Galway News

As part of the Galway City of Film annual programme for 2025, Ardán is delighted to facilitate a Youth Facilitator Smartphone Filmmaking Training Day which will be delivered by Caroline Keane of Leaning Tree Media. The Training Day will take place this Friday, November 14th, at the Ard Rí House Hotel, in Tuam, Co. Galway (H54 V267) from 10am to … Read More

The team at Ardán is excited to announce that we are updating the Screen West website! We are giving this Galway screen industry resource a new logo, brand identity, and restructuring / updating the website content to fit the needs of screen talent in 2025.  Screen West Galway Talent Database Form New Screen West Website Branding & Structure The new … Read More

The teams have been finalised for the 2025 Little Cinema & Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge and the big weekend is just around the corner! The Challenge will be launched on Thursday, August 21st in the PorterShed, followed by two days of filmmaking madness, and the screening and awards ceremony will be on August 24th in the Town Hall … Read More

Ardán is delighted to announce the two teams that will be the recipients of the Ceantar Scannán Short Documentary Bursary for 2025! Team One will be Oisín and Saidbh Mac Coille and they will be working on ‘Art That Rises’, and Team Two will be Normagh Heaney and Jessie Green and they will be working on ‘Blackrock’. The successful applicants will receive €3,000 … Read More

The 37th edition of the Galway Film Fleadh takes place this month, from 8th-13th July in the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema. This year’s Fleadh will feature 31 World Premieres, 11 International/European Premieres and 46 Irish Premieres from 44 countries, featuring 96 feature films in total, and the Country of Focus this year is France.   Ardán – as managers … Read More

Growth opportunities for the Irish animation industry, international co-production, and increased presence for the Irish language on screen have taken a significant step forward with the Wellington-Galway Indigenous Animation Exchange 2025.    The Exchange – a collaboration between the Galway and Wellington UNESCO Cities of Film – has opened doors between Irish speaking and Te Reo Māori animators, as well … Read More

As we open up the 2025 Ceantar Scannán Short Documentary Bursary, we take a look back at the experience our 2024 participant Kimberly Gray Ennis had in making her short doc; Caoineadh or Vessels of Grief. Alongside the bursary, Kimberly was mentored by filmmaker Donal Haughey. Her stark and moving documentary looks at the funeral lamenting practice of keening and the women who … Read More

We are looking for up-and-coming filmmakers to apply for this bursary to help them make one of their first steps in their filmmaking career.