The Galway Film Fleadh has announced that 35 new Irish features, including 18 documentaries and four Irish-language productions, will be part of next month’s festival.
The festival will open on Tuesday, 7 July with the world premiere of writer-director Peter Young’s feature debut Our House, a thriller centred on siblings “battling over the family home following the death of their mother”.
The Fleadh will also showcase writer-director Dallan Shovlin’s darkly comic feature debut You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead, the story of “a struggling family whose financial troubles lead them to contemplate a drastic solution involving the wealthy farmer living up the road”.
You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead
Other world premieres will include Terry Loane’s Faraway Home, Alex Fegan’s Murphy Vs Christmas, Sinéad Murphy’s Sludge, Dean Conway’s Conversations in Bed, and Frank Berry’s The Lost Children of Tuam.
The Documentary programme will see the Irish premiere of director Sinéad O’Shea’s Sundance Film Festival hit All About the Money, the story of a wealthy heir who sets up a communist revolutionary camp in rural Massachusetts to fight the capitalist system.
Fergie Chambers in All About the Money
Films about “politics, identity, sport, history, and contemporary Irish life” will again be part of the Documentary strand, while the What the Fleadh?! strand will celebrate the best of genre cinema, including Marco van Belle’s new Irish horror Feed.
A special live audio commentary event will mark the 10th anniversary of Irish comedy hit The Young Offenders – a winner at the Fleadh in 2016 – with writer-director Peter Foott and stars Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, and Hilary Rose joining in the fun.
Back where it all began – The Young Offenders will return to the Galway Film Fleadh
The Fleadh will also screen over 130 Irish and international shorts, which will be in competition for the Fleadh’s Oscar-qualifying prizes.
Earlier this week, the Galway Film Fleadh announced the nominees for the 2026 Bingham Ray New Talent Award, with ten names from the next generation of Irish screen talent up for the honour this July.
This year’s nominees for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award
“I’m very proud to bring Galway audiences a diverse programme of films that entertain, challenge, and spark discussion,” said Galway Film Fleadh Programmer Charlene Lydon.
“It’s a particularly strong year for Irish cinema, with 35 brand-new Irish films screening at the 38th Galway Film Fleadh, showcasing some of the most exciting emerging and established talent working today.”
The Galway Film Fleadh runs from 7 to 12 July.
For full programme details, visit: galwayfilmfleadh.com.