The Galway Film Fleadh, Ireland's leading film festival will celebrate the 37th edition from 8th - 13th July in the Town Hall Theatre and Pálás Cinema. Irish Film Talent is to the fore of programming at the Fleadh alongside World Cinema, award-winning Documentaries and Irish and International Short Films; audiences can look forward to powerful, moving, funny and provocative storytelling from both emerging and renowned filmmakers.
Full programme details will be announced on June 24th
The 37th Galway Film Fleadh will open with the much-anticipated Irish premiere of Re-Creation from co-directors, Jim Sheridan and David Merriman. In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether British journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions. The cast includes Vicky Krieps, Jim Sheridan, Aidan Gillen and Colm Meaney. Re-Creation will premiere on the 8th of July at 7pm at the Town Hall Theatre.
Directed by Ruán Magan, Galway film, Báite, is an Irish language feature set in 1975 which follows the story of when a body is found in the receding waters of a lake and for 23-year-old Peggy Casey, who runs the local pub, nothing will ever be the same again. With a cast that includes, Eleanor O’Brien, Moe Dunford, Pádraig Ó Loingsigh, Juliette Crosbie, Denis Conway, Gearóid Kavanagh, Fionnuala Gygax, Mark MacGearailt, Aonghus Óg McAnally, Tara Breathnach and Oisín Mistéil, the World Premiere of Báite will take place on 9 July at 7pm at The Town Hall Theatre.
Winner of the Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs 25, Agatha's Almanac follows 90-year-old Agatha who forges a solitary existence on her ancestral farm, preserving heirloom seeds in her handmade universe. Practical and esoteric, her actions predate modern conveniences. Without a driver’s license, cell phone, running water, or even a functioning landline, Agatha’s daily rituals form a vivid counterpoint to modern life. Directed by Amalie Atkins, the Irish premiere of Agatha's Almanac will take place on 9 July at 11:30am at Pálás cinema.
In Irish drama, Sunphlowers, Catherine discovers her husband Michael dead on their farm. As she begins to sort through his affairs, she uncovers a web of secrets and devastation that forces her to re-evaluate things, changing the course of her grief forever. Directed by Dave Byrne, with a cast that includes, Anne McCrudden, Patrick Bergin, Abigail O’Regan and Jerry Fish, the World premiere of Sunphlowers takes place on 10 July at 9:30pm at Town Hall Theatre.
US drama, Adult Children follows Morgan, a sheltered 17-year-old, struggling to define who she is in order to write her college entrance essay. When a crisis provides her with the rare opportunity to spend time with her 3 significantly older half-siblings, she hopes they’ll be able to shed some light on what it means to be an adult, only to be disappointed when she discovers they’re all faking it. Directed by Rich Newey, with a cast that includes, Betsy Brandt, Aya Cash, Ella Rubin, Thomas Sadoski and Mimi Rogers, the International Premiere of Adult Children will take place on 11 July at 7:15pm at Pálás Cinema.
Listen to the Land Speak, follows writer Manchán Magan on a journey across Ireland’s sacred sites, uncovering deep wisdom encoded in our land, language, and myths. The film unfolds from Winter Solstice to Bealtaine through Reek Sunday to Samhain, exploring how the stories and myths associated with the rivers, mountains and lands around us are crucial to unlocking aspects of how we need to rebuild our relationship with nature today. Directed by Maurice O’Brien, the World Premiere of List to the Land Speak takes place on 12 July at 2pm at Town Hall Theatre.
From director Trisha Ziff, Gerry Adams, A Ballymurphy Man is a film that features one of the most controversial leaders of our time who led his community in the North of Ireland from conflict to peace. Adams was a critical voice in the decision taken by the IRA to lay down their arms after their 25-year war against the British. A private man, this is the first time, Adams sits down to tell his story, from teenage activist to party leader. Today, he is an elder statesman supporting the next generation on their path toward Irish unity. The World premiere of Gerry Adams , A Ballymurphy Man will take place on the 12th of July at 4pm at the Town Hall Theatre. .
Horseshoe is an Irish drama comedy with a twist set in the wild West of Ireland. When Colm, the head of the family, dies, there are few who mourn his passing, not even his four estranged adult children. But the legalities of his will must be observed, and more than one Canavan sibling is harbouring secrets. As the Canavans return to the family home, the fate of the family unit, their sanity and the Canavan estate all hang in the balance. Directed by Adam O’Keefe and Edwin Mullane, the World Premiere of Horseshoe takes place on 12 July at 7pm at Town Hall Theatre
All That's Left Of You focuses on a Palestinian couple who find hope and courage in the midst of relentless struggle as they face an extraordinary life decision that will change their family’s destiny. Written, directed, and produced by Cherien Dabis, who also stars in the film alongside Saleh Bakri, Adam Bakri, and Mohammad Bakri, ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and was reviewed as, a deeply moving epic of Palestinian intergenerational trauma. The Irish premiere of All That's Left Of You, takes place on 13 July at 2pm at Town Hall Theatre
The closing film of the Galway Film Fleadh is The Life Of Chuck, a life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King’s novella, adapted for the screen and directed by Mike Flanagan. It stars Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillian and Mark Hamill, alongside an ensemble cast including Jacob Tremblay, Matthew Lillard, Mia Sara and Nick Offerman. The Life Of Chuck will screen on the 13th of July at 7:30pm at the Town Hall Theatre, courtesy of STUDIOCANAL. (In Irish cinemas Friday 22 August.)