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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Antonia Campbell Hughes, Writer / Director of 'Acre Fall Between'
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Antonia Campbell Hughes about her short film Acre Fall Between. On a desolate Northern Ireland border, a man (Mark O’Halloran) begins a desperate search for his family, knowing the future he feared is nigh.
Making Nightmares with Mick Strawn
Author and film historian Wayne Byrne talks to Mick Strawn, production designer on Renny Harlin’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Mick has written a book with Blake Best, Behind The Screams: The Dream Masters Revealed, chronicling the making of the Elm Street franchise’s fourth instal
Podcast: Nick McLean, Cinematographer
In this Film Ireland podcast, Paul Farren talks to Nick McLean, one of the most acclaimed camera operators in American cinema
Mallory O’Meara and The Lady from the Black Lagoon
James Bartlett talks to Mallory O’Meara whose book The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Millicent Patrick introduces us to Milicent Patrick, who created the Creature from the 1954 film Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Podcast: Keith Walsh, Director of 'When All is Ruin Once Again'
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Keith Walsh about 'When All is Ruin Once Again', a film about rural life in the midst of great local, national and global change.
Irish Film Review: Jihad Jane
Irene Falvey discovers the tale of two American women who went looking for love online and became the`new face in the war on terror'.