Gemma Creagh is a writer-director and journalist whose work blends dark humour with emotional weight. Her debut funded short, Conveyance, premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024 and has gone on to screen at festivals worldwide. Her plays have been staged and funded by Axis, About Face, Jerome Hynes One Act Play Series, Arts Council, and Barnstorm. She's the Associate Editor of Film Ireland and sometimes contributes to RTÉ Radio One's Arena.
In this podcast in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Gemma Creagh talks to Steven McKenna, Writer & Director and Jaro Waldeck DOP of Dreamtown. Dreamtown airs on RTÉ on at 1st November 2025.
Gemma Creagh gives her scary pick with 2018's Werewolf (Wilkolak). This Polish film is an interesting meld of genres; a gruelling post-war historical drama fused with the tension of a gruelling, visceral horror, with a dash of intense psychological character study served on the side. Imagine an understated...
Gemma Creagh bets it all on Daniel Minahan’s period drama 'On Swift Horses'.
Gemma Creagh checks in to Ireland's Best International Feature Film nominee, Sanatorium.
Gemma Creagh does a deep dive into Tarrac.
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