Galway African Film Festival

Galway African Film Festival
LocationGalway, Ireland
Founded2008
Festival datelate May / early June
LanguageAfrican languages, French, English

Galway African Film Festival (GAFF) was an annual African film festival which took place annually in Galway in Ireland in late May / early June. It was typically scheduled to coincide with Africa Day, and aimed to "showcase the quality and diversity [..] of African films".[1] The festival was organised by the Galway One World Centre in collaboration with the Huston School of Film & Digital Media and the Galway Film Society. Venues for screenings of films included the Town Hall Theatre, Huston School of Film & Digital Media, and Nuns Island Theatre. Previous festivals were supported by Irish Aid, Galway City Arts Office, Galway City Council and the Galway Advertiser.[2][3][4] There was no festival in 2020.[5]

History

The Galway African Film Festival was established in 2008.[6]

Previous festival programmes included films from several genres of African cinema, including comedy, science fiction, horror and contemporary films.[7] Guests at the festival previously included Keith Shiri (Africa at the Pictures, London),[citation needed] and Tandeka Matatu (producer, Jerusalema).[8]

Films shown in 2010 included The Figurine Araromire (Nigeria), Mascarades (France/Algeria) and A Sting in a Tale (Ghana),[9] while in 2011, the festival's programme included Benda Bilili (Congo), Microphone (Egypt) and The Atlete (Ethiopia).[10] In 2012, showings included Viva Riva, an award-winning Congolese drama, two Egyptian films about the Arab Spring of 2011 and an Ethiopian / UK co-production, Town of Runners.[11]

The 11th Galway African Film festival was held over three days in June 2018.[12] The 2019 festival programme included showings of the documentaries Finding Fela and Anbessa.[13]

There was no event in 2020.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Africa at the movies". nigeriafilms.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010.
  2. ^ Andrews, Kernan (13 May 2014). "Galway African Film Festival". Galway Advertiser.
  3. ^ "Hard decisions in approving arts grants to ninety-three groups". Galway Advertiser. 10 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Sponsors & Supporters". Galway African Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b "We're really really sorry but for personal reasons we will not be able to organise the African Film Festival for 2020". Galway African Film Festival Facebook profile. 23 January 2020 – via facebook.com.
  6. ^ "About Us". Galway African Film Festival. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  7. ^ "About Us - Who we are". Galway African Film Festival. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  8. ^ "What's on in Galway". Galway Advertiser. 4 June 2009.
  9. ^ Andrews, Kernan (20 May 2010). "Africa at the movies". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  10. ^ O'Hare, John (12 May 2011). "Fourth Annual Galway African Film Festival to take place in May". Galway Advertiser. Advertiser.ie. p. 9. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  11. ^ Andrews, Kernan (2012). "Galway African Film Festival". Galway Advertiser.
  12. ^ "Africa Day 2018". irishaid.ie. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Festival 2019". Galway African Film Festival. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2024.