Irish Films of 2025
We take a look at some of the Irish films coming to screens in 2025. We’ll update films, premieres, release dates and platforms and add reviews and interviews as they come in.
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Report: Into the West - Celebrating Cinema & Culture & Galway Film Fleadh
From Irish language drama to Berlinale gems, in this article, contributor and filmmaker Mick Jordan gives his top films of Galway Film Fleadh 2025.
Article: Behind the Scenes of Documentary: A European Perspective
Jules Ní Chonchobhair, head of MEDIA Office Galway, has been working behind the scenes to bring Documentary: A European Perspective to Galway this October. We caught up with her to ask a few questions about the event. We also spoke with previous participant Adrian McCarthy, from Curious Dog Films.
Essay: In the Name of the Censor
And CUT! From In the Opinion of the Censor (2025) to a century of regulation, Seán Patrick Donlan charts the story of Irish film censorship.
Article: Still Rolling. Róisín Kearney on Her Path to Puttnam
From directing RTÉ docuseries Keep It Up to helming prize-winning shorts, to developing her feature and series with Screen Ireland support, Róisín Kearney is a filmmaker in full flight. Now, her latest short, The Laughing Boys, is set to premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh, and her recent win at Fast
Podcast: Gar O'Rourke, Director of 'Sanatorium'
We are delighted to be partnering with the Galway Film Fleadh to bring you a series of podcasts spotlighting filmmakers whose work is screening at this year’s festival. In this podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Gar O'Rourke, Director of 'Sanatorium', which screens at this year's festival as well as Shor
From the Archives: In Conversation with Tomm Moore
With beloved Cartoon Saloon animation 'Puffin Rock' poised to return for a third season, we look back through the archives, and this conversation with Tomm Moore, Irish illustrator, director and is the co-founder of Cartoon Saloon
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The 8th – Review of Irish Film @ Cork International Film Festival 2020
Emma Keyes celebrates 'The 8th' which traces Ireland’s campaign to remove the 8th Amendment – a constitutional ban on abortion.
Review: Mulan
Shauna Fox finds this live-action adaptation to be one soldier who simply cant be rescued.
Podcast: Interview with Kieron J. Walsh, Director / Co-writer of 'The Racer'
In this Film Ireland Podcast, Paul Farren talks to Kieron J. Walsh, Director / Co-writer of 'The Racer'.
Toronto Irish Film Festival: 'Shooting The Darkness'
Aoife O’Neill was at the 2020 Toronto Irish Film Festival and caught Tom Burke's documentary about the men who unwittingly became war photographers on the streets of their own Northern Irish towns.
Irish Film Review: A Girl from Mogadishu
June Butler reviews A Girl from Mogadishu, Mary McGuckian's portrayal of Ifrah Ahmed's campaign to end female genital mutilation after fleeing war-torn Somalia in 2006.
Review of Irish Film: Arracht
Sarah Cullen takes a look at Tomás Ó Súilleabháin’s Irish-language feature 'Arracht', which is Ireland’s entry for the 2021 Oscars’ best international feature film category.