dickens in ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’
Young actor and member of our Junior Film Fleadh Youth Council, Ely Solan, can be seen starring as the young Charles Dickens in the holiday film, The Man Who Invented Christmas. The Man Who Invented Christmas is a comedy drama telling the journey that led to Charles...
‘The Limit Of’ Signs with Sales Agent East-West Distribution
The Limit Of, which premiered at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh has signed with a European Sales Agent, Sasha Wieser’s Vienna based East-West Distribution who will handle world sales. “We met Sasha at the Galway Film Fleadh during the summer and he immediately came on...
Junior Film Fleadh award winners 2017
Future Filmmakers 1 Winner Trip To The Dentist Director Kim Hackett of Trading Faces Film School Galway (top left) Special Mentions Untitled Director Eimear Quinn Animation made during Galway Film Centre Easter Animation Camp 2017 Couch Battle Director Ely Solan,...
Script pitching competition finalists
The finalists for this year’s script competition are: Kyle O’Rourke ‘Corpsedivers’ Aidan Mahon ‘Linked’ Rowan Edwards ‘The Detective Granny’ Honor Faughnan ‘The Whale’s Way: A Silent Animation’ Aisling Stewart + Saoirse Dempsey ‘Free’ Francesca McKenna “Little...