The 17th Galway Film Fleadh, which runs from July 5th to 10th, will open with Gaby Dellal's On a Clear Day, starring Peter Mullan as a Glasgow shipyard worker who is made redundant and pursues his dream of swimming the English Channel.

The fleadh will present the world premieres of three new Irish movies: Anthony Byrne's tale of culinary seduction and fantasy, Short Order, featuring John Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jack Dee; Stephen Bradley's Boy Eats Girl, a comic horror movie of zombies rampaging through the Dublin suburbs; and photographer Perry Ogden's first feature film, Pavee Lackeen, set in the traveller community.

The line-up also includes Hill 16, a Dublin coming-of-age story involving a teenager's obsession with her teacher, and Pearse Elliott's The Mighty Celt, which features the work of accomplished lighting cameraman Seamus Deasy, the subject of a special tribute programme at Galway where Deasy will host a masterclass in cinematography.

Full details of the programme will be announced later this month. www.galwayfilmfleadh.com