Galway Film Fleadh
Celebrating it’s 21st Birthday this year, the Galway Film Fleadh will take place from the 7th - 12th July 2009. Ireland’s leading film festival, the film fleadh takes place over six days every July and welcomes a wide diversity of filmmaking from around the world. The Fleadh is very much a filmmakers’ festival, and attracts directors, actors, cinematographers and artists of all generations and cultural backgrounds, who present their work before their peers. The Fleadh’s diverse audience is made up of the general cinema going public, film buffs, student filmmakers, industry professionals and invited guests. The central mission of the
Galway Film Fleadh is to bring together audiences and filmmakers within an intimate environment, and share a common experience, the wonder of cinema. The Fleadh’s diverse audience is made up of the general cinema going public, film buffs, student filmmakers, industry professionals and invited guests.
This year the Galway Film Fleadh will welcome Oscar winning actress Anjelica Huston (Prizzi’s Honor, Medium) as a special guest. Huston will take part in “An Afternoon with Anjelica Huston”, a public interview at the Town Hall Theatre on the closing day of the festival (12th of July).
Guests in previous years have included Peter O’Toole, Jessica Lange, Sir Richard Attenborough, Anthony Minghella, Bill Pullman, Alex Gibney, Jeremy Irons, Volker Schloendorff, Kathy Bates, Paul Schrader, Robert Towne, John Lynch, Luis Mandoki, Campbell Scott, Patricia Clarkson, Matt Dillon, Stephen Frears, Maureen O’Hara, Agnieszka Holland, Gillo Ponecorvo, Aidan Quinn, Rutger Hauer, Arthur Penn, Gabriel Byrne, Donal McCann, Istvan Szabo, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Winterbottom, Ed Pressman, Woody Harrelson, Abbas Kiarostami, Mira Nair, Paolo Taviani, Michael Moore, Oliver Reed, Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan.
In addition to its celebrated programme of some of the best cinema in the world, the Fleadh also offers:
* Masterclasses
* Public Interviews
* Debates
* Workshops
* Seminars
Full events listings can be found on www.galwayfilmfleadh.com.
