The Galway Film Fleadh is back with inspiring and entertaining films & events in Galway from July 11th to 16th!

The 35th Galway Film Fleadh will feature Girl, Here, Ocean Deep, Steve Woods Dance Retro, Much Ado about Dying, World Shorts 1: Docs  at Pálás Screen 3 on the 12th.

Screenings:
Steve Woods Dance Retro at 11.30am
Steve Woods has been creating Dance Films since 2005 with well-established choreographers, such as John Scott, Fernando Anuang’A, Liz Roche, and Denis Rose. With his production company Cel’ Division, he specialises in short films and is also known for his installations and directing workshops. This programme features experimental work and work in progress from Ireland, Kenya, Palestine and Seychelles.
Post show discussion on Dance for Camera moderated by Jill Murray, GM, Galway Dance Project

World Shorts 1: Docs at 1.30pm
The first selection of shorts in our world series presents five documentaries. This robust selection celebrates the cultures from an array of countries, including Australia, Iceland, and the USA.
Featuring; Clean, Breaking Silence, Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black), The Noble Guardian, and Puffling.

Much Ado about Dying at 4pm
Director Simon Chambers has gone to India to make a film about cars. But suddenly his British uncle, David, calls to say he’s dying. When the nephew heads back to England, it turns out the uncle is more dramatic than dying. Uncle David is, in fact, a closeted old theatre actor who trips around half-naked in his mess of a home quoting Shakespeare. While he’s at it, his nephew Simon turns on his camera and starts filming his old uncle for a movie worthy of a Shakespearean play. Every time you think the story is falling into place, it ties itself in a new dramatic knot, creating terrific cinematic moments where you can’t help but surrender and let your emotions flow.
Post Show discussion will follow

Girl at 6pm / Irish Premiere
Set in Glasgow, Adura Onashile’s debut feature, which premiered at Sundance in 2023, is a story about growing up in a new environment where fear and mistrust prevail. Grace (Déborah Lukumuena) and her 11-year-old daughter Ama (Le’Shantey Bonsu) are outsiders trying to build a new life in a city where everything feels strange and hostile. Traumatised by what she has endured, Grace just wants to keep her daughter safe from harm, and Ama is taught to be suspicious of everyone. When Ama makes friends with classmate Fiona (Liana Turner), it only adds to Grace’s anxiety that their special bond is under threat.
Presented in association with Chroma International Film Festival and Young Irish Makers.

Here at 8pm / Irish Premiere
Winner of Best Film (Encounters) at Berlinale, Bas Devos returns to the Fleadh with a captivating romantic drama that asks us to stop, reflect and enjoy living in the moment. Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels, is on the verge of moving back home. He cooks up a big pot of soup to hand out as a goodbye gift to friends and family. As he is getting ready to go, he meets a Belgian-Chinese woman who is preparing a doctorate on mosses. Her attention for the near-invisible stops him in his tracks.
Post Show discussion will follow

Ocean Deep at 10.15pm / European Premiere
Director Liza Bolton brings a story of intrigue and mystery. When a marine scientist disappears, his artist wife is haunted by water. Is this a message from beyond the grave, or is there another danger much closer to home? Alone in their remote coastal home, Mara is steeped in memories of her missing husband, Rory. The old house is leaking, and Rory’s ghost is everywhere.
Post Show discussion will follow

Photos courtesy of Galway Film Fleadh