My Journal of the 2003 Galway Film Fleadh…
Galway, Ireland, July 8 through 13


Summary of Irish “short shorts”

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Jumping the gun (festival films seen prior to the festival: all part of a Pierce Brosnan tribute)
Die Another Day
Evelyn
The Tailor of Panama
The Thomas Crown Affair
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tuesday 8 July
Conspiracy of Silence – Opening Film
Trouble Every Day

Wednesday 9 July
Washington Square
Lilja 4-ever
Veronica Guerin – Special Preview

Thursday 10 July
Hukkle
Julie Walking Home
Good bye, Lenin!

Friday 11 July
New Irish Shorts Programme
The Soul of a Man
Intermission – World Premiere
Goldfish Memory

Saturday 12 July
Kopps
The Honeymooners – World Premiere
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Sunday 13 July
Public Interview with Pierce Brosnan
El Hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride)
Spin the Bottle – Closing Film/World Premiere

Whenever… (festival films seen after the festival)
Buffalo Soldiers
Headrush
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Chavez: Inside the Coup)

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My Commentaries

10 July 2003: John Wayne wasn’t the only movie cowboy to come to the west of Ireland, and he wasn’t the only famous face either [Come fleadh with me]
17 July 2003: What is a ghost from the loo at Hogwarts doing riding a bus in Dublin? Must be the magic of the film fleadh [All in the fleadh family]
24 July 2003: According to its movies, Ireland is a great place for lovers, but not necessarily for journalists, idealistic young seminarians, or tourists far from the city [Ireland through its own lens]

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Links to official film festival sites