Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival
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Guth Gafa
8th edition
May 21 - May 25, 2019
Estimated
Malin Village, Ireland
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary
Film length Full length
Mission / description
When we established the Guth Gafa international documentary film festival in 2006 there were a number of factors we could be certain of; we knew the location was first-rate in terms of …its beauty, that’s one of the reasons we’re based here after all; we could be sure that visitors would be warmly received in the best Donegal tradition, and that they would revel in the local culture; and we knew we could run a good festival with local support and co-operation.
What was less certain was whether we could get sufficient quality films and film-makers to come, not only to Ireland, but to one of the most remote parts of the country. We think we’ve succeeded beyond anything we could have hoped for when we started out in 2006, in attracting multi-award winning directors and films to Donegal.
The challenge, after six successful years and with a move to a new location in Malin Vilage, Inishowen, is to maintain the high standards that we have set ourselves and continue to build the Festival from year to year. full text
Festival website www.guthgafa.com
Rating Summary
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
Guth Gafa
8th edition
May 21 - May 25, 2019
Estimated
Malin Village, Ireland
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary
Film length Full length
Mission / description
When we established the Guth Gafa international documentary film festival in 2006 there were a number of factors we could be certain of; we knew the location was first-rate in terms of …its beauty, that’s one of the reasons we’re based here after all; we could be sure that visitors would be warmly received in the best Donegal tradition, and that they would revel in the local culture; and we knew we could run a good festival with local support and co-operation.
What was less certain was whether we could get sufficient quality films and film-makers to come, not only to Ireland, but to one of the most remote parts of the country. We think we’ve succeeded beyond anything we could have hoped for when we started out in 2006, in attracting multi-award winning directors and films to Donegal.
The challenge, after six successful years and with a move to a new location in Malin Vilage, Inishowen, is to maintain the high standards that we have set ourselves and continue to build the Festival from year to year. full text
Festival website www.guthgafa.com
