28/06/2013 - Festival to close with The Sea

The 25^th Galway Film Fleadh (July 9-14) will open with Roger Gual’s Spanish film Tasting Menu [+see also:
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Zachary Quinto (Star Trek Into Darkness) will be the subject of this year’s acting masterclass, Daniel Waters (Sex And Death 101) the screenwriting masterclass and Julien Temple (London – The Modern Babylon) the directing masterclass. Actress Saoirse Ronan will be a guest of honour at the festival and will also participate in a public interview.

The nominees for this year’s Bingham Ray New Talent Award are: actor Kelly Thornton for Life’s a Breeze, director Steph Green for Run & Jump, writer Ailbhe Keogan for Run & Jump, producer Emmet Fleming for Out of Here and cinematographer Eimear Ennis Graham for Cold.

The Staffordshire University will bestow the award of Honorary Doctor upon Miriam Allen, co-founder and managing director of the Galway Film Fleadh.

Allen said,  “The Fleadh is continually adapting as it grows, hosting innovative events such as the 72 hour film project, a Staffordshire University initiative; the Pitching Award, which offers budding scriptwriters the opportunity to develop their projects, and a Masterclass programme which provides peer-to-peer interaction between young and established filmmakers.”