My Journal of the 36th Galway Film Fleadh in 2024…
Galway, Ireland, July 9 through 14Wednesday 10 July
IFI Local Films for Local People: The Glamour of Galway
Hypnosen (The Hypnosis) (Irish Premiere)
Thursday 11 July
Irish Talent, New Shorts 3: Fiction
Tokyo Cowboy (European Premiere)
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird (Irish Premiere)
Friday 12 July
What We Find on the Road (Irish Premiere)
Ran dong (The Breaking Ice) (Irish Premiere)
Saturday 13 July
Poison (Irish Premiere; Peripheral Visions Award)
Brats
Sunday 14 July
A Public Interview with Brian Cox (recipient of Galway Hooker Award)
Make-up (seen and critiqued after the festival)
Kneecap (Opening Night Film; Irish Premiere; winner Best Irish Film, Best Irish Language Feature Film and Audience Award)
Housewife of the Year (Best Irish Feature Documentary)
Related Commentary
20 July 2024: It was a great gathering of filmmakers, actors and audiences, whether they got there by plane or only in spirit through video recordings or by driving in from my neighborhood in the Irish countryside [Fleadh by night (by night)]
Links to official film festival sites