Omaha Irish Film Festival 2025

The return of the Omaha Irish Film Festival

The Omaha Irish Film Festival returned in 2025. Here was 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.

Past eventsOmaha Irish Cultural Center