The Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival has announced its festival winners in 6 short film categories; best experimental; best international; best animation; best documentary; best Irish and best director.
The winners are:
Best Short Script My Mothers Shoes -
John McKone
Best Experimental Other -
Marc Ivan O’Gorman (India)
Best International Love Me or Leave Me Alone -
Duane Hopkins (UK)
Best Animation Cuílín Dulach -
Nora Twomey (Ireland)
Best Documentary The Stone Thrower -
Jenia Radcliffe (Australia)
Best Irish Rogaíri -
Tom Cosgrave (Ireland)
Best Director The Unsual Adventure of Henry Cavendish - Andrew Legge (Ireland)
Commendations went to:
Taras Tomenko – Parched Land
Samir Radsi – Talk to Me
Jacynth Cadwell – The Unwanted Gift
Johnny Schumann – Castle in the Sky
Kealan O’Rourke – Before Sunrise
Anne Cleary & Dennis Connelly – 12345six
Daniel O’Hara – Fluent Dysphasia
Martin MacDonagh – Six Shooter
Kevin McCann – Testing Time Teddy Boy
Andrew Legge – The Unusual Adventures of Henry Cavendish.
Also the Kerry Film Festival gave an honourable mention to Tracy Wren for Dublin, Texas in the International Section.
The festival, which took place in Kerry from the 24 – 30 of October, screened a total of 153 films in 13 venues throughout the county.
