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<\/p>\n\t\t\tNORTHERN IRELAND PROJECTS AND TALENT SELECTED FOR THE 2025 GALWAY FILM FLEADH\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Date Posted: June 26, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n
NORTHERN IRELAND PROJECTS AND TALENT SELECTED FOR THE 2025 GALWAY FILM FLEADH<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Galway Film Fleadh announces World, International and Irish Premieres for the 37th edition of the film festival taking place from 8 \u2013 13 July in the Town Hall Theatre and P\u00e1l\u00e1s Cinema.\u202f Northern Ireland is well represented at the 37th Galway Film Fleadh across features, shorts and documentary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thursday 10<\/b>th<\/b> July\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director\/Writer: Colum Eastwood\u00a0<\/p>\n
Producers: Ashley Holberry, Gavin Cosmo Mehrtens\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0On a remote Irish island, archaeologist Fiona unearths a burial casket containing a mummified figure, unknowingly unleashing an ancient evil upon her team, and her rebellious daughter, Lily. After being propositioned by Fiona\u2019s boss, Lily is inexplicably drawn to the casket, opening the seal. A vicious storm isolates the island as Lily, now possessed by the Morrigan \u2013 a vengeful Pagan War Goddess imprisoned centuries ago \u2013 begins a bloody rampage. Facing betrayal and escalating horror, Fiona must find a way to save her daughter and stop the Morrigan\u2019s reign of terror, before it leaves the Island. The Morrigan was shot on location in Northern Ireland with support from Northern Ireland Screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director\/Writer: Mary Keane\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Producer: Edel N\u00ed Churraoin, Nodlag Houlihan\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tumtha reveals the story of the Col\u00e1ist\u00ed Ullmh\u00fach\u00e1in, seven boarding schools founded across Ireland in the early years of the State amid urgent efforts to revive the Irish language, and keep it alive. Through the memories of the remaining former boarders, the film immerses viewers in an ambitious educational experiment, and explores the powerful, often conflicted feelings the language continues to evoke. It speaks to the enduring bond between language, memory, and the many ways we belong. Tumtha was supported by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director\/Writer: Louise Parker\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Producer: Nico McClean\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a010-year-old Claire\u2019s parents are fighting, and the streets where she lives are empty. With an unquenchable desire to find some craic, she takes her younger brother in search of adventure. Jeggies was funded through the Northern Ireland Screen New Shorts Focus scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director: Katie Bridget Murphy\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Writer: Carly Mills\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Producers: Alanna Riddell-Bond, Leo McGuigan\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two school classmates, Sophie and Zara, spark a friendship that challenges their perceptions of authenticity as they navigate the pressures of being 17. Polished was funded through the Northern Ireland Screen Short Film Call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Director\/Writer: Caleb J. Roberts\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Producers: Jon Beer, Callum Harrison\u00a0<\/p>\n
During a heatwave in Belfast, transgender man Owen returns to the flat of his on-off-again lover, Se\u00e1n, after taking a pregnancy test. Assuming pregnancy wasn\u2019t a possibility, the nature of their relationship is called into question. Purebred was was funded through the Northern Ireland Screen Short Film Call.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Friday 11<\/b>th<\/b> July\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n Director\/Writer\/Producer: Ronan McCloskey\u00a0<\/p>\n The incredible untold story of how Irish people interacted with the First Nations of North America, with contributions from some of Ireland\u2019s leading historians along with a new wave of First Nations academics and commentators. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Irish people are trading and intermarrying with native people and later fighting against them as part of the 7th Cavalry. Our attitude to the First Nations reflected a deep division within our own psyche. We were both friends and foes, who, having lost our land, settled in theirs. This film looks at the domino effect of colonialism, showing our journey into America from our perspective, and through the eyes of the people we displaced. \u00c9ire agus na ch\u00e9ad n\u00e1isi\u00fain was supported by the Irish\u00a0 Language Broadcast Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n Directors: Edel McCormick, Erin O\u2019Rawe\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Writer: Will Reade\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Producers: Margaret McGoldrick, Paul Moran\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0A lino print artist pours all of herself into her work, sometimes literally, but finds her art meeting an impassive public that are equally as self-involved as she is. Feeling lost and invisible, she snaps, creating a piece that no one can ignore. Prints was funded through the Northern Ireland Screen Short Film Call scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n Saturday 12 July\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Director: Richard Howard\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Producers: Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Baoill, Anne Stirling\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Featuring: Breand\u00e1n de Galla\u00ed\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Breand\u00e1n de Gallai is the dancer\u2019s dancer. A Riverdance lead, now choreographer and academic, his life as a gay man in his 50s holds a mirror to the changes in Irish society over half a century. Now a PhD and director of dance company \u00c9riu, Breand\u00e1n\u2019s students and performers come from all over the world to explore gender, movement, and narrative through Irish Dance. Over a year, we observe the process of creating new shows and choreography, including a very personal work for his late partner, Declan, performed on Gola Island in 2025. Dance Master was supported by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n Director: Nikolaj Feifer \u00a0Sarah\u2019s quest for motherhood becomes an obsession after a failed IVF treatment. Struggling with isolation and perfectionism, she makes increasingly desperate choices that blur the lines between aspiration and delusion. Baba\u00ed Brain was supported by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund\u2019s T\u00fas\/C\u00e9im Eile Scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Sunday 13 July\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n Director: M\u00e9abh O\u2019Hare\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Producer: Mary Johnston\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0Traveller music has been a defining force in Irish musical heritage since the ballad boom of the 1960s. As the music reached new heights, the Traveller way of life was undergoing profound change. Ag Taisteal Siar explores the profound, and often overlooked contribution of legends such as Pecker Dunne, Maggie Barry and Johnny Doran to Ireland\u2019s musical legacy. Featuring powerful performances and intAerviews with Kathleen Keenan, Sarah Dunne, Sharyn Ward, Niamh Dunne and Steo Wall, alongside original poetry written by Martin Warde. Ag Taisteal Siar was supported by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n Director: Damian McCann\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Writers: Sarah Gordon, Damian McCann\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Producers: \u00d3rfhlaith N\u00ed Chearnaigh, Chris Myers\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Three unlikely thieves, led by a woman on the verge of a breakdown, rob a rural Irish Credit Union. Opening in the tragic aftermath of the heist-gone-wrong, the story uses reverse chronology to unravel the events that led to this point. What starts as a poorly executed robbery becomes a portrait of a wilful woman trapped in her own past. Aontas is about the choices that change our path, the moments we get trapped in, and how we\u2019re prisoners of our memories. Aontas was supported by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Director: Meg Earls\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Writers: Anna Moore, Amy Tattersall White\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Producer: Arpita Ashok\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Three generations of women sit around a table as the granddaughter begins to question the past. A spark reveals inherited family memories of conflict and struggle in Northern Ireland. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Director: Faye Isherwood-Wallace\u00a0<\/p>\n Producer: Johnny Schumann\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Sophia the squirrel is on a healing train journey after losing her friend Flora. Guided by new friendships and nature\u2019s beauty, she rediscovers joy, processes grief, and chooses to stay where hope and happiness await.\u00a0<\/p>\n Director: John McDaid This is a poem painted to awaken the senses, a fluid journey of hope and healing across our shared watercolour motherland. A universal bedtime story, and a call to nurture a wild, kind life. Wildkind was funded through the Northern Ireland Screen Creative Animation Scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
Writer: Br\u00edd\u00edn N\u00ed Mhaoldomhnaigh
Producers: Ciar\u00e1n Charles, Darach O\u2019Tuairisg\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
Writer\/Producer: Ciara Tinney\u00a0<\/p>\n