Meet Maurice Galway
Why Dingle, Why Film
and Why Walking?
About Maurice Galway
Film & Walking Expert
An experienced walker and hillwalker with over 15 years of walking experience in Ireland, Italy and Spain, I also have over 20 years experience in the Film and Animation Festival circuit. During my time with Festivals in Kerry, I have invited and welcomed actors, filmmakers, animators and other industry experts to Kerry, sharing the stunning Dingle Peninsula with them.
Amongst them: Laura Dern, Maureen O’Hara, Cillian Murphy, Gabriel Byrne, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Frears, Aidan Gillen, Sir Alan Parker, Jim Sheridan, Jean Jacques Beineix, Andrew Loog Oldman (Manager of The Rolling Stones ‘63-67) and Gregory Peck’s Family. When I brought the infamous Beatles Anthology Director, Geoff Wonfor here, he was so captivated he made a feature film ‘We’ll Always Have Dingle’.
Film Festival
Organiser
I have spent my career building and running Festivals for Film and Animation; I have welcomed guests from all over the world, bringing them here to Dingle and to Kerry. I have made films myself and my own feature film ‘Yellow Man Grey Man’ has been broadcast internationally on Sky Arts and nationally on RTÉ Television. My films have exhibited internationally in London, New York and China.
Having established and run the Kerry Film Festival, I then went on to establish the Dingle International Film Festival which ran from 2007-2019. Gregory Peck often visited Dingle with his family; his grandmother hailing from Minard. I had the pleasure of welcoming the Peck family to Dingle many times and, together with the Pecks we developed the Gregory Peck Award for Excellence in the Art of Film.
He [Maurice] saw in Dingle a Mecca for creativity and sought to build a Film Festival which would embody and nurture the difference and the potential that he saw here. Over the years he has built a Festival of such discernment and integrity that it has become a significant player on the Film Festival Circuit, not only here in Ireland but Internationally.
Anthony Peck (Gregory Peck’s son)
I would like to thank this insane genius Maurice Galway who has the most beautiful festival I have ever experienced. The warmth of this place you hold in the palm of your hand and you make sure that everything in this festival and these presentations are touched by and hold this county’s sentiment in them
Laura Dern
Maurice Galway
Awards & Biography
Film Fest Expert
Over 25 years of festival experience in both film and animation
1996 – 2024 (present)
Founder & Artistic Director
Founder and artistic director of both Kerry Film Festival (2000 – 2006) and Dingle International Film Festival (2007 – 2019)
2000-2019
Animation Festival
Founder and director of Animation Dingle Festival
2012 – Present
Film Excellence
Recipient of The Gregory Peck Award: For Excellence in The Art of Film
2019
Conference Recognition
Recipient of The Fáilte Ireland National Ambassador Conference Award
2018
Kerry Ambassador Awardee
Recipient of The Founding Kerry Ambassador Award
2018
Camino Compostela Achiever
Recipient of The Compostela for walking The Camino, 914 km Route.
2018
Conference Recognition
Recipient of The Fáilte Ireland National Ambassador Conference Award
2019
Kerry Ambassador Awardee
Recipient of The Founding Kerry Ambassador Award
2022
Camino Compostela Achiever
Recipient of The Compostela for walking The Camino, 914 km Route.
2022
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