Galway Film Fleadh // To A Land Unknown

Luke Conlisk caught up with Mahdi Fleifel, director of the 2024 Galway Film Fleadh closing movie. Cannes Directors’ Fortnight film, To a Land Unknown follows Chatila and Reda who are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. When Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction,…

Galway Film Fleadh // Poison

Désirée Nosbusch’s feature film debut, Poison, starring Tim Roth and Trine Dyrholm has its Irish premiere in the Galway Film Fleadh this weekend. Heather Hinchon-Quinn caught up with Director Désirée, and star Tim this afternoon for a wide-ranging chat. In this feature debut from Désirée Nosbusch, Poison follows previously married, Lucas and…

Galway Film Fleadh // Froggie

Hannah and Emelyn from Irish Impressions interviewed the creative minds behind Froggie , The Morgan Brothers (on Zoom, as they were in Bulgaria). Froggie is a primarily Irish-language comedy film shot in the City of Galway. The film is about two brothers who have performed the same song for twenty…

Zak Moradi with a hurl and sliotar

Galway Film Fleadh // Home: The Story of Zak Moradi

Home: The Story of Zak Moradi is having its world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh on Friday 12 July at 16.15 at Pálás Cinema – We spoke with Director Trevor Whelan about his experience in making the documentary HOME: The Story of Zak Moradi follows the inspiring journey from Zak’s childhood…

Flirting with the Unknown: Jazzing Up My College Experience

Like my fellow classmates, I embarked on my own educational journey before joining the MA programme in Literature and Publishing in September 2023. Prior to this, it had been a dream of mine for as long as I could remember to attend Trinity College Dublin. I envisioned walking among the…

The Naomi Berrill Trio present ‘Inish’

Naomi is a cellist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and singer, originally from Co. Galway, currently based in Florence, Italy. Her album ‘Inish’ was released on 6th October 2023 by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Milan, and following a successful launch in Italy, it will tour across Ireland in February 2024. We spoke with Naomi ahead of…