Fidil Ghorm – Blue Fiddle, the award winning Irish Language film, is now playing for Galwya audiences in the Eye Cinema.
The film is running with three subtitled screenings per day, matinee of 13:40pm, afternoon screening of 16:15pm and later at 20:20pm in the evening.
This beautiful, wholesome, feel good, contemporary Irish Language movie Fidil Ghorm is one for all of the family, bringing together beautiful fiddle music with the innocence and resilience of a gorgeous 10-year-old girl Molly, who is on a heartfelt mission to bring her father out of a coma.
Believing that mastering the fiddle and winning the All-Ireland Fiddle Competition might wake him, she’s determined to follow in his musical footsteps.
Starring newcomer Edith Lawlor in the lead role of Molly alongside leading Irish actor Barry Mc Govern and Galway’s Siobhán O’Kelly, Ruadhán Ó Flatharta, Andrais De Staic and Marcus Lamb, Fidil Ghorm is the perfect family movie, mother and daughter tear jerker and a wonderful way to spend 85 minutes. A true wellness and wholesome Irish language movie to be enjoyed by all.
Written by acclaimed Galway Children’s author and current Lauureate na nÓg Trish Forde, directed by award winning Galway based Film and TV Director, Anne Mc Cabe and produced by Bríd Seoighe, whose Galway based production company Abú Media has won many awards over the years, Fidil Ghorm has caught the attention of many international film festivals since it’s premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh last year.
Picking up Best First Feature at the 2024 Galway Film Fleadh and latterly the Audience award for Best Irish Feature at the prestigious Newport Beach Festival in southern California, an Fidil Ghorm is one to watch.
Set in Rathmullan, County Donegal Fidil Ghorm combines a most magical film score with breathtaking scenery on Donegal’s Wild Atlantic Way and Lough Swilly to set the scene for charmed Irish language based story which is certainly a tear jerker yet full of raw family emotions and much humour.
The story of Fidil Ghorm warmly tells how Molly’s father is moved to a rehab center, Molly meets Malachy, a grumpy yet intriguing elderly man with a mysterious past.
Drawn to the beautiful fiddle music she hears him play, Molly learns that Malachy was once a champion fiddler known for having magic in his hands.
Their unlikely friendship blossoms as she persuades him to teach her the fiddle. Together, they embark on a journey filled with music, resilience, and the healing power of connection, searching for the magic only music can bring.
