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  Galway Film Centre (GFC) and RTÉ are celebrating a momentous 30 years of the GFC/RTÉ Short Film Commission, a scheme set up to give a voice and platform to emerging talent in the film industry in Ireland.  Placing screen talent at its heart, the initiative is the longest running short film scheme in Ireland, offering writers, directors and producers the opportunity to produce a live action short ...

Founded in 1989, Galway Film Centre is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the development of film, TV, animation and games as an artistic medium in the West of Ireland. To this end, we support creative talent, community and youth groups through mentoring, education, workshops, conferences, equipment provision and information. We ...

Galway Film Centre and Galway UNESCO City of Film have put together a programme of fantastic shorts to be screened for free this Friday September 17th as part of Culture Night! From 6pm to 8pm this Friday we will be livestreaming a programme of short films on the Galway Film ...

Would you like the opportunity to work on your fiction short film script and develop your production plan, both artistically and professionally? Screen Talent Europe is now seeking applications for its International Writers Room and are looking for Irish talent! Eight filmmakers from different countries will be selected to develop ...

The Little Cinema and Galway City of Film 48 Hour Challenge (Challenge) returns this August for its fifth year!  Up to 10 teams from all over the country will compete to write, shoot and edit a 5 minute film in just 48 hours for the chance to be crowned Best ...

Galway Film Centre and Galway City of Film are delighted to announce our new Short Documentary Bursary, the documentary funding scheme for filmmakers in Galway City and County.  We are looking for up-and-coming filmmakers to apply to this bursary to help them make one of their first steps in their early ...

  Monday 28 June 2021: CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices at NUI Galway, together with partners Galway Film Centre, are delighted to announce that the latest documentary produced through the Science on Screen public engagement programme will be broadcast on TG4 on Thursday, 1 July at 10.30pm.  Written and ...

Galway UNESCO City of Film, in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Galway City Council, and Galway County Council is calling for applications for a new Virtual Production Short Film bursary for 2021. This Virtual Production bursary will support a team in producing a ...

Galway Film Centre in partnership with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Screen Skills Ireland,  Gréasán na Meán Skillnet and the WRAP Fund has today announced the successful participants for the third cycle of its Script Mentorship Scheme for the WRAP region. Following an overwhelming response, the successful Screenwriters are Dave Moran (Mayo), Liz Quinn (Galway) and Pat Comer (Galway) along ...

Galway Film Centre (GFC) and Galway 2020, in association with Screen Talent Europe presents the sixth and final video in the Virtual Production series titled Working Collaboratively, Remotely.  In this seminar we will demonstrate how we created a productive and remote working environment for our Virtual Production project using specific online tools. These tools include Virtual Machines, ...