Next week Filmbase, that admirable Dublin institution, will present the winning short films from this year's Galway Film Fleadh as part of the Best of the West jamboree. Events kick off on Thursday at the Screen Cinema on Townsend Street with a programme that includes Vincent Gallagher's Signs,Paul McNulty's The Art of Making Friendsand Colm Quinn's Needle Exchange. filmbase.ie/bestofthewest.