EU and MEDIA Film News July 2025
News about European films supported by the EU funding and highlighting independent cinemas and cinema clubs that are part of the Europa Cinemas network in Ireland. Includes films made thanks to EU initiatives such as Eurimages Cinema Fund, European Film Promotion as well as events such as the European Film Awards, European Cinema Month, A Season of Classic Films, and the LUX Audience Award.
- IFI, Dublin and IFI@Home
- Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
- Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin
- Access Cinema Network of regional cinema clubs
- MyCinema.ie is an EU-supported platform, operated by access>CINEMA Ireland, on which you can you can rent a curated selection of the best world cinema.
Galway Film Fleadh | Films supported by EU funding
The Galway Film Fleadh 2025 takes place from 8th to 13th July. Their programme is live and tickets are on sale now.
Peripheral Visions, GFF's European cinema competition for first and second feature film makers features a €5,000 prize, and in 2025, the films featured are from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Romania, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Czechia, and France.
Films supported by Creative Europe MEDIA and EU screening at GFF include two Irish features. The opening film will be the MEDIA supported Re-Creation (Ireland) directed by Jim Sheridan and David Merriman on 8th July.
EU Supported Films at Galway Film Fleadh 2025
- Re-Creation (Ireland) directed by Jim Sheridan and David Merriman. Produced by Hell’s Kitchen. Supported by MEDIA Slate development and Eurimages. The 37th Galway Film Fleadh will open with the much-anticipated Irish premiere of Re-creation from co-directors, Jim Sheridan and David Merriman. In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether British journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions. The cast includes Vicky Krieps, Jim Sheridan, Aidan Gillen, and Colm Meaney. Re-Creation will premiere on 8th July at 7pm at the Town Hall Theatre.
- Sanatorium (Ireland) Feature documentary directed by Gar O’Rourke from Venom Films. Received Creative Europe Slate Development. Irish premiere at GFF. Shot on location in Ukraine, Sanatorium takes viewers inside Kuyalnik Sanatorium on the outskirts of Odesa, a vast Soviet-era health retreat where visitors undergo traditional treatments, find community, and navigate a summer like no other - despite the war unfolding around them. Screen Friday 11th July, 3.30pm in Town Hall Theatre.
- Wind Talk to Me (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia) feature film directed by Stefan Djordjevic.
- Cutting Through Rocks (Iran, Germany, USA, The Netherlands, Qatar, Chile, Canada) by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni. Feature documentary. Received film promotion support from European Film Promotion at Sundance 2025.
- Welded Together (Belarus, France) by Anastasiya Miroshnichenko. IDFA co-production grant supported by MEDIA.
- Queen Mom (France, Belgium) feature film by Manele Labidi. Creative Europe Slate Development.
- Border (2018 UK, Sweden) by Ali Abbasi. Conversation with director, Ali Abbasi in advance of the screening. Supported by Creative Europe MEDIA.
- All That’s Left of You (Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar and Saudi Arabia ) by Cherien Dabis. Eurimages Co-production funding.
Michael Haneke Retrospective | Amour | 27th July, Triskel Arts Centre Cork
Screening as part of Triskel's Michael Haneke Retrospective this July, Amour is Haneke’s 2013 Oscar and Palme d’Or winning drama. It follows an elderly couple facing their greatest challenge yet. A police unit breaks into a Paris apartment and discovers the body of an elderly woman (Emmanuelle Riva). Her husband (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is nowhere to be found. We then jump back in time to one of their last outings together before Anne becomes incapacitated as a result of an illness.
Also screening in Triskel's Michael Haneke Retrospective:
- The Piano Teacher, 2nd July
- Benny's Video, 28th July
- Happy End, 29th July
- Hidden, 30th July
Australian Dreams Season | IFI Dublin, 5th to 29th July
From 5th to 29th July, the Irish Film Institute, Dublin brings Australia to their screens, for a unique line-up of films charting cinema’s exploration of Australian identity and cultural representation at the close of the 20th century.
- SATURDAY, 5th July, WALKABOUT, Nicolas Roeg (100 mins, UK-Australia-USA, 1971, Digital)
- SUNDAY, 6th July, WAKE IN FRIGHT Ted Kotcheff (109 mins, Australia, 1971, Digital)
- WEDNESDAY, 9th July, THE LAST WAVE, Peter Weir (106 mins, Australia, 1977, Digital)
- SATURDAY, 12th July, THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, Fred Schepisi (108 mins, Australia, 1978, Digital)
- SUNDAY, 13th July, MAD MAX, George Miller (93 mins, Australia, 1979, Digital)
- THURSDAY, 17th July, MY BRILLIANT CAREER, Gillian Armstrong (100 mins, Australia, 1979, Digital)
- SATURDAY, 19th July, BREAKER MORANT, Bruce Beresford (107 mins, Australia, 1980, Digital)
- SUNDAY, 20th July, MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR George Miller (96 mins, Australia, 1981, Digital)
- WEDNESDAY, 23rd July, THE YEAR MY VOICE BROKE, John Duigan (103 mins, Australia, 1987, Digital)
- SATURDAY, 26th July, DOUBLE BILL: MY SURVIVAL AS AN ABORIGINAL / BEDEVIL, Essie Coffey (49 mins, Australia, 1979, Digital ) / Tracey Moffat (90 mins, Australia, 1993, Digital)
- SUNDAY, 27th July, BAD BOY BUBBY, Rolf de Heer (14 mins, Australia-Italy, 1993, Digital)
- TUESDAY, 29th July, RADIANCERachel Perkins (83 mins, Australia, 1998, Digital)
Disco Afrika | 3rd July, Lighthouse, Dublin
Directed by Luck Razanajaona and curated by Tatenda Jamera of Maona Art, this film draws audiences homeward through the soulful gaze of African heritage. In Madagascar, Kwame, 20, struggles to make a living in the clandestine sapphire mines. An unexpected event takes him back to his hometown. As he reunites with his mother and old friends, he finds himself confronted with the rampant corruption plaguing his country. He will have to choose between easy money and loyalty, between individualism and political awakening.
Julie Keeps Quiet | IFI@Home
Julie Keeps Quiet (Belgium, Sweden) directed by Leonardo van Dijl. As the star player at an elite tennis academy, Julie’s life revolves around the game she loves. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet... One of the films nominated for 2025 LUX Audience Award.