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Film festival pulls out of
Inishowen
20.05.15
ORGANISERS of the Guth
Gafa International Documentary Film Festival have
announced "with great sadness" that the festival
will no longer take place in Co Donegal.
The 9th festival will take place later this year and
henceforth in Co Meath.
"It’s very sad for us because we have loved running
the festival in Donegal, first in Gortahork for six
years, and then in Malin for the last two years,"
said festival director David Rane.
"The people of Donegal have been good to us. We are
truly grateful for the loyalty we have received and
we have had some memorable Guth Gafa Festivals there
but the economic reality of trying to run an
international film festival on a shoestring budget,
that was dropping every year, has made it too
difficult for Guth Gafa to survive in Donegal." |
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Lorna McLaughlin of The Henry Girls
showing Guth Gafa director David Rane around her
home village of Malin in 2013. |
Mr Rane said he and his
colleagues "always dreamed" that Donegal County
Council, Failte Ireland and other funding bodies in
the North West would recognise Guth Gafa as a
flagship international event, and embrace it and
‘own’ it as a major Donegal event, in a similar way
that the Earagail Arts or Bluestack Festivals are
recognised.
"Regrettably this hasn’t happened and so it is time
to move on," he added.
Guth Gafa 2015 will take place in Headfort House,
Kells, Co Meath, and in venues in Kells Town between
from October 2- October 4, 2015. |
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