Galway Film Fleadh

Galway Film Fleadh is Ireland’s leading film festival. The 33rd annual event runs from July 20 – 25 and will feature a spectacular eleven World Premieres, forty-five new films, and over 100 short films, this year’s Galway Film Fleadh will feature powerful, moving, funny and provocative storytelling from both emerging and renowned filmmakers.

Embracing Ireland’s ‘outdoor summer,’ the Fleadh’s mainstage this July 20th-25th will be an outdoor cinema in Father Burke Park in the historic Claddagh in the heart of Galway city. Seventeen of the festival’s 40+ feature film line-up, and three of its specially curated short film programmes, will screen to an audience of 200 socially-distant audience members with audio delivered via wireless headphones. All the trappings of a summer festival including music, food and audience interaction with featured artists, will be a part of this year’s special edition of Ireland’s leading film event.

We also have a number of in cinema screenings at the Palas Cinema. These are also limited and available at Palas.ie.

As part of its COVID preparations, festival organisers are assuring film fans that the majority of this year’s festival is still taking place online - with all films, Q+A’s, filmmaker discussions and industry events still being streamed online from the Film Fleadh website to audiences’ devices-of-choice. It is the Fleadh’s wish that those who cannot, or who aren’t yet ready for travel in the current phase of the pandemic, will enjoy the festival from the comfort of their own homes. The full programme of events is here on the app and also GalwayFilmFleadh.ie