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May 25
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EU50 Screening 2023

EU50 Screening at Pálás Cinema: The Double Life of Veronique

By Entertainment, History, Local Interest, Movies, News, Participation, Press, Unesco

Galway City of Film, managed by Ardán, and supported by Galway City Council, hosted a free screening for a European Night of Film at the Pálás Cinema on 11th May 2023 at 7pm, to celebrate EU50.

We were joined for a pre-screening reception in the Pálás Bar by the Deputy Mayor of Galway, Councillor Mike Hubbard, and the Polish Consul Patrick O’Sullivan.

The Double Life of Veronique (1991), directed by Krysztof Kieslowski is two parallel stories about two identical women; one living in Poland, the other living in France. In the story, the two women don’t know each other, but their lives are nevertheless profoundly connected. (IMDb).  

The film garnered a Golden Globe nomination as well as several wins at Cannes Film Festival. 

Galway City of Film (Ceantar Scannán) is a UNESCO designation held jointly by Galway City Council and Galway County Council since 2014, and managed on their behalf by Ardán. 

May 25
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Ceantar Scannán Short Doc Bursary 2023: Applications Now Open

By Learning, Local Interest, Movies, News, Production, Unesco

Ardán, and Galway City of Film, are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the Short Documentary Bursary 2023, the documentary funding scheme for filmmakers in Galway City and County. 

We are looking for entry-level filmmakers to apply to this bursary to help them make one of their first steps in their filmmaking career. Successful applicants will be given a bursary of €3,000 to help them make a short documentary of 5-15 mins.

Previous bursary recipients have gone on to have their films screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, as well as other national and international film festivals.  

Mentorship with Donal Haughey

The selected filmmakers will be mentored by Galway-based documentary filmmaker Donal Haughey of Hawkeye Films. Donal has produced and/or directed over thirty documentaries both for his own company, Hawkeye Films and as a freelancer. His projects have been involved in both national and international stories, consisting of feature-length, one-hour, half-hour and short form docs. For twenty years Donal was the documentary tutor on GMIT’s (now ATU’s) Film & Documentary course – honours, Level 8. Presently Donal has two projects in research, one that looks at the relationship between memory and place and another project on street games.

#CeantarScannán #GalwayCityofFilm 

Bursary Information Day

Ardán will be hosting an Information Day for applicants on Thursday June 7th at 2.00pm in the Green Room at CCAM, ATU, Wellpark Road. H91 WP9K. Register for the information day.

Bursary Guidelines

  • Proposed short films will be between 5 and 15 minutes in duration.
  • Participating filmmakers must be from or based in Galway, or the film must be about some aspect of Galway City or County.
  • A bursary of up to €3000 is available per film.
  • The participating filmmakers will be mentored by established documentary filmmaker Donal Haughey.
  • Ardán encourages both English and Irish language project applications.
  • Film teams must be prepared to go into production within 2-3 weeks of signing the agreement and aim to submit their first cut by October 2023.
  • Selected projects will need to ensure a healthy gender balance across the filmmaking team.
  • Priority will be given to diverse applicants. If you feel this applies to you, please include a short statement in your application.
  • Any applicant who will be a full-time or part-time student during academic year 2023/2024 may NOT apply.

How do I apply?

  • Filmmakers submit their application via email to admin@ardan.ie
  • Each application asks for the following information:
  • 1-page outline of documentary idea, including logline, synopsis and treatment. (PDF)
  • 1-page current CV of each applicant filmmaker. (PDF)
  • Any relevant links to previous work, if applicable or available. (VIMEO/YouTube/Website)
  • Email/letters of commitment from key contributors. (PDF)
  • Complete submission to be sent in 1 email with subject line reading ‘Short Documentary Bursary Application’.

Application Deadline: 12pm, Friday 16th June 2023 

Shortlisted applicants will be called for interview. The proposed date for interviews is Wednesday 28th June (this date is subject to change.) Please email admin@ardan.ie with any queries!

Supported by Galway City Council, Galway County Council, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. 

Jan 24
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Children’s Poster Competition for 15th Busan International Kid & Youth Film Festival

By Local Interest, News, Participation, Unesco

Galway City of Film is proud to announce our participation the Busan International Kid & Youth Film Festival Poster Competition.

From its launch in 2006, Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival celebrated its 14th year in 2019. As the only international kids film festival in Korea, it provides a ground for visual arts education. The festival hosts events such as Film Workshop and Seminars for children, Film and Fun, Poster Contest & Exhibition and Kids’ Cine-Playground, attracting huge attention of filmmakers from all over the world while achieving recognition as a Kids & Youth centered film festival.

You can find more information about BIKY here.

 

The Poster Competition

Every year, BIKY has made its beautiful official poster by collecting drawings from children with their amazing imagination and wit. It will be remade into a poster in the form of ‘collage’, after artists’ design works with the selected drawings.

To enter:

  • Create your magnificent poster.
  • Download the Application Form. (link below)
  • Attach the Application Form to the back of the poster.
  • Send poster and form to the Galway City of Film office. (Cluain Mhuire, Wellpark Road, Galway)
  • All posters must arrive in Galway City of Film offices on or before Monday February 10th.

Each city will select one drawing through their own entry process and then send the selected drawing to BIKY. All drawings sent from cities of film will be included in the official poster for BIKY’s 2020 edition and will be exhibited during the BIKY period.

