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Catherine (Anne McCrudden) at an art class in Sunphlowers

Irish film Sunphlowers coming to cinemas in September

The trailer for the new Irish drama Sunphlowers has been released ahead of the film's arrival in cinemas next month.

Adam Lunnon Collery as Jace as and Liath Hannon as Charlie share a moment in Girls & Boys

Award-winning Irish film Girls & Boys out next month

The trailer for Galway Film Fleadh winner Girls & Boys has been released ahead of the arrival of the "quietly radical romantic comedy" in cinemas next month.

Movies • 04 Aug

Director Brendan Canty on location for Christy in Cork city

Cork director 'floored' by top prize at Galway Fleadh

Brendan Canty, the director of the acclaimed new Irish film Christy, has told RTÉ Entertainment he is "floored" by the response to the coming-of-age drama and its Best Irish Film win at the Galway Film Fleadh last weekend.

Movies • 18 Jul

Christy stars Danny Power in the title role

One of the best Irish films opens in cinemas in August

Christy, the Cork-set feature debut of Irish director Brendan Canty, will open in cinemas on 29 August following its award-winning world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year.

Movies • 25 Jun

Ciara Tinney with her mother Jo and daughters Adabelle, 11; Fiadh Ros, eight; and Birdie Blue, six Photos: Stephen McAvoy/PA Wire

Fermanagh mother's book makes the jump to big screen

A filmmaker mother of three from Co Fermanagh is to have her book-turned-animation premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh next month.

Movies • 25 Jun

The music-filled Irish road movie Trad will receive its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh

Galway Film Fleadh reels in 44 Irish features

Forty-four Irish feature films are part of next month's Galway Film Fleadh, organisers have announced.

Movies • 27 Jun

Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man will receive its world premiere at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway on Saturday 12 July

World premiere for Gerry Adams film at Galway Fleadh

The documentary Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man will receive its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh in July, it has been announced.

Movies • 21 May

Kneecap opens in Irish cinemas on Thursday 8 August

Kneecap movie chosen as Ireland's Oscar hopeful

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced that the award-winning Irish-language film Kneecap has been chosen as the Irish entry for the International Feature Film category at next year's Oscars.

Movies • 23 Aug 24

Belfast hip-hop trio, Kneecap, scored three awards at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Kneecap scoops three awards at Galway Film Fleadh

The Irish-language film Kneecap, "the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking" Belfast rap trio of the same name has scooped three top awards at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Movies • 15 Jul 24

Damian McCarthy's acclaimed Oddity acquired by Wildcard

Damian McCarthy's award-winning horror Oddity has been acquired by Wildcard Distribution, who will release the film in Irish cinemas on August 30.

Movie • 12 Jul 24

The Irish premiere of Belfast rap trio's film KNEECAP will screen at this year's Fleadh

Almost 100 films to be screened at Galway Film Fleadh

The Irish premiere of Belfast rap trio's film KNEECAP and a new film about former President of Ireland Mary Robinson are among a total of 94 films to be screened at this year's Galway Film Fleadh, which starts tonight and runs until 14 July.

Movies • 09 Jul 24

Brian Cox will be presented with the festival's highest honour, the Galway Hooker Award for Outstanding Achievement

Brian Cox to be honoured at Galway Film Fleadh

Succession star Brian Cox is to be honoured at the Galway Film Fleadh in July.

Movies • 24 May 24

Apocalypse Clown won Best Irish Film / Photo: Ruth Medjber

Galway Film Fleadh announces winners

The winners at the 35th Galway Film Fleadh have been announced, with the comedy adventure Apocalypse Clown winning Best Irish Film, the drama Lie of the Land named Best Irish First Feature and The Graceless Age - The Ballad of John Murry Best Documentary.

Movies • 17 Jul 23

The Galway Film Fleadh continues until Sunday evening, with several Irish and world premieres scheduled between now and then

Galway Film Fleadh keeps rolling despite actors' strike

Film and TV production in the US is set to grind to a halt as actors strike in a row over contracts with studios and streaming companies. The initial impact is already being felt at the Galway Film Fleadh, where the schedule is being altered.

Movies • 13 Jul 23

Lies We Tell will be released in cinemas on 13 October

Galway world premiere for Irish thriller Lies We Tell

The trailer for the new Irish psychological thriller Lies We Tell has been released ahead of the film's world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh next month.

Movies • 06 Jun 23

This year's Fleadh world premieres include the first screening of director Declan Recks' Tarrac

Into the west! Galway Film Fleadh returns for 34th year

This year's Galway Film Fleadh (link to site) will feature 32 new Irish films, with 18 world premieres and 18 debut features over the course of its six-day run from 5 July to 10 July.

Movies • 21 Jun 22

(L-R) Joyride and Lakelands will be released in cinemas later this year

Irish films to receive world premieres at Galway Fleadh

The Galway Film Fleadh has announced that two new Irish features, the Olivia Colman-starring Joyride and the Gaelic football drama Lakelands, will receive their world premieres at the festival in July.

Movies • 11 Jun 22

Gabriel Byrne leads Galway Film Fleadh line-up

Gabriel Byrne's latest film Death of a Ladies Man, the Irish language version of Oscar-nominated animation Wolfwalkers and the psychological thriller Here Before are among the films being shown as part of this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

Movies • 07 Jul 21

Here Are the Young Men screened at the Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year

Here Are the Young Men coming to Irish cinemas in 2021

Here Are the Young Men, the film adaptation of Rob Doyle's acclaimed novel of the same name, is to be released in cinemas in Ireland, the UK and the US early next year.

Movies • 26 Nov 20

Irish actress Lauren Coe plays the beleagured young teenager Laurie in Nocturnal

Nocturnal upends the cliche about fatherhood and flight

Bleak and intense, Nocturnal is mildly creepy but curiously credible, upending the lazy cliche viz a viz so-called irresponsible fathers who, it is believed, scarper and ultimately forget.

Movie Review • 18 Sep 20

Film Fleadh winner Redemption of a Rogue - watch a clip

Fresh from its world premiere and double win at the Galway Film Fleadh, here's a chance to watch a clip from the Irish black comedy Redemption of a Rogue.

Movies • 14 Jul 20

Anson Boon - "I will always think so fondly of the West Ireland"

Winter Lake star Anson Boon loved his Irish adventure

English actor Anson Boon gives a great performance in the Irish psychological thriller The Winter Lake, which receives its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh on Friday night.

Movies • 10 Jul 20

A damp-in-the-bones psychological thriller

The Winter Lake - Irish darkness on the edge of town

Phil Sheerin adds his name to the list of new homegrown filmmakers to keep an eye on with this damp-in-the-bones psychological thriller.

Movie Review • 10 Jul 20

Director Phil Sheerin and actor Anson Boon on the set of The Winter Lake

Irish thriller Winter Lake has Galway world premiere

The Irish psychological thriller The Winter Lake will have its world premiere online at the Galway Film Fleadh on Friday with director Phil Sheerin telling RTÉ Entertainment that he hopes to have his big screen debut in cinemas at the end of the year.

Movies • 08 Jul 20

Real-life Irish lockdown romance comes to the screen

Irish director Michael-David McKernan has brought the story of his burgeoning romance with American filmmaker Mimi Wilcox to the screen in How to Fall in Love in a Pandemic, a new documentary short that will premiere online at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Movies • 02 Jul 20