The second annual Galway City of Film Culture Night Screening will be held at Eyre Square on Friday, September 22nd, from 8 pm to 10 pm We are excited to screen short films and short documentaries that were created as part of our City of Film training and funding programs over the past couple of years after last year’s open-air … Read More

Galway City of Film, led by Ardán, and supported by Galway City Council, Galway County Council, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media are launching an Irish Language Mentorship Scheme for 2023. The purpose of this programme is to help Irish language filmmakers who are just starting out in their careers as well as those who are … Read More

Applications for the 2023 The Little Cinema, & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge, supported by Ardán are opening on Monday, 3rd July from 10am, and will close on Friday, 21st July at 5 pm! This year’s Challenge will happen over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, 3rd-6th, 2023! Up to 10 teams of 4-10 people will take part in … Read More

Supported by Ardán and Galway City of Film, the Misleór Short Documentary Grant for 2023 is now open! Emerging filmmakers from the Traveller community in Galway, Ireland, are encouraged to apply for this annual funding award and mentorship programme. Candidates must be at least 18 years old, should be Galway (city or county) residents, OR can be tellers of stories … Read More

Applications are now open for the Short Documentary Bursary 2023, the documentary funding scheme for filmmakers in Galway City and County. We are looking for entry-level filmmakers who will be given a bursary of €3000 to help them make a short documentary of between 5-15 mins. Previous recipients of this bursary have gone on to have their films screened at the … Read More

On 11th May 2023 at 7pm Galway City of Film, led by Ardán with Galway City Council, will host a screening for a European Night of Film at the Pálás Cinema , to celebrate EU50. We’ll also be hosting a pre-screening reception at 6pm in the Pálás Bar, joined by the Mayor of Galway, Mayor Councillor Clodagh Higgins, and the … Read More

Galway City of Film facilitated by Ardán, and with the support of Galway City Council, celebrated Culture Night 2022 on September 23rd with:   A Galway City of Film Open Air Public Screening in Eyre Square from 8pm to 10pm.   This screening was completely free and open to the public and showed a programme of short films made as part of … Read More

  Galway UNESCO City of Film presents Into the West 30th Anniversary Screening at the 34th Galway Film Fleadh Galway City of Film is delighted to present the 30th Anniversary screening of Into the West as part of this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. A defining film of a defining era of Irish cinema, the award-winning family adventure follows young Mincéirí Tito (Rúaidhrí Conroy) and … Read More

Ardán and Galway City of Film are delighted to announce that applications are now open for the Short Documentary Bursary 2022, the documentary funding scheme for filmmakers in Galway City and County. We are looking for up-and-coming filmmakers to apply to this bursary to help them make one of their first steps in their filmmaking career. Successful applicants will be given … Read More

New National Steering Group to be set up in coming weeks Diverse and Regional Stakeholders across Ireland to form part of Academy Consortium €600,000 National Talent Development Fund Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland has appointed the Galway Film Centre as the leading organisation to manage the establishment of a Talent Development Academy for Television Drama, an initiative for developing and driving opportunities … Read More