The Claddagh Palace cinema , originally called the Estoria, opened its doors in 1939, and was located in Lower Salthill in Galway , Ireland . The cinema closed in 1995, and was redeveloped as an apartment complex . The last movie to be shown at the Claddagh Palace was Waterworld .
3-557: The Claddagh Palace played host to the Galway Film Fleadh from its inception in 1989, until 1995, when the fleadh relocated to the Town Hall Theatre. A short documentary entitled Palace of Dreams was made in 1996, looking at the life and times of the cinema as seen and narrated by many of the people involved in its upkeep. The cinema is also notable for a busker named Terry Smith who played guitar outside
6-671: The Galway Film Fleadh on its list of the "50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee". The festival was founded in 1989, as part of the Galway Arts Festival and was held at the Claddagh Palace until that venue closed in 1995. The festival has become known as a venue for the premiere of domestic Irish films, but as an international festival, it also exhibits foreign film works. The festival includes
9-668: The cinema in the 1970s, as people queued to buy tickets. Galway Film Fleadh The Galway Film Fleadh ( pronounced [fʲlʲaː] ; Irish for "festival") is an international film festival founded in 1989 as part of the Galway Arts Festival . Describing itself as Ireland ’s leading film festival, the event is held every July in Galway city in Ireland. In 2022, a MovieMaker magazine panel of U.S. filmmakers, critics and industry executives included
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