We are delighted to partner with the Galway Film Fleadh to bring you a series of podcasts spotlighting filmmakers whose work is screening at this year’s festival.
You might know her best from her roles in Criminal Minds or Archer, but Aisha Tyler’s creativity knows no limits. In this podcast, Gemma Creagh chats with Aisha about her tense debut feature I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, which was shot in Ireland and will have its premiere at this years’ festival.
The Galway Film Fleadh runs 8-13 July 2025.
A high-powered executive wakes up alone, trapped inside a wooden cell. He has food, water, a bed – and absolutely no idea how he got there. As days pass, panic turns to anger, then grief, and finally despair. When he discovers a woman trapped in the box next to his, they realise cooperation is their only hope of escape. Their shared suffering brings them closer, and as they start to trust each other, they reveal their darkest, most unspeakable secrets. As the manipulative game of their jailer is slowly revealed, neither can be sure whether the other is friend, foe… or something else entirely.
- Director: Aisha Tyler
- Writers: Emmett Hughes, Aisha Tyler
- Stars: Caroline Morahan, Emmett Hughes
I Hope We Can Still Be Friends screens on Thursday, 10th July at 22:15 at Pálás Screen 3.
Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler is an award-winning director, actor, New York Times bestselling author, comedian, podcaster, and entrepreneur. She is an Emmy-winning television host and multiple award-winning voice actor for Archer. Aisha’s feature directorial debut, AXIS, won Outstanding Achievement in Feature Filmmaking at the 2017 Newport Beach Film Festival and was chosen “Best of the Fest” at the Sarasota Film Festival. Scene Magazine said, “the directorial debut of Aisha Tyler is a revelation… brilliant in every way.” And Paste Magazine wrote: “to make a film this experimental, this compelling, your first time out as a director is just extraordinary.” AXIS is available everywhere on VOD.
Aisha’s second feature, the psychological horror-thriller I HOPE WE CAN STILL BE FRIENDS, wrapped photography January 2025 in Galway, Ireland. After its mid-summer world premiere at the prestigious Galway Film Fleadh, it is slated for release Halloween 2025. Aisha has directed multiple hit television shows, including The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Roswell NM, EVIL, The Wonder Years, Criminal Minds, and Criminal Minds: Evolution. She is a feature and television writer, most recently penning “Nubian vs. Nubian” for The Boys’ animated spinoff The Boys: Diabolical for Amazon Prime.
Aisha is a star of the Paramount+ global juggernaut Criminal Minds: Evolution, picking up where CBS’ 15-season monster hit Criminal Minds left off. CME is currently in production on its 19th season. She hosted fourteen seasons of the improvisational comedy CW series Whose Line Is It Anyway? and voiced superspy Lana Kane for the series run of F/X’s Emmy-winning Archer, taking home a Critic’s Choice Award. Her latest television project is the Apple+ TV smash The Last Thing He Told Me, which has been picked up for a second season.
Aisha’s second book of comedic essays, Self-Inflicted Wounds, named for the popular segment of her hit podcast Girl on Guy, debuted on The New York Times bestseller list. She is also the author of Swerve: Reckless Observations of a Postmodern Girl. She interacts daily with more than 1.5 million followers across her social media.
Aisha is an active supporter of many charitable organizations, including The International Rescue Committee, The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, Scholarmatch, Planned Parenthood, Family Violence Prevention Fund, and Doctors Without Borders.
Aisha is the co-founder of losophē, a super-premium full-proof ready-to-drink organic cocktail company. The inaugural cocktail, The New Margarita, is available in stores and via shipping nationally. A San Francisco native, Aisha graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Government and Environmental Policy. An avid gamer and passionate advocate (and occasional adversary) of the gaming community, Aisha’s voice can be heard in the video games Halo: Reach, Gears of War 3, and Watch Dogs. Aisha is a bourbon and hard rock fan, a snowboarder and sci-fi obsessive, and dedicated to being a force for good in every way she is able.
