Irish director Colum Eastwood’s horror film The Morrigan and Mark Forbes’ class divide documentary Quiet On Set are among the films set to world premiere at the 37th edition of Galway Film Fleadh, taking place from July 8-13 in Ireland.
Quiet On Set explores class division in the UK film industry and features actors Maxine Peake and Vicky McClure, writer Paul Laverty and filmmakers Sean McAllister and Kolton Lee.
The Morrigan follows an archaeologist who unearths a burial casket of a mummified figure and unleashes an ancient evil upon her team. The cast includes Saffron Burrows, James Cosmo, Toby Stephens and Antonia Campbell-Hughes.
Galway is opening with Jim Sheridan and David Merriman’s Re-Creation starring Vicky Krieps, which is based on the infamous unsolved murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in west Cork.
Mike Flanagan’s Toronto award-winner The Life Of Chuck closes the festival.
There are 31 features world premiering at the festival. Further titles include Gabrielle Russell’s The Reckoning Of Erin Morrigan, about a former IRA operative, and documentary Gerry Adams: A Ballympurhy Man.
Among the Irish-language world premieres are Ruán Magan’s Baite, about the discovery of a body in a rural village, and Lance Daly’s Trad about a gifted young fiddle player.
The world cinema competition, with a prize fund of €3,000, features Gabriel Mascaro’s Berlin Silver Bear jury prize winner The Blue Trail; Chun-Teng’s Taiwanese drama Eel; and Mathijs Poppe’s IDFA premiere The Jacket.
The Galway Film Fair includes a masterclass from The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi while US producer Christine Vachon will deliver the keynote speech as part of the festival’s industry strand, Fleadh Forum.
Galway Film Fleadh 2025 world premieres
The Reckoning Of Erin Morrigan (Ire-UK)
Dir. Gabrielle Russell
Gerry Adams – A Ballymurphy Man (Ire-Mex)
Dir. Trisha Ziff
Solitary (Ire)
Dir. Eamonn Murphy
Immrám (Ire)
Dir. Mieke Vanmechelen, Michael Holly
Sunphlowers (Ire)
Dir. Dave Byrne
Listen To The Land Speak (Ire)
Dir. Maurice O’Brien
Girls & Boys (Ire)
Dir. Donncha Gilmore
Love Lane United (Ire)
Dir. Jack Thornton
We Only Want The Earth (Ire)
Dir. Alan Gilsenan
Abode (Ire)
Dir. Liam O Mochain
A Visual Storm – Aurelio Caminati (Ire-UK)
Dir. Sinéad Walsh
Loch Gréine | A Bright Vision (Ire)
Dir. Marina Levitina
Báíte (Ire)
Dir. Ruán Magan
Dance Master (Ire)
Dir. Richard Howard
Tumtha (Ire)
Dir. Mary Keane
Beo Faoin BhFód (Ire-UK)
Dir. Daire Collins
Éire agus na Chéad Náisiúi (Ire)
Dir. Ronan McCloskey
Trad (Ire)
Dir. Lance Daly
The Morrigan (UK)
Dir. Colum Eastwood
I Hope We Can Still be Friends (Ire)
Dir. Aisha Tyler
The Shadow Of The Giant (It)
Dir. Alberto Bellavia
BP Fallon Rock’n’Roll Wizard (Ire)
Dir. Alan Leonard
In Time – Donal Lunny (Ire)
Dir. Nuala O’Connor
Once We Were Punks (Ire)
Dir. Frank Shouldice
The Essence Of Eva (Ire)
Dir. Alex Fegan, Malcolm Willis
Game On (US)
Dir. Theresa Loong
Quiet On Set (UK)
Dir. Mark Forbes
Stole Lives (Ire-US-Tai)
Dir. Mark Mc Loughlin
Horseshoe (Ire)
Dir. Adam O’Keeffe, Edwin Mullane
From That Small Island (Ire)
Dir. Rachael Moriarty, Peter Murphy
Still, He Waits (Ire)
Dir. : Paul McGuckin