About us
Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, an Irish Language community with a wonderful tradition of Film, Music and Literature, Dingle has been cited as ‘the most beautiful place on earth’ by the National Geographic. Dingle is home to many filmmakers, one of Ireland’s only independent cinemas (The Phoenix), is a known film location and a major tourist destination.
Now in its 6th year, the Dingle International Film Festival is located on the beautiful Dingle Peninsula overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, which was once cited as ‘the most beautiful place on Earth’ by National Geographic. The Festival is home to The Gregory Peck Award and recipients have included 2-time Oscar nominated Stephen Frears, 6-time Oscar nominated Jim Sheridan, and Golden Globe winner Gabriel Byrne. Others guests who have participated in the festival include actor Cillian Murphy; 2-time Oscar nominated director Sir Alan Parker, inventor of the Stedicam Garrett Brown, 2-time Oscar winner and sound artist Tom Johnson, 2-time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple, producer Ned Dowd, and Oscar nominated actresses Sarah Miles and Saoirse Ronan.
Maurice Galway is the CEO/Artistic Director and founder of the Dingle International Film Festival. The festival grew out of a love of film and also over 10 years experience in the film festival and film sector. Maurice founded the Kerry film festival in 1999 and has also made a number of short experimental films which have exhibited in Ireland, London, New York and Cannes. As AD of the Dingle International Film Festival he curates each festival programme along with attracting in major industry guests which have included, Gabriel Bryne, Sarah Miles, Sir Alan Parker, Jim Sheridan, Saoirse Ronan, Barbara Kopple, Garrett Brown, Ned Dowd, Anthony Wall and Geoff Wonfor. As CEO of the business Maurice is responsible in financing the company, building relationships with sponsors and public funding bodies. Maurice is also responsible for marketing the festival and running its day to day business.
Maurice is a board member of the Cinemobile, Ireland’s mobile cinema and he is a company member of The Irish Film Institute.
As a curator he has worked closely in the past few years with the Siamsa Gallery. Exhibitions curated by Maurice with Siamsa have included: The In pursuit series, 1,2,3,&4. 7 years 7 days and Lila Activities of God and Andrew Zuckerman’s show ‘Wisdom’. Each exhibition having a focus on lens based artwork.
As a visual artist Maurice has exhibited in Ireland, UK, NY and China, his visual work is largely lens based but he is also known for his line drawings and installations.
Maurice resides in Kerry with his wife Catherine and their 4 children.
Nigel Cole has worked with Dingle International Film Festival since year one. He is responsible for many aspects of the visual image of the festival and works on all aspects of the festival while on the ground in Dingle during the festival and during the lead in time to the festival.
Nigel is a designer who has the ability to deliver world class display and merchandising solutions and firmly believes that “some of the best design solutions are the simplest and don’t necessarily have to cost the earth.”
Nigel studied in the Dublin Institute of Technology where he laid the foundation for a career in Display and Visual Merchandising. After graduating Nigel commenced his working life in the prop room of Switzers & Co. His role was to make, renovate and design props for the Grafton Street Department store and notably to work on their well known and much loved animated Christmas window schemes.
Nigel then went to work for Arnotts where his career spanned every aspect of Arnotts creative departments; he was promoted to Group Visual Merchandising Manager. He also worked as stylist on the Arnotts magazine where it named him their ‘Style Guru” he takes great pride in being part of the team which won the P.P.A. Award the first year the magazine was entered.
Nigel is now a Display and Visual Merchandising Consultant he applies his wealth of V.M. experience to a wide range of clients i.e. Louise Kennedy, Diageo, Ladbrooks, National Lottery, Lisa Fitzpatrick, Lites Group, McCarren & Co., Tricot Marine, and Dunnes Stores.
Web Design – Kerry Net Solutions – Robert Condon
Programme Design – Elaine Foley Graphic Design
Gregory Peck Award Design – Brian de Staic
Volunteers Child Officers: Catherine Galway, David Chippendale
Promotions: Nigel Cole
Board Of Directors: Stiurthoiri Mandy Kean, Ned Dowd, Tom Hogan, Brian Nolan, David Chippendale, Míchéal Ó Dúlaing, Maurice Galway
DFF Committee: David Chippendale, Mike O Dulaing, John Benny Moriarty, Moya Farrelly
Advisory Board: Tor Cotton, Grainne Kavanagh, Kevin Moriarty, Marc Flanagan
