Speak-Up We wish to develop a cultural exchange between Galway and Leeuwarden, focusing on representations of minority languages in film. We will host a film festival that celebrates alternative languages from our communities. Galway is a bilingual city with English and Irish, and Leeuwarden is the capital of Friesland, a region in which both Dutch and Frisian are spoken. The first festival will be a celebration and cross-pollination of these linguistic traditions through the medium of film. Tandem Cultural Capitals 2019 cultural exchange European Capital of Culture Minority language Film & Cinema Dorrit Jorritsma Nachtkijkers Filmfestival Leeuwarden, The Netherlands Eoin Butler Thornton Galway Film Centre Galway, Ireland Joris Hoebe New Noardic Wave Leeuwarden, The Netherlands The connection "Speak-Up": a connection between Leeuwarden (The Netherlands) & Galway (Ireland) & Leeuwarden (The Netherlands) Shared stories