BIKY will select one winner from the 12 cities to give a special chance. We will invite the winner to BIKY to participate in BIKY events. If they are 10-12 years old, BIKY will select them as a Jury Member. For the winner’s visit in Busan, we will provide benefits for winner as follows;

  • 2 round-trip flight ticket (winner, and their guardian – parent or teacher)
  • Hotel accommodation during their stay in Busan for BIKY
  • BIKY ID card & BIKY Package

Please click here to download the Application Form and get started!

For any further details, please contact admin@galwayfilmcentre.ie or call (091) 770748.

Nov 29
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Galway City of Film Celebrates Five Years

By History, Local Interest, News, Partners, Press, Screenings, Unesco

A special industry event held last night in Galway celebrated 2 key anniversaries in Film in the city. In 2014 Galway became the fifth city in the world to achieve the status of UNESCO City of Film, in recognition of the rich history and vibrant culture of filmmaking that continues in the city and county to this day. Galway City of Film is now celebrating its 5th anniversary of that recognition, and is taking a wonderful opportunity to look back at what has been achieved so far.

City of Film highlights include organising camps for young filmmakers and animators, hosting the One Minute Film Festival and 48 Hour Challenge, supporting short film funding schemes through Galway Film Centre such as Science on Screen and the GFC/RTÉ Short Film Scheme, local initiatives supporting industry including the Fís TV Summit and the WRAP Fund, as well as screenings, student exchanges, research and collaboration across the now 18 Cities of Film in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

With the confluence of these two events comes a unique opportunity to present our Galway UNESCO ‘City of Film/Ceantar Scannán’ Award to local film producer Lelia Doolan. An honour that has only been presented to one other recipient, Uachtaráin Michael D Higgins. It is difficult to think of anyone that has contributed more to the local and national film industry than Lelia Doolan and Galway City of Film wish to honor her and her legacy of incredible work by presenting this award to her as part of our celebrations.

Launched in 2014 by Uachtaráin Michael D. Higgins, Galway City of Film has offered valuable supports and resources to the filmmaking community in the city over the last five years that otherwise would not have been possible.

The award presentation was followed by a screening of Cumar – A Galway Rhapsody, a feature film directed by Aodh Ó Coileáin and produced by Paddy Hayes celebrating Galway artists including Rita Ann Higgins, Tommy Tiernan and Noeline Kavanagh.

Oct 14
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Celebrating at Misleór!

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Galway City of Film were delighted to be able to attend several events this weekend as part of Misleór, the Festival of Nomadic Cultures.

Beginning with the opening ceremony at the Spanish Arch on Thursday 10th, which incorporated the outer facade of the Galway City Museum as part of its show, where attendees were invited to come on a wandering tour of Galway City which used spotlights to highlight sights of cultural and historic significance to nomadic minority cultures such as the Irish Travellers.

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We were then able to attend the screenings of Sami Blood on and Time Traveller on Friday 11th. Time Traveller was an award-winning short film starring a local traveler actor who was in attendance at the screening, and Sami Blood was a fictional feature film and winner of the European Parliament LUX Film Prize in 2017. It concerned Elle Marja, a 14-year-old Sami girl who found her relationship with her culture become strained as she was exposed to racism of the 1930s.

Finally on Saturday 12th we were able to attend the programme of short films that were being shown in the O’Donoghue Centre in NUIG. The first of these films were made recently and were especially concerned with showing aspects of Irish Traveller life that are currently under threat. The third and final film focused on the politics of Irish traveller women and their own history of political activism. Galway City of Film was delighted to be able to support Misleór in the creation of these short films, and would like to thank the Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht for enabling us to support such important local arts initiatives like this.

Congratulations to Alice McDowell, the Galway Traveller Movement, and everyone else involved in bringing this amazing festival to life!

May 31
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#RomaFF14 | Film Submissions Now Open for Rome Film Fest

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The 14th Rome Film Fest is organized by the Fondazione Cinema per Roma, and will be held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and in other venues in Rome from October 17th to 27th, 2019.

They have opened up submissions for new feature films to be screened at their Festival in October!

See here for more information on how to apply.

May 28
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One Minute Film Festival at Galway Film Fleadh | Deadline for submission is 19th June

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Galway City of Film in partnership with Galway Film Centre and the Galway Film Fleadh are delighted to announce that the One Minute Film Festival is back for this year’s Fleadh!

 

Galway City of Film are inviting Filmmakers / Film Enthusiasts to make a one-minute HD film, based on any subject or any story. A panel of judges will select the best 30 One Minute Films and they will be screened at a special public event at the Galway Film Fleadh.

 

 

This year, there are cash prizes of up to €250 for the best 3 Films which will be chosen following the Galway Film Fleadh screening where your work will be screened to an international audience.

Entry to this competition is free and all genres are welcome including documentary, live action, art-house and animation!

Last year’s One Minute Film Festival included films from around the world, with 2 sold out screenings. The winner was the fantastic Bathmat by Jamie Sykes, second place went to Conor Healy for his film The Marksman and joint third place prize went to Mark Gallagher for The Jump and Marlon van der Strigt for Tormented.

Deadline for Entry: 4pm (GMT) Wednesday 19th June 2019

How to Enter:

  • Send a private Vimeo/Youtube link of your film along with the password to admin@galwayfilmcentre.ie
  • Please note: Do not initially send film files. Once the 30 films are selected to be screened we will then request a copy of your film (specifications: .mov/.mp4, H264, Apple Pro Res – 25fps) along with still images.

Guidelines:

  • One film per entrant.
  • Have copyright/permission for the music used.
  • Entries must have been made since July 2018.
  • Duration limit is 70 seconds including credits. Longer than this will not be considered.

For any further info: email admin@galwayfilmcentre.ie or go to www.galwayfilmcentre.ie

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