First Yellow Fever Film Festival held in Belfast
27 Aug 2009 :
Tweet The first annual Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival was held last weekend at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast. Throughout two days audiences were invited to enjoy a large array of film screenings, workshops, Q&A sessions with filmmakers and other exclusive events The Yellow Fever Independent Film Festival (YFIFF) is a local independent Northern Ireland film festival put together on a low budget. George Clarke, YFIFF’s founder and organiser saw a need for promotion and support of independent Northern Ireland filmmakers and felt a desire to provide said filmmakers with a platform to showcase their talent. To that end the festival was opened with the screening of ‘Injected’, the tale of an experimental human drug trail gone wrong with unsettling results, directed by Aidan Gault who is just fifteen years of age. The YFIFF award winners were Wyatt Weed - Best Director for 'Shadowland',others included ‘Situations Vacant’ chosen in the category of Best Film, ‘Somebody to Love’ for Best Short Film. ‘Isle of the Damned’ for Best international Film, ‘Death in D-Minor’ won in the category of Best Local Film, ‘One Last Song’ won Best Cinematography and ‘Bodyguard A New Beginning’ came away with the Audience Choice Award. In the acting categories, Diarmuid Noyes won the Best Actor award in ‘Situations Vacant’ and Lynette Callaghan was awarded the Best Actress gong for her lead role as Rachel in Brian Lally’s feature film ‘8.5 Hours’ Free Industry Newsletter Subscribe to IFTN's industry newsletter - it's free and e-mailed directly to your inbox every week. Click here to sign up.

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