Events
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Writer/Director Martin McDonagh talks to Garry Kelly about his new movie Seven Psychopaths, his directorial debut In Bruges and his fond memories of Galway…
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INTERVIEWS IN FULL
Sunday 15th July 2012
Managing Director of the Galway Film Fleadh, Miriam Allen, looks back on another successful six-day festival and gives some of her personal highlights this past week…
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After winning The Best First Irish Feature Award for ‘Earthbound’ as joint winner with Ciaran Foy’s ‘Citadel’, director Alan Brennan gave this reaction…
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After winning The Best Irish Feature Award for ‘Good Vibrations’ here’s the reaction from directors Glenn Lyburn & Lisa Barros D’sa and Producer Chris Martin…
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After winning The Bingham Ray New Talent Award for ‘Pilgrim Hill’ here’s the reaction from the director & producer Gerard Barrett…
Friday 13th July 2012
Director Seán Ó Cualáin tells us about his latest documentary ‘Lón sa Spéir – Men at Lunch’ which screens Friday July 13th at 1pm (Town Hall Theatre) and the discoveries they unveiled when investigation one of the world’s most iconic photographs…
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Director Ross Ashcroft discusses his first feature ‘Four Horsemen’ which screens Friday July 13th at 6pm (Cinemobile). The documentary investigates how new economic paradigm into the world would dramatically improve the quality of life for billions…
Thursday 12th July 2012
Director Niccolo Bruna discusses his latest documentary ‘Dust’ which screens Thursday July 12th at 2:30pm (Town Hall Theatre) and tells the story of the great asbestos trial in Italy which ended with a 16 year sentence raising awareness of the lethal mineral…
Tuesday 10th July 2012
Chief Executive of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board (IFB), James Hickey, discusses his role at the agency and previews his personal highlights at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh….
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Here’s the immediate reaction from those who watched ‘Grabbers’ which opened this year’s 24th Galway Film Fleadh…
Afterwards I spoke with the Director Jon Wright…
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Director Konrad Begg & Actor Sean Maguire discuss their latest collaboration ‘Songs For Amy’ which screens on Wednesday 11th July at 9pm (Town Hall Theatre)…
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Director & Cinematographer, Keith Walsh, tells us about his latest documentary ‘Apples Of The Golan’ which screens on Thursday 12 July at 4pm (Cinemobile)…
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Interview with Tamaya Adams & Dan Corbett from Channel 4′s ‘The Fat Fighters’…

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INTERVIEWS IN FULL
(You can click on the ‘name‘ if the audio player doesn’t appear)Sunday 10th July 2011
Festival Programmer for this year’s Galway Film Fleadh Gar O’ Brien looks back on the six days of mayhem & joy, and reveals his personal favourites…
Chairperson of the Galway Film Fleadh Kate O’ Toole looks back on another successful film festival and reveals her upcoming plans for the year…
Producer Lelia Doolin chats to Garry Kelly moments after collecting her award for ‘Bernadette: Notes on a political journey‘ which won Best Documentary…
Producer Adrian Devane speaking to Garry Kelly after collecting two animation awards on the closing night of the fleadh…
Producers Jacqueline Kerrin & Dominic Wright talk about their delight in sharing the award for Best First Feature (along with ‘Charlie Casanova’) for their movie ‘Parked‘ which stars Colm Meaney & Colin Morgan…
Friday 08th July 2011
Danish Director Frank Piasecki Poulsen talks about his latest documentary ‘Blood in the Mobile‘…
Super 8 Shots Programmer Julien Dorgere previews their Super 8mm screenings over the weekend which features plenty of archive footage …
Thursday 07th July 2011
Actress Amanda Plummer chats with Garry Kelly about Pulp Fiction, The Fisher King, her inspirations, the hope of one day working with her father Christopher, and life in general…
Producer Ian W. Davis discusses his new feature ‘Some Other Stories‘ which is an Irish/Balkan co-production that gets its Irish Premiere at the fleadh…
Shorts Co-Ordinator Liz Quinn discuss the fleadh’s 4-day screening of shorts, what has been the most common genre submitted this year, and what’s so important about this category…
Irish Director Mary McGuckian discusses her latest film ‘Man On The Train‘ which stars Donald Sutherland, Kate O’ Toole and U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr. who makes his acting debut in this Irish/Canadian co-production…
German Director Sabine Bernardi tells us about her latest movie ‘Romeos‘ which deals with trans-gender issues but is mainly a love-story, and how she came about making her first feature…
Wednesday 06th July 2011
Co-Producer Herbert Sveinbjornsson speaking about ‘Future Of Hope‘ which screens tonight at 9pm in the Cinemobile…
Producer Heather Grace MacHale discusses her new short film ‘Los 33+1‘ which features in the Way Out West category…
Spanish director Paco Torres talks about his new movie ‘The Magic Of Hope‘, how he got musician Eleanor McEvoy involved in the project, the movie and his family’s connection with Galway, and his plans to shoot his next feature ‘Blue Guitar’ in Ireland…
Tuesday 05th July 2011
Presidential Candidate Michael D. Higgins who officially opened the 23rd Galway Film Fleadh gives his reaction to the opening movie ‘Parked’, talks about the importance of film & art, and what he believes is the true future of the Irish film industry and what needs to be done to sustain it…
21st June 2011 (Galway Film Fleadh launch)
Garry Kelly speaks to Irish Director Risteard O Domhnaill at the launch of this year’s Fleadh….
Garry Kelly speaks to the fleadh’s Managing Director Miriam Allen at the launch of this year’s festival…


