Omaha Irish Film Festival 2025

the return of the omaha irish film festival

The Omaha Irish Film Festival is back in 2025. Here is the full schedule:

friday, march 7, 7 p.m., gross auditorium, College of saint mary

• Fidil Ghorm - A special film about the magic of the fiddle.

• Shorts Competition - These Irish shorts will compete for the Omaha Fan Favorite Award:

  • The Last of the Hand Weavers - The tradition of the Donegal Tweed

  • A Lady of Paris - A little dog tries to help an elderly lady with dementia.

  • Peat - An underappreciated widow builds a mythological creature to work the bog.

  • Cat & Mouse - Disguised as a mouse, an inept thief makes an unlikely connection with a disgruntled waitress during a bungled diner robbery.

Saturday, march 8, 7 p.m., gross auditorium, College of saint mary

• The Irish Question - Brexit upended the status quo in Ireland - now what?

• Billy Caldwell + The Great Lakes Treaty Making - A fascinating documentary about a Native American and the founding of the city of Chicago.

• A Special Film by Michael Cavanaugh

Sunday, March 9, 3 p.m., benson theatre

• The Spin - Two music-loving but unlikely friends have two days to travel the length of Ireland to save their record store from closure.

• Housewife of the Year - Former contestants of the Housewife of the Year competition tell the story of a resilient generation of women, and how they changed a country.