All Galway Film Fleadh articles
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NewsIrish female filmmakers demand gender balance in production funding: “Stop just giving us mentorship”
A discussion took place last week at the Galway Film Fleadh.
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NewsWhat the Karlovy Vary, Galway and Munich film festivals do best - The Screen Podcast
Plus, the Transilvania film festival.
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Reviews‘Gealtra’ review: Brendan Canty follows ‘Christy’ with slight, engaging study of young Irish-language musicians
Source: Galway Film Fleadh ‘Gealtra’ Dir: Brendan Canty. Ireland. 2025. 70mins Language is power and creativity is the brightest road to self-expression in Gealtra. Brendan Canty’s slight but engaging documentary (the title translates as ‘gang’) follows a group of young people from Cork as they embrace the ...
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News‘The Lost Children Of Tuam’ wins best Irish film at Galway Film Fleadh 2026
‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ won the audience award, while ’You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead’ took best Irish debut.
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Reviews‘The Siege Of Paradise’ review: Gar O’Rourke follows ‘Sanatorium’ with gentle, thought-provoking look at the impact of mass tourism
O’Rourke’s enjoyable documentary travels to the tourist hot spot of Cinque Terre, on Italy’s northwestern coast
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Reviews‘The Lost Children Of Tuam’ review: Sensitive, unfussy drama follows investigation into Irish mother and baby home
Liam Neeson produces Frank Berry’s respectful drama, which stars Monica Dolan as Galway historian Catherine Corless
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Reviews‘You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead’ review: A Sligo family attempts to pull off a Christmas heist in raucous Irish black comedy
Dallan Shovlin’s entertaining debut stars Ardal O’Hanlon, Michelle Fairley and Stephen Rea, and premieres at Galway Film Fleadh
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Reviews‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ review: Winning Irish heartwarmer takes a child’s eye view of healing from grief
Rory Kinnear, Maria Bakalova and Ezra Carlisle impress in Rebekah Fortune’s well-observed feature
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Reviews‘Try!’ review: Crowd-pleasing Irish doc celebrates the community spirit of Mixed Ability Rugby
Oisín Mistéil’s heartfelt film plays Galway after a Sheffield DocFest premiere
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FeaturesShudder Films’ Jack Tarling on UK-Ireland co-productions, his inventive slate and scaling up
‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ is screening at Karlovy Vary and Galway Film Fleadh.
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FeaturesWhy a rising filmmaker took the bold move to ask his cast to improvise his debut ‘Conversations In Bed’
Dean Conway’s ’Conversations In Bed’ world premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh.
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Reviews‘Our House’ review: Galway opener is lively, unbalanced Northern Irish home invasion thriller
Peter Young’s promising feature debut stars Hannah McClean, Michael Shea and Andy Doherty
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NewsGalway Film Fleadh receives €20,000 from inaugural Amazon Regional Creatives Fund Ireland
The fund is being used to launch talent development programme Eitilt.
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FeaturesGalway Film Fleadh heads on a challenging year for female representation and the growth of Ireland’s industry
The Galway Film Fleadh runs from July 7 to 12.
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NewsElement Pictures’ ‘The Lost Children Of Tuam’ among Galway Film Fleadh 2026 world premieres
’You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead’ from producers of ’Kneecap’ and Ukrainian doc ‘Brace For The Oblivion’ are also in the line-up.
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NewsEuropean festival network Europa Film Festivals appoints next president
Network co-founder Alexis Juncosa of Lux Film Festival has stepped down.
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NewsGalway Film Fleadh 2026 lineup includes ‘Finnegan’s Foursome’, ‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ and spotlight on Estonia
The Galway Film Fleadh runs from July 7-12 2026.
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NewsGalway Film Fleadh award winner ‘Horseshoe’ lands North American home
EXCLUSIVE: Comedic family drama from Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe won Best Irish First Feature.
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Reviews‘Adult Children’ review: Galway prizewinner is smart, breezy US coming-of-age drama
Film Fleadh’s best international independent feature is reminiscent of the work of Lynn Shelton
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News‘The Apprentice’ director Ali Abbasi on looking for contemporary stories: “We are living in extremely exciting, crazy times”
Abbasi conducted a director’s masterclass at the Galway Film Fleadh.