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]
