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Sep 22
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Submissions Now Open for the Inaugural Science on Screen Film Festival

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Submissions Now Open for the Inaugural Science on Screen Film Festival

We are seeking short science documentaries for the inaugural year of Ireland’s first science film festival, the Science on Screen Film Festival, taking place in Galway city, Ireland in 2020. You can submit your short science film to the Festival here.

The festival which takes place online in November will celebrate the best of scientific storytelling from around the globe in both short and feature form. A Judge’s Award of €500 for the Best Short Film will be given on the closing night.

Science has always been the source of some of the most astounding stories; this festival marries science and the power of the screen to bring those engaging stories to as wide an audience as possible.

The festival will also host Q&As with filmmakers, scientists and other figures from around the world. There will be opportunities for audiences to engage with scientists and filmmakers on the topics that arise from the films. We invite the public to ‘Come join the conversation with us’ about these topics. (In accordance with the current COVID 19 restrictions in Ireland, this festival will be hosted online in 2020.)

Science on Screen Film Festival seeks to receive films that address scientific or technological themes and stories, or that have a leading character who is a scientist, engineer, mathematician or an individual whose life has been affected by science.

Now more than ever, we turn to science to yield answers and to aid us in our understanding of the world around us and beyond. We look forward to screening films that tell universal stories and tap into the heart of our very existence.

The festival is a partnership between CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at NUI Galway, Galway Film Centre and Galway City of Film. This partnership has run a funding programme for science films since 2015 – the Science on Screen film award – and it has overseen the production of five documentaries which have reached an audience of over million people worldwide and garnered many international awards.

Please stay tuned for more information on the festival including the full schedule.

Logo Still image from ‘A Tiny Spark’.

Sep 18
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Culture Night 2020 – One Minutes Screening Online from 5pm!

By Local Interest, News, Screenings

One Minutes Image

Galway City of Film in partnership with Galway Film Centre is delighted to present a special screening of the One Minute Film Festival for Culture Night 2020!

Each year as part of the Galway Film Fleadh we put together a programme of films one minute in length that show the ingenuity and creativity of filmmakers from all over the world. And this year for Culture Night 2020, we will be making this programme available to watch at this link! Enjoy!

 

Sep 04
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Applications now OPEN for Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge 2020!

By Local Interest, News

We are delighted

to announce that the Little Cinema and Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge is back for 2020, and will be held virtually via a Live Stream on 25th October 2020.
This year’s teams will be able to take part from all over the country and they will make a 5 minute film in just 48 Hours, which will incorporate a line, a prop and a genre chosen beforehand by our team!

The Best Film will win the first prize of €500, with prizes also for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Special Effects, Best Use of Prop and Best Use of Line. Applications are open from Monday 7th Sept 9am until 9th October 2020 5pm. Team spaces can be booked via a deposit of €50 which will be returned upon completion of the Challenge. The Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge is supported by the Galway Film Centre via the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

For more information, contact littlecinemagalway@gmail.com

The Little Cinema and Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge kindly acknowledges the support of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Jul 12
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One Minute Film Festival Awards 2020

By Local Interest, News, Screenings

Our annual One Minute Film Festival took place throughout the week of the Galway Film Fleadh this year available to stream for free. Here people came to watch a programme of 20 1-minute films that span a wide variety of styles, genres, and origins, with films coming from all over the world.

As part of the festival each year we run a competition for the top 3 films and we are delighted to announce the winning films which are:

1st – Dear Diary – Mallika Juneja

2nd – Landscape – Johanna O’Brien

3rd – Mothers – Gloria Kurnik

Congratulations to the winning filmmakers, we hope to see you submit again in the future!

Apr 04
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Galway Film Society | Foxtrot | April 7th & 8th

By Enjoyment, Entertainment, Movies

Galway Film Society | Foxtrot

Michael and Dafna are told their terrible news that their son Jonathan has died while serving in the Israeli Defence Force. As they come to terms with the loss, and prepare for the funeral, they are informed that a terrible mistake has been made.

Jonathan is actually manning an isolated checkpoint, where he and his colleagues never know what will happen next. So who was killed? And what are the ramifications of this death and the mix-up?

This is the Israeli film Foxtrot which Galway Film Society will be showing in Pálás this coming Sunday 7th and April 8th at 6.30pm. For more information and tickets see the Pálás website here.

Apr 02
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Call for Entries | 2019 Busan Intercity Film Festival

By News, Screenings

The 3rd Busan Intercity Film Festival

Will be held from May 31st to June 3rd in Busan, South Korea, and they have put out a call for film submissions from other UNESCO Creative Cities.

Each year they decide on a slogan and screen a selection of films from each city, and this year that slogan is “Our City“. Galway City of Film will be choosing a shortlist of five films on this theme to send to Busan and to represent the City.

“We are going to invite outstanding films from various cities around the world that show different cultural characteristics and diversity while strengthening our relationship and friendship.” – Busan Intercity Film Festival Committee.

This is a fantastic opportunity for local Galway filmmakers to have their films shown in an international film festival, so be sure to send your film into us, and you’ll be in with a good chance of having it screened in Busan, Korea!

Requirements:

  • The film should be shot in Galway, or be directed by a Galwegian.
  • Your submission should reflect the theme of “Our City”.
  • You should have completed work on this film sometime in the last two years.
  • All entries must carry English subtitles.
  • All entries must be accompanied by stills from the film and some images of the director. (In the case that the film is chosen, these images will be used in the program.)
  • All submissions should come with a fully completed Application Form and be sent to admin@galwayfilmcentre.ie
  • All film files should be MOV, MP4, or H264.

The deadline for submissions is Monday April 22nd.

Mar 28
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Galway Film Society | Just To Be Sure | Sunday March 30th & Monday April 1st

By Local Interest, News, Screenings

'Just To Be Sure'

AFTER Erwin accidentally discovers his father is not his biological father, he goes on a search to find him. He is also dealing with his daughter’s unplanned pregnancy, while his new girlfriend, Anna, just might be his sister!

This is the French film, Just To Be Sure, which will be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Pálás Cinema this Sunday and Monday at 6.30pm. To buy tickets from Pálás, click here.

Mar 22
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Galway Film Society | The Guilty | March 24th & 25th

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DEMOTED TO deskwork, and waiting a disciplinary hearing, Asger is working the night shift in an emergency call room when he receives a message from a woman who has been abducted.

If he is to find her, Asger will have to have both his resolve, and his arrogance, tested in a race against time. This is the claustrophobic Danish thriller The Guilty which the Galway Film Society will screen at the Pálás Cinema on Sunday March 24 and Monday 25 at 6.30pm.

A unique feature of the film is its use of sound as its primary storytelling tool. It won the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2018 Sundance festival, and the Audience Award and the Youth Jury Award at the 2018 International Film Festival Rotterdam.

To purchase tickets through Pálás, please click HERE.

Mar 12
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Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival – Poster Competition Winners!

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Earlier this year Galway City of Film was happy to invite Galway Schoolchildren to take part in the Poster Competition for BIKY, the Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival.

We welcomed many submissions, and after going through them all we picked one clear winner. This winning poster was sent on to Busan and judged alongside submissions from other Cities of Film from around the Globe. Busan has picked their winning poster and shared the amazing entries from all around the globe with us!

 

Galway City’s winning entry came from the senior infants class in Claddagh National School, whose student drew from the theme of ‘I love playing’ to create their poster entitled ‘Come Join Me!’

 

A big congratulations to Claddagh National School, and we look forward to seeing your work next year!

Feb 25
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The Hole in the Ground | Live Q&A with Director Lee Cronin | March 1st | Pálás

By News, Screenings

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill (Seána Kerslake) is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey). A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

 

Galway City of Film are delighted to support this screening, taking place at Pálás on Friday March 1st at 6.15pm.

What will certainly be a terrifying first look at this new Irish horror will be accompanied by a Q&A with director Lee Cronin.

To purchase tickets visit the Pálás website here.

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