In conjunction with the Town Hall Theatre, Subtitle Film Festival, is delighted to return to Galway to present some of its most popular titles for a weekend best of! Come and see popular, accessible comedies, thrillers and dramas, for a magical weekend of cinema.

After six years away, Subtitle are thrilled to return to Galway with a programme that captures what Subtitle does best: discovering the most exciting new European talent while celebrating the films that have shaped them. This year brings five Irish premieres—bold, intimate, award-winning new work from across the continent—alongside five modern classics that remind us why European cinema endures. From luminous debuts and moral thrillers to beloved favourites like Amélie, The Intouchables and Headhunters, it’s a line-up full of heart, craft and cinematic storytelling at its finest. They’re delighted to be back.

Don’t Call Me Mama
16th Jan 18:15 TICKETS HERE
2025 · Norway · Drama · Irish Premiere · 1h 48m
Premiering in competition at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Don’t Call Me Mama follows a high-school teacher married to the local mayor whose life unravels when she falls for a young asylum seeker. As love and power collide, Nina Knag delivers a bold, empathetic debut about passion, politics and moral awakening. Anchored by a standout debut performance from Tarek Zayat, this is sharp, courageous filmmaking at its most human. An Irish premiere.
Director: Nina Knag
Cast: Pia Tjelta, Tarek Zayat

Headhunters
16th Jan 20:30 TICKETS HERE
2011 · Norway · Thriller, Dark Comedy · 1h 40m
In returning, we also wanted to bring Galway something with real bite—and few European thrillers hit harder than Headhunters, the breakout smash that thrust Norwegian cinema onto the world stage. Adapted from Jo Nesbø’s bestseller, it follows a ruthless headhunter and part-time art thief who’s suddenly plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Slick, darkly funny and breathlessly tense, it’s European genre filmmaking at its most gripping.
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Our Girls
17th Jan 11:05 TICKETS HERE
2025 · Netherlands · Drama · Irish Premiere · 1h 43m
Opening film of the 2025 Netherlands Film Festival and winner of Best Film and Best Screenplay at the Dutch Film Awards (Golden Calves), Our Girls tracks two long-time couples whose idyllic Alpine holiday shatters when a tragic accident strikes their teenage daughters. As impossible choices emerge, love and morality are pushed to breaking point. With Academy Award-winning director Mike van Diem at the helm, this is a tense, elegantly crafted moral thriller.
Director: Mike van Diem
Cast: Thekla Reuten, Fedja van Huêt

Weightless
17th Jan 13:15 TICKETS HERE
2025 · Denmark · Drama · Irish Premiere · 1h 36m
Fresh from the New Directors section at the 2025 San Sebastián Film Festival, Weightless follows fifteen-year-old Lea during a summer at a weight-loss camp near sea and forest. Desperate to “fit in”, she fixates on the charismatic instructor Rune and begins to unravel in ways she never anticipated. With subtle emotion and piercing clarity, Emilie Thalund’s debut boldly explores adolescent pain, desire and transformation. An Irish premiere.
Director: Emilie Thalund
Cast: Marie Helweg Augustsen, Ella Paaske

My Eternal Summer
17th Jan 15:30 TICKETS HERE
2024 · Denmark · Drama · Irish Premiere · 1h 45m
This luminous debut follows fifteen-year-old Fanny and her mother Karin through one final summer at their lakeside home—an intimate portrait told with striking emotional clarity. Beautifully shot and quietly devastating, My Eternal Summer explores love, loss and the fragile threads we leave behind. Winner of the prestigious NDR Prize at Lübeck, this Irish premiere announces a major new Danish talent.
Director: Sylvia Le Fanu
Cast: Kaya Toft Loholt, Maria Rossing

Live A Little
18th Jan 11:05 TICKETS HERE
2025 · Sweden · Drama · Irish Premiere · 1h 38m
Premiering in competition at the Göteborg Film Festival, this acclaimed debut from Fanny Ovesen follows best friends Laura and Alex on a couch-surfing trip across Europe. When Laura wakes in a stranger’s bed with no memory, fragments from the night trigger a raw, searching journey through consent, shame and self-definition. Intimate, unflinching and empathetic, it explores the fragile boundaries between desire, doubt and control.
Director: Fanny Ovesen
Cast: Embla Ingelman-Sundberg, Aviva Wrede

Amélie
18th Jan 13:10 TICKETS HERE
2001 · France · Comedy, Romance · 2h 2m
A modern classic of European cinema, Amélie became a worldwide sensation, earning five Academy Award nominations and sweeping the César Awards. Audrey Tautou stars as a shy Parisian waitress who quietly sets out to improve the lives of those around her. Whimsical, romantic and visually enchanting, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s beloved film is a joyful celebration of imagination, kindness and the small wonders that make life extraordinary.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz

The Intouchables
18th Jan 15:40 TICKETS HERE
2011 · France · Comedy, Drama · 1h 52m
After six years away, we wanted to return to Galway with something unforgettable—and few films lift the heart quite like The Intouchables, one of Europe’s biggest box-office hits of all time and winner of seven César Awards, including Best Actor for Omar Sy, and nominated for a Golden Globe and BAFTA. Inspired by a true story, it follows the unlikely friendship between a wealthy quadriplegic and his exuberant carer from the Paris banlieues. Warm, witty and deeply humane, it’s a joyous reminder of how connection can transcend every divide.
Director: Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano
Cast: François Cluzet, Omar Sy

Tangerines
18th Jan 18:00 TICKETS HERE
2013 · Estonia, Georgia · Drama · 1h 27m
Nominated for both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best International Film, Tangerines is a quietly powerful anti-war drama set during the 1990s Abkhazian conflict. An Estonian farmer shelters two wounded soldiers from opposing sides, forcing all three to confront the futility of violence. Zaza Urushadze’s humane, beautifully restrained film finds compassion amid chaos-a timeless meditation on empathy, honour and reconciliation.
Director: Zaza Urushadze
Cast: Lembit Ulfsak, Giorgi Nakashidze

Parasite
18th Jan 20:00 TICKETS HERE
2019 · South Korea · Drama, Thriller · 2h 12m
Winner of the Palme d’Or, four Academy Awards, and countless global honours, Bong Joon-ho’s genre-bending masterpiece follows two families on opposite ends of Seoul’s social divide. Darkly funny, thrilling, and devastating, Parasite is a cinematic high-wire act – a perfect reminder that class, greed, and survival know no borders.
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun