International IDEA

Making Waves, the first film made for International IDEA by Galway Film Centre filmmakers Alice McDowell and Maurice Gunning will screen at the World of Women’s Cinema: WOW Film Festival in Sydney, Australia on Sunday 1st May. The World of Women’s Cinema – WOW Film Festival is a film festival ...

Filmmakers Alice McDowell and Maurice Gunning are currently in Fiji shooting a documentary on behalf of Galway Film Centre and International IDEA. While in Fiji they have been shooting with The Fiji Times, Youth 4 Mental Health and Sulique Waqa and Ajacc Dokonivalu at Haus of Khameleon. “Haus of Khameleon ...

All photographs © Maurice Gunning and Alice McDowell

Galway Film Centre is currently producing another documentary with International IDEA and filmmakers Alice McDowell and Maurice Gunning. They are capturing stories from LGBTI groups and communities and following their journeys towards inclusion. In November 2015 they travelled to Nepal to explore the story behind the country’s progressive ‘third gender’ ...

The world premiere of new film ‘Power in our Pockets: Social Media, Money & Politics in the Digital Age’ is taking place on St. Patricks Day, Thursday 17th March in Washington D.C. ‘Power in our Pockets: Social Media, Money & Politics in the Digital Age’ is produced and directed by ...

Galway Film Centre is currently working on three short documentary films with International IDEA and Australian Filmmaker Alice McDowell. Her second film ‘Power in Our Pockets’ focuses on case studies in Indonesia, the United States of America and Spain, the film aims to explore the links between social media, money and ...

Galway Film Centre’s Alice McDowell was delighted to attend the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Consultation on School-Related Bullying on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression in May 2015. She is researching a documentary project that Galway Film Centre are producing with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). ...

Galway Film Centre is currently working on three short documentary films with International IDEA. The first of these was completed in 2015 called ‘Making Waves’ which explores how modern Muslim women study and interpret the Qur’an and promote justice, equality and dignity. The film was made by Australian Filmmaker Alice McDowell who ...

  The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organisation that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, their mission is to support sustainable democratic change and to assist in democratic reform. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is the ...