Pálás Cinema announce programme for final farewell

After seven years of bringing the best in international, arthouse and repertory cinema programming to Galway audiences, Pálás Cinema will close its doors on Thursday February 27th. To mark the occasion, Pálás’s final film season will be a special trio of films that celebrate the magical place that is the cinema, and its treasured place in communities around the world. Find out what's in store here...

Starting, appropriately enough, with Goodbye Dragon Inn, director Tsai Ming-liang’s wryly funny and tender drama about a cavernous old picture palace in Taipei City, about to close its doors forever. Screening in Pálás Cinema on Saturday 22nd, Goodbye Dragon Inn is a love letter to the experience of movie-going, in which a small audience, the remaining few staff, and perhaps even a ghost or two, are each haunted by memories and desires evoked by cinema itself. Book your seat here.

Pálás has been a place to celebrate and rediscover Irish films of all kinds. On Tuesday 25th, revisit Northern Irish filmmaker John T. Davis’s underseen gem The Uncle Jack. A portrait of the filmmaker’s uncle Jack McBride Neill, the cinema architect who designed many of Northern Ireland's most cherished cinemas. McBride Neill played a pivotal role in encouraging Davis's passion for film-making and the documentary explores their relationship and the role of obsession in the creative act. Book your seat here.

Finally, on February 27th, what better way to close out a celebration of cinema, than with a declaration of love to the big screen by 33 of the world’s best directors. Chacun Son Cinema (To Each His Own Cinema) is a collective work, made to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, in which each director contributed a 3 minute short film paying tribute to the motion picture theatre. Participating filmmakers include the Coen Brothers; Olivier Assayas; Ken Loach; David Lynch; Jane Campion, Wong Kar Wai, Wim Wenders and many more. Book your seat here.

Other films playing in Pálás’s final week include; the Oscar® nominated Brazilian film I’m Still Here from director Walter Salles, and September Says, the debut film from French actress Ariane Labed, based on the book by Daisy Johnson and produced by Element Pictures. Pálás’s David Lynch retrospective will also come to a conclusion, with the director’s film opus Mulholland Drive being the last film to screen before the cinema closes on the 27th. See the full list of screenings here.

The staff at Pálás wish to thank the Galway audience for being such loyal and enthusiastic supporters for the past seven years.

You can read the Pálás statement on their closure HERE.