Galway African Film Festival

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] There was no festival in 2020.[4]

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

History

The Galway African Film Festival was established in 2008.[5]

Previous festival programmes included films from several genres of African cinema, including documentaries, children's films, shorts, classic and contemporary films. Guests at the festival previously included Keith Shiri (Africa at the Pictures, London), Tandeka Matatu (producer, Jerusalema)[6] and Andrew Webber (editor, Mirror Boy).

Films shown in 2010 included The Figurine Araromire (Nigeria), Mascarades (France/Algeria) and A Sting in a Tale (Ghana),[7] while in 2011, the festival's programme included Benda Bilili (Congo), Microphone (Egypt) and The Atlete (Ethiopia).[8] 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.[9]

The 11th Galway African Film festival was held over three days in June 2018.[10] The 2019 festival programme included showings of the documentaries Finding Fela and Anbessa.[11]

There was no event in 2020.[4]

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. "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.
  5. "About Us". Galway African Film Festival. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. "What's on in Galway". Galway Advertiser. 4 June 2009.
  7. Andrews, Kernan (20 May 2010). "Africa at the movies". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  8. 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.
  9. Andrews, Kernan (2012). "Galway African Film Festival". Galway Advertiser.
  10. "Africa Day 2018". irishaid.ie. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  11. "Festival 2019". Galway African Film Festival. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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