BIG NAME OPENS CELTIC MEDIA FESTIVAL IN GALWAY

Date Published: 16-Apr-2008

Academy Award Nominee, Irish Actor, Stephen Rea is opening this year's Celtic Media Festival in Galway.This is the first time Galway will host the festival ,which is now in its 29th year.It's aim is to promote the languages and cultures of Celtic countries on screen and through broadcasting.Up to 400 filmmakers and broadcasters will attend the three-day event, which opens today in the Radisson Hotel.Writers Jimmy McGovern & Eugene O'Brien aswell as last year's Galway Film Fleadh winning director Marion Quinn, are some of this year's special guests.