Fidil Ghorm / Blue Fiddle, the award-winning Irish Language film opens to Galway cinema audiences in the Eye Cinema on Friday 7th March with three subtitled screenings per day! Find out more here and book your seat now...
Book Tickets to see Fidil Ghorm at Eye Cinema Galway HERE.
The beautiful wholesome, feel good, contemporary Irish Language movie Fidil Ghorm is one for all of the family, bringing together beautiful fiddle music with the innocence and resilience of a gorgeous 10-year-old girl, Molly, who is on a heartfelt mission to bring her father out of a coma. Believing that mastering the fiddle and winning the All-Ireland Fiddle Competition might wake him, she’s determined to follow in his musical footsteps!
Edith Lawlor as Molly in Fidil Ghorm
Starring newcomer Edith Lawlor in the lead role of Molly alongside leading Irish actor Barry McGovern and Galway’s Siobhán O’Kelly, Ruadhán Ó Flatharta, Andrais De Staic and Marcus Lamb, Fidil Ghorm is a real feel-good tear-jerker and a wonderful way to spend 85 minutes. This truly wholesome Irish language movie can be enjoyed by all with three subtitled screenings per day at Eye Cinema Galway; matinee of 13:40pm, afternoon screening of 16:15pm and later at 20:20pm in the evening.
Despite being filmed primarily in Donegal, Fidil Ghorm is a real piece of Galway as it was written by acclaimed Galway children’s author and current Laureate na nÓg, Trish Forde, directed by award winning Galway-based Film and TV Director, Anne Mc Cabe, and produced by Bríd Seoighe whose Galway based production company Abú Media have won many awards over the years.
Fidil Ghorm has caught the attention of many international film festivals since its premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh last year, and now it's your chance to see it for yourself. Picking up Best First Feature at the 2024 Galway Film Fleadh and later the Audience Award for Best Irish Feature at the prestigious Newport Beach Festival in southern California, Fidil Ghorm is definitely worth watching!
Set in Rathmullan, County Donegal, Fidil Ghorm combines a most magical film score with breathtaking scenery on Donegal’s Wild Atlantic Way and Lough Swilly to set the scene for charmed Irish Language story which is full of raw family emotions and much humour. The story of Fidil Ghorm warmly tells how Molly’s father is moved to a rehab center, Molly meets Malachy, a grumpy yet intriguing elderly man with a mysterious past. Drawn to the beautiful fiddle music she hears him play, Molly learns that Malachy was once a champion fiddler known for having magic in his hands. Their unlikely friendship blossoms as she persuades him to teach her the fiddle. Together, they embark on a journey filled with music, resilience, and the healing power of connection, searching for the magic only music can bring.
Beautifully written by Trish Forde with warmth, love and innocence of a child at its core, Fidil Ghorm is a stunning production by Bríd Seoighe and Abú Media with intrepid direction by Anne McCabe, it magically brings together music with an epic emotional family and child’s journey to make 85 minutes of heartwarming, feel good cinema watching. All screenings are subtitled and it runs daily at 13:40, 16:15 and 20:20
To book your Fidil Ghorm tickets at the Eye Cinema, log onto www.eyecinema.ie and follow @fidillghorm for all the latest screenings of this lovely Irish Language movie.
Watch the trailer for Fidil Ghorm / Blue Fiddle HERE.
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