Bump Wins At Galway

A Bump Along The Way has won two awards at the 31st Galway Film Fleadh 2019. Lola Petticrew won the Bingham Ray Award for Best Newcomer and the film won the Best Irish First Feature Award.

The team where in Galway for the screening on Saturday 13th of July and were overwhelmed by the warm response it received. Tess McGowan (writer) and Andy Doherty (Barry) were in Galway on Sunday to collect the awards on behalf of Lola and the team.

Element Pictures are handling distribution in the UK and Ireland and the film will have a theatrical release on August 30th 2019.

A Bump Along The Way was produced with the assistance of Northern Ireland Screen, Yellowmoon Post Production, and Executive Producer, Roma Downey.

“a rewarding mother-daughter romance” – Screen International
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“deserved winner of best first Irish feature”
– Irish Times
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Paul Gallagher