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 Time to Get Away!, Listen, The Wedding Parade, Knowing the Score, The Tea, Cherry, Phantom Parrot at Pálás Screen 2 on the 15th.

Screening;
Time to Get Away! at 11am / Irish Premiere
Director Lisa Diaz’s debut takes us back to the summer of 82. 11-year-old Garance lives in a remote hamlet in the Cévennes where her parents are trying to lead an alternative life. When two Italian activists rob a nearby bank, things go wrong. This event turns the life of Garance and her family upside down…

Listen at 1pm / Irish Premiere
In this coming of age drama, Greek director Maria Douza follows a deaf teenage girl, Valmira, who has to leave her special Athens school and return to her father’s island where she is confronted by the danger of intolerance, most shockingly — her own. When an unexpected turn of events changes the odds for all, Valmira is compelled to “listen” – not necessarily with her ears – to the truth of those around her as much as her own.
Post Show discussion will follow

The Wedding Parade at 3.30pm / European Premiere
In an impressive first feature from Director Sevinaz Evdike, we follow three young Kurdish women, Gule, Barin and Naze, who are planning their life-long dream weddings in Serekaniye, a city threatened by war. When the first bombs hit the city, they flee, and their destinies change, as do their dreams. The impact of war on these women and their everyday lives is laid bare in this deeply moving film.

Knowing the Score at 5pm / Irish Premiere
Simone Young was the first female conductor to appear on stage at the world’s most renowned Opera houses: Sydney Opera House, Met New York Opera, and the Vienna Opera House. These iconic opera houses had never-before-seen women conductors before Simone Young graced the stage. Whilst being a woman in one of the most conservative and male-dominated worlds of classical music not only makes this a feminist story, more importantly, Simone’s biography is first and foremost a captivating story of a dazzling 30-year music career. All her achievements have been hard won. Knowing the Score gets up-close and personal with Simone in an engaging, luscious music documentary revealing two key themes: the long struggle for gender parity in the high art of classical music and the heart-breaking struggle for artists to be valued in times of crisis, or sometimes even at all.

The Team at 7pm / Irish Premiere
In 1984, an unlikely meeting between Dr. Clyde Snow, a legendary American forensic scientist, and a group of Argentine students would ultimately change the course of forensic science and human rights. Using interviews and archive footage, two-time Emmy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, Bernardo Ruiz directs a fascinating documentary about forensic science and finding some closure for those that are left behind.
Post Show discussion will follow

Cherry at 9pm / Irish Premiere
Audience Award winner at Tribeca, Sophie Galibert’s debut feature follows 25-year-old Cherry, who discovers she has only 24 hours to make the most important decision of her life: what to do about an unplanned pregnancy. Fired from her menial job at a costume shop, she roller-skates around town, looking for insight from her boyfriend, friends, and family. Instead, she is challenged and confronted with what it looks like to finally face adulthood, instead of constantly running away from it.

Phantom Parrot at 10.30pm / Irish Premiere
Award-winning Director Kate Stonehill’s film, which had its world premiere at CPH:DOX, Phantom Parrot follows human rights activist Muhammad Rabbani as he is prosecuted under terror laws for refusing to hand over the passwords to his electronic devices. While reporting on Rabbani’s case, a journalist publishes explosive documents proving the existence of a secret data-gathering program (codenamed: Phantom Parrot) in which individuals are stopped at the border and their devices are secretly copied, using technologies known as Mobile Device Forensic Tools. With unprecedented access to digital forensic investigators and law enforcement officials, Phantom Parrot is an urgent, multidimensional exploration of privacy in the era of information.

